Winter is the most fabulous time of the year, children are very fond of it for the opportunity to play snowballs and make a snowman. This is one of the most fun periods for of different ages- interesting and unforgettable. Snow is playing here the main role, without him this time of the year would not have been so interesting and exciting. To leave a reminder of winter, you can make snow from baking soda. It will be fragrant and cold - like a real one, and will bring a lot of delight to kids. Do not spare the ingredients for this, nothing can replace the joy of your beloved children.

Artificial snow from shaving foam sticks pretty well

But winter is not eternal, and it passes - there is not a trace of snow, and children still want to plunge and feel the magic and joy associated with it. So that our kids will not be discouraged, there is a wonderful way to return a part of that fairy tale that everyone misses - to make artificial snowballs, let a small part of memories remain in their souls. This mass of snow does not melt, making a little snowman out of him and looking at him afterwards, there is always a desire to smile and return to childhood ourselves. The artificial snowball recipe will help with this.

What is needed for this

Making snow is easy. Your daughter or son can mix the ingredients themselves, but only under your direct control. As soon as everything is ready, they will not be overjoyed with this miracle and will be proud that they made it themselves.

Watch what the children are doing, you cannot leave them alone, because the kids are active, they learn the world around them and things in many ways. So that they, in no case, taste the ingredients, this can lead to hospitalization.

To prepare the snow mass you need:

• soda powder - 1 pack;
• men's shaving foam - 1 can.

To make the snow mass look more interesting and beautiful, you can add glitter additives to this mixture. So, a snowman made later will look fabulous, the younger generation will definitely appreciate it. In general, you can add a lot of things - what imagination is only capable of. Give the kids the opportunity to choose what they want, because this idea is for their sake. They will really like the idea, and they will get down to business with enthusiasm, they will be able to open up and prove themselves. Knowing then how to do artificial snow, they will remind you of this every time and ask you to help them.

Subsequence

First, you need to choose a container where all the components will be mixed: deep dishes, or you can even take a bowl, the contents will be better mixed in it. It depends on how much mixture is supposed to be made.

The container must be dry, without moisture residues - this can affect the final effect of the product made.

Artificial snow can be used to sculpt snowmen and other snow figures all year round!

An artificial snow mass must be prepared in the following sequence:

• Make sure the container you will be mixing the ingredients in is dry.
• Pour the entire packet of baking soda into a container.
• Add shaving foam.
• Stir the entire contents until a mixture is evenly formed.
• Add sparkles if desired, and knead again.
• Now you can sculpt a snowman.

Do not mix sharp and prickly small parts so as not to damage the skin. Pay attention to what exactly the child wants to add.

DIY made snow turns out to be cool due to chemical reaction soda and foam, this makes babies even more delighted. That said, it also smells fresh, depending on which shaving foam is used in the recipe. For a variety of smells, you can add different aromatic impurities, for example, lemon juice.

Security

Sodium bicarbonate and foam snow consists of chemical components, albeit not the most dangerous, but nevertheless, you need to take precautions. Since the children themselves may want to take part in the entire cooking process, they must be monitored and not left alone. In case of accidental contact with the eyes of components - rinse immediately running water... After finishing the preparation of the mixture, and sculpting a snowman or snowballs from artificial snow, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. If the child is very young, be careful not to taste anything.

Great joy

Now, knowing how to make snow from shaving foam and baking soda, you can delight the younger generation at any time of the year. After all, winter is not always snowy, and there are places where there is no snow at all, and all children want a piece of magic. Kids need our attention and support, and if it was a son or daughter who suggested making artificial snowballs, they should not refuse, for them it can be very important.

And even if you have to use dad's shaving foam and mom's pack of soda powder from the kitchen, but nothing can replace the joy and sincere smile of the child. Children are priceless, and once again, this simple recipe will allow you to see their joy and delight from the extraordinary snow miracle.

Seminar - workshop

"The use of health-saving technologies

in working with children early age»

"Snowy yard" for kids

We are all familiar with white, fluffy, sparkling, sticky snow. I especially like to observe in the background street lamp when he walks in flakes, or to consider every snowflake on a mitten ... It seems to us absolutely simple and understandable. Understandable for us, adults, for children - preschoolers. And for kids ...

