How to make snow from starch

Idea #9 "Faux snow recipes and play options for kids"

I invite you to watch an interesting selection about snow for decorating a New Year's interior, games and winter activities with children:

- artificial snow recipes,

- home experiments - growing crystals from sugar and salt,

how to make a snow globe

- and ideas for sensory snow and Christmas boxes!

Happy viewing and inspiration!

Several recipes for use in decorating, crafts, winter games with children, for the development of motor and sensory skills and for home experiments!

IDEA #1 FOAM SNOW

How to do. On a grater you need to grate the foam.

Where to use. You can decorate branches with them, which must first be smeared with glue (add a little sparkle to the foam, the snow on the branches will sparkle beautifully).

IDEA #2 SNOW FROM SALT (large, small and growing salt crystals)

You can use coarse and fine salt for games and sensory boxes. And yet, you can make frost from salt.

How to grow a snowflake from salt watch the master class.

How to make frost. In water boiling over a fire, ordinary salt should be poured and allowed to dissolve completely (1 kg of salt is taken per 1 liter of pure water). After that, lower only dry and clean branches there and leave to cool. Carefully remove the twigs from the cooled saline solution and dry thoroughly.

Preference should be given to coarse grinding, so that the resulting crystals look as natural as possible. And to get the effect of colored frost, salt can be dyed with ordinary food coloring, ink or green paint.

In this way, it is convenient to cover small twigs, dill umbrellas and other dried herbs with frost.

IDEA #3 SNOW FROM DIAPERS sodium polycarbonate

Compound:

Sodium polycarbonate (found in diapers, looks like cotton);

Ordinary tap water;

Container for making artificial snow.

After cutting the diaper, we take out the sodium polycarbonate. Then pour it into a container and add a little water. Mix thoroughly. Water must be added until our diaper filling, that is, sodium polycarbonate, looks like real snow. The most important thing is not to overdo it with water. In order for our artificial snow to be cold, you just need to put it in the refrigerator. Here you should pay attention to the temperature, which should not be below zero, otherwise it will turn out not snow, but ice. If these conditions are met, everything should work out! In this way, you can also make multi-colored snow with your own hands by adding food coloring to the container.

IDEA #4 SNOW FROM A WAX CANDLE

You can grate white soap or a candle. The resulting chips must be mixed with baby powder or starch so that the “snow” does not cake and stick together.

IDEA No. 5 SNOW FROM RICE, OATMEAL, MANKI

It can be made from rice (it is better to take round and white), oatmeal, semolina

IDEA No. 6 SNOW FROM WOOL

IDEA #7 WHITE POM-POM SNOW

IDEA #8 STARCH SNOW

You can also make white crumbs from corn or potato starch with the addition of vegetable oil or hair balm. There are interesting ideas in my favorite book "Iceberg on the carpet or what to play with a child" by Asya Vanyakina (write in a personal, I will share).

IDEA #9 SNOW FROM