let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Today I am posting about the three ways that we have made snow.  Hopefully everyone will be able to find one that would be suitable to use.

Cornflour and shaving cream 
To make this I just mixed cornflour and shaving cream together until I had a good consistency where it would hold together if molded.  Thank you to Growing a Jeweled rose for this fantastic activity. Out of all the snow ideas I think that this is the one that Little Boo liked the most.  It feels wonderful! I made a snowman that Little boo kept having get fun "melting" basically just squashing it!

Little Boo had great fun scooping and making snowballs 

Some footprints as she had to get her feet in! 

White sparkly play dough
Thanks for this idea from Frogs & snails & puppy dog tails I followed the recipe (apart from adding self raising flour accidently) on here and made up a tray so Little Boo could make up some snowmen!

Inside of nappies and water 

I saw this idea on About.com chemistry and thought it was a good idea to try.  However, I was at first worried as there was mention of the nappies being toxic? I did a bit of looking around on the internet and after a bit of research I was happy to continue Almost Unschoolers did this activity and there was no mention of the nappies being toxic?

All you need is the inside of a disposable nappy which you just cut out out of the nappy.   Then  add a bit of water until you get the right consistency.  The more water the more sloppy it is.  It is not recommended to use this activity with children who would be likely to eat this as it expands.

Moving the snow with the trucks

Small world play

Make it yourself small world beach

Over the past few days we have been busy making our own small world beach scene this has been great fun for me as much as Little Boo.

 Last night I made two deck chairs with some lollipop sticks and wooden skewers this was completely trial and error and I was impressed that it actually worked out!

where to put the holes

I have taken these pictures in case you feel inspired to make any they are so cute! I used my crop-a-dile to make the holes in the lollipop sticks then placed the skewers through the holes and used hot glue gun on the outside.  This way the chairs are still able to collapse.

Little Boo started playing as soon as she saw them when she came down in the morning. Some pretend towels have also been made by cutting up pieces of felt.  We then decided that a beach hut was needed.

Lots of glue then add the lollipop sticks 

Little Boo loved the cup cake cases today so they are on the roof and making the flooring inside the hut .

Apparently it needed some glitter

Then it was all finished we just added Cloud dough.