In our time, young children see snow only when walking in kindergarten, because in the morning, when their parents accompany them to the nursery, the children are still sleeping in a sleigh, and in the evening it is simply dark.

And here are the teachers kindergarten“artificial snow” was invented for young children. To do this, the baby will only need a little: to borrow shaving foam from dad, and from mom - a pack of baking soda.

In fact, it turns out amazing and mysterious material. Both children and adults can spend hours fiddling with "artificial snow", building snow castles, towers, sculpting pies and snowmen. The snow turns out to be heavy and wet, it can easily take any shape. These wonderful properties of "artificial snow" give a wide scope for creativity and imagination, and, as it turned out, you can successfully use it as one of the health-saving technologies in working with children.

Often Small child cannot express in words his feelings, fears, especially during the period of adaptation. And then games with sand, water, and ... "artificial snow" come to his aid. Playing out the situations that worried him with the help of toy figures, creating his own world out of the snow, the child is freed from tension. The positive emotions that the baby experiences while playing with "artificial snow" affect the degree of adaptation. And most importantly, the child acquires his own invaluable experience of symbolic resolution of many life situations. Children who actively play in the sandbox are more likely to grow up confident and successful. Observations of psychologists and teachers also show that it is the first joint games of children in the sandbox that can clearly show parents the characteristics of the behavior and development of their children. Parents see that their child becomes overly aggressive or timid in communication with peers - this can be a reason to think about own system raising a child, seeking help from specialists. In fact, games with “artificial snow” are the same sandbox, the same “sandy yard”, only “snowy sandbox” or “snowy yard”.

In a kindergarten, the transfer of a traditional OOD (organized educational activities) in the "snowy courtyard" gives a greater educational and educational effect than standard forms learning:

firstly, the child's desire to learn something new, experiment and work independently is significantly increased;

secondly, “tactile” sensitivity is powerfully developing in the “snowy yard” as the basis for the development of “manual intelligence”;

thirdly, in playing with snow, all higher mental processes develop more harmoniously and intensively: memory, thinking, perception, attention, as well as speech and motor skills;

fourthly, the development of subject-reflective play activities kids, which further contributes to the development of preschoolers in plot - role play, directorial play, and communication skills of the child;

fifth, "artificial snow", like sand and water, is able to "ground" negative energy. This property is especially in demand when working with "special" children: children with speech impairments, aggressive children, anxious children, etc.

Games used in the "snowy yard": (read slowly, as there will be many pictures)

"Draw a blizzard" - slide your palms over the surface of the snow, performing zigzag and circular movements;

"Perform movements" - put your palm on the edge, put your palm on the snow;

"Along the path" - with your palms to move along the paved routes, leaving your traces on them;

"Mysterious footprints" - to leave prints of palms, fists, with the edges of palms of all kinds of fanciful patterns on the surface of the snow;

"Blind the snowman", "Find a toy", etc.

Such games with "artificial snow" cause positive emotions(joy, surprise), reduce negative manifestations (fear, anxiety) and reduce the manifestation of negative emotions (anger, anger, resentment). Children draw with great pleasure, build, depict animals in the "snowy courtyard", plots of nursery rhymes, songs, fairy tales, and at the same time accompany their actions with speech. Games with "artificial snow" are a natural and accessible form of interaction and transformation of the world for every child.

Conclusion: Thus, interaction with "artificial snow" stabilizes emotional condition: Excited children calm down, become calmer, thereby achieving children's team background of emotional well-being, trusting relationship between the child and the teacher. Along with the development of tactile - kinesthetic sensitivity and fine motor skills you can teach children to listen to themselves and express their feelings. And this, in turn, contributes to speech development, the development of voluntary attention, memory, thinking, cognitive processes and creativity children, and also the humane feelings of children are improved, the kids are becoming kinder.

Artificial snow is useful for a variety of crafts and New Year's compositions. The snow making process will help you have fun with your kids. How to make artificial snow at home, so that it is simple and budgetary enough? We have prepared 20 different types of artificial snow for you - try and share your impressions. Real snow is soft, squeaky, fluffy, cold and smells fresh, while artificial versions of snow do not completely repeat the real one. We offer different options snow - "snow" plasticine, from which you can mold a snowman, "snow" slime, loose snow, shimmering, "snow" paint for painting and other interesting versions. But they all look like snow and children will surely like it.

How to make artificial snow at home

1. Shining snow

It comes out cold, fluffy and very soft.

Ingredients:

• Two boxes of cornstarch / cornmeal
• Shaving cream
• Peppermint extract (optional)
• Sequins or mica

2. Snow plasticine

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of baking soda
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 and 1/2 cups cold water
• A few drops of peppermint extract
• Sequins

3. Snow "slime"

Ingredients:

• 2 cups PVA glue
• 1.5 cups hot water
• Sequins

Optional: a few drops of mint extract to give the slime a frosty scent

Mix in a small bowl

In a second bowl, mix

3/4 teaspoon borax

1.3 cups hot water

Combine the contents of both bowls and stir with your hands for a few minutes until the mixture begins to stretch.

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

• Shaving cream
• PVA school glue
• Peppermint extract
• Glitters

5. "Silk" snow

Ingredients:

• Frozen white soap bars (any brand)
• Cheese grater
• Sequins
• Peppermint extract

Method of preparation - Send the soap to the freezer overnight. In the morning you can take it out one piece at a time and grate it. It will turn out fluffy snow to which glitter and mint extract can be added. It molds beautifully, and you can make a snowman or any other figurine.

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

• Cornstarch (freeze overnight to keep the snow dough cold)
• Lotion (refrigerated overnight to keep the snow cold)
• Sequins

7. "Liquid" snow

Ingredients:

• Frozen corn starch
• Ice water
• Peppermint extract
• Sequins

In the starch that you took out of the freezer, you need to add ice water until the desired consistency is obtained. It is recommended to add a little, so that the "snow" does not turn out to be too liquid.

Also, if you've never made a non-Newtonian liquid before, you might be in for a surprise. Because with active interaction, the mass becomes harder and more viscous, and at rest it spreads.

8. Snow from shaving foam

Ingredients:

• 1 can of shaving foam
• 1.5 packs of soda
• sequins (optional)

Squeeze the contents of the foam can into a bowl and gradually add the baking soda. You will have a very nice mass of snow, from which you can sculpt figures.

9. Snow made of foamed polyethylene

Ingredients:

• foamed polyethylene (used as a packaging material for equipment, glass; shoe inserts) or polystyrene;
• fine grater.
• We work with gloves. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene on a grater and ... Voila! You have fluffy flakes all over your house !!! If you add sparkles, then the snow will also sparkle. You can sprinkle anything you want with this snow, if you first grease the surface with liquid (diluted with water) PVA glue.

10. Snow out polymer clay

Ingredients:

Remains of dried polymer clay (plastic).

Needlewomen often keep the remains of polymer clay, which is a pity to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it with your hands, and then with a coffee grinder. It turns out a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate postcards and other hand-made products.

Read the continuation on the next page

Click "Like" and get only the best posts on Facebook ↓

Artificial snow can help you have fun with your baby and is also useful for winter crafts. How can you make it so that it is budgetary enough and simple? We have collected for you 20 options for artificial snow recipes - try and share your impressions. Not all of them will completely imitate snow - fluffy, soft, cold and smelling fresh. There is also "snow" paint for painting and "snow" slime, and "snow" plasticine, and other interesting substances. But they all have the most direct relation to snow and will definitely appeal to children. And if you need "adult" options for use in needlework - then go straight to.

For children, the most curious options are those suggested by Crystal Andrewood.

How to make artificial snow at home

1. Shining snow

It comes out cold, fluffy and very soft.

Ingredients:

Two boxes of cornstarch / cornmeal

Shaving cream

Peppermint extract (optional)

2. Snow plasticine

Ingredients:

2 cups of baking soda

1 cup cornstarch

1 and 1/2 cups cold water

A few drops of peppermint extract

3. Snow "slime"

Ingredients:

2 cups PVA glue

1.5 cups hot water

Optional: a few drops of mint extract to give the slime a frosty scent

Mix in a small bowl

In a second bowl, mix

3/4 teaspoon borax

1.3 cups hot water
Combine the contents of both bowls and stir with your hands for a few minutes until the mixture begins to stretch.

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

Shaving cream

PVA school glue

Peppermint extract

5. "Silk" snow

Ingredients:

Frozen white soap bars (any brand)

Cheese grater

Peppermint extract

Method of preparation - Send the soap overnight in the freezer. In the morning, you can take it out one piece at a time (Crystal used 6 bars) and rub it on a grater. This will create fluffy snow, which you can add glitter and mint extract to. It molds beautifully, and you can make a snowman or any other figurine.

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

Cornstarch (freeze overnight to keep the snow dough cold)

Lotion (refrigerated overnight to keep the snow cold)

7. "Liquid" snow.

Ingredients:

Frozen corn starch

Ice water

Peppermint extract

Add ice water to the starch that you took out of the freezer until the desired consistency is obtained. It is recommended to add a little, so that the "snow" does not turn out to be too liquid.

Also, if you've never made a non-Newtonian liquid before, you might be in for a surprise. Because with active interaction, the mass becomes harder and more viscous, and at rest it spreads.

8. Snow from shaving foam

Ingredients:

1 can of shaving foam

1.5 packs of soda

sequins (optional)

Squeeze the contents of the foam can into a bowl and gradually add the baking soda. You will have a very nice mass of snow, from which you can sculpt figures.

Now let's move on to the adult part.

Artificial Snow Recipes

9. Snow made of foamed polyethylene

Ingredients:
foamed polyethylene (used as a packaging material for equipment, glass; shoe inserts) or polystyrene;
fine grater.
We work with gloves. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene on a grater and ... Voila! You have fluffy flakes all over your house !!! If you add sparkles, then the snow will also sparkle. You can sprinkle anything you want with this snow, if you first grease the surface with liquid (diluted with water) PVA glue.

10. Snow from polymer clay

Ingredients:
the remains of dried polymer clay (plastic).
Needlewomen often keep the remains of polymer clay, which is a pity to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it with your hands, and then with a coffee grinder. It turns out a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate postcards and other hand-made products.

11. Snow from a baby diaper

Ingredients:
baby diaper.
To get snow, you need:
1.Cut open the diaper and remove the sodium polyacrylate from it, and then tear into small pieces.
2. Put the resulting mass into a container and fill it with water. Pour in gradually, in small portions, until the pieces of polyacrylate begin to resemble snow. Just do not overdo it, otherwise it will turn out too wet;
3. To make the snow look more realistic, put the container in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer.

12. Salt frost

Ingredients:
salt (preferably coarsely ground);
water.
Preparing a concentrated salt solution. To do this, fill the pan with a little water and set it on low heat. Add salt until it stops dissolving. We dip the branches of a spruce, pine or any other plant in a hot solution and leave for a while. The crystal formation process is much faster in warm water! Let the water drain and leave the plants to dry for 4-5 hours. Sparkling frost is guaranteed to you! If you add brilliant green, food coloring or ink to a salty solution, then the frost will turn out to be colored!

13. Artificial snow for the "snow globe"

Ingredients:
Paraffin candle
It must be grated on a fine grater. This "snow" is great for making toys "a la snowball"When glycerin and artificial snow flakes are added to the water. The container is hermetically closed and when shaken, the snow smoothly sinks to the bottom.

You can really go and more simple way- and add ordinary sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out to be no less impressive.

14. Snow from PVA and flock

Flock is a very finely chopped pile. And if you are lucky enough to find a pack of white flock on sale - rejoice. After all, now you will get "snow" for any craft in a matter of minutes. It is enough to generously grease the surface with glue and sprinkle with flock on top (you can use a strainer).

15. Snow from PVA and starch

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons of starch

2 tablespoons PVA

2 tablespoons silver paint

Mix (grind) the ingredients thoroughly.

Such snow is suitable when you need to decorate the surface of the product with a voluminous white mass.

16. Mass simulating snow

Ingredients:

small quartz sand or semolina or foam crumb

white acrylic

thick PVA

1. Pour a small amount of the material of your choice into a bowl. Approximately 1 faceted glass.
2. In this bulk material, we begin to gradually add white acrylic paint... From experience, it is better to buy it in a hardware store for facade works... We add to such a state that our free-flowing particles stick together, but do not float in the liquid.
3. Then add PVA, preferably thick. We also add quite a bit so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, and some silver sequins. We mix everything and ... everything !!!

Edible snow recipes.

17. Sugar Snow

Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the rim of the glass (glass) in water or syrup, and then in sugar.

18. "Snowy" plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
Plants (non-poisonous and non-bitter) can be sugared with these components. Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonias, chrysanthemums, gladioli, pansies... The candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, geranium are beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic with constant stirring in ¼ glass of hot water (in a water bath). Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100 g sugar in ¼ glass of water. Cool too. Apply the gum arabic solution to the plants with a brush, and then the sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (but not powdered). Dry on parchment or tracing paper. Such a "snowy" beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can be used to decorate a birthday cake or your favorite small sweet pastries.

19. "Snowy" plants - option 2

Ingredients:
egg white;
sugar.
Beat the egg white and sugar until frothy. Apply with a brush to the petals of the plant and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Put the plants prepared in this way on parchment and put in the oven over low heat. Two hours later, you can admire the beauty!

20. salty "snow" for meat

Ingredients:
a pinch of salt;
egg white.
Beat the egg white and a pinch of salt into a stiff foam using a mixer. Lay this impromptu snow on the meat and send it to the oven! Miracles: a chicken in a snowdrift!

I really hope that from these 20 options for artificial snow recipes you were able to find the right one for yourself. Good luck! We will be glad to see your work!

Of course, real snow can be brought into the house, but there is only one significant problem, it will quickly melt, here factory production came to the rescue, which gave the world dry artificial snow. It is customary to decorate spruce branches, window sills, shelves and other objects in the house with such snow, it is a pity that snowballs cannot be made out of it. But this problem can be easily solved, below we will tell you about several methods of making snow on your own, and we will tell you not only about creating snow that can be sculpted, but also about methods of obtaining dry snow.

How to make artificial snow with your own hands - the best examples

1. Made of starch and shaving foam

Pour corn starch into a deep bowl (you can also use potato starch), squeeze out the shaving foam from the bottle, mix the mass thoroughly with your hands. The snow is ready, you can make snowmen or snowballs.

2. From diaper filler

Another great method for creating artificial snow, we take a baby diaper (in some pharmacies they are sold by the piece), unpick the lower part, take out the soft filler, put it in a deep bowl. Pour a little water into the container with the filler, wait for the mass to swell, mix it thoroughly with your hands. The result is a very believable wet snow.

3. Foam

We take polystyrene (look in boxes from under the equipment), with a fork we scrape off small balls that will move away from the foam during the process of pressing with a fork. A scattering of such balls is more like a small hail, but if such balls are glued to dry twigs, then the feeling of applied "home" snow will be created.

4. From eggshell

From eggshell we separate the inner films, then we put all the shells in a transparent dense bag, and rub them with a rolling pin to the required state.

5. From soap and paper towels

We take a roll of snow-white toilet paper or paper towels... We tear the paper into small flakes, put the grated soap on the bottom of the plate and add pieces of paper. We put the plate in the microwave for one minute. Watch what is happening inside the oven, the paper should lift and fluff. The soap will become soft and pliable, take out the plate, pour in some water, mix the composition thoroughly. You can make snowmen or snowballs from such snow.

6. Foamed polyethylene

An elementary way to create dry snow, we take a piece of foamed polyethylene (look in boxes with equipment) and rub it on a grater.

7. From soap and starch

We rub the snow-white soap on a grater, pour it into a deep plate, add potato starch here, and pour in hot boiled water, beat the whole mixture into foam with a mixer. We apply the mixture to the surface of the prepared foam ball. We leave the product to dry. This kind of snow looks great on spruce branches.

8. Snow from baking soda and shaving foam

Elementary method creating a very effective snow, squeeze out the shaving foam into a deep bowl, add baking soda here, stirring constantly. This kind of snow will not only smell good, but it will also feel cool to the touch.

Sodium polyacrylate artificial snow

5 different ways to make snow (video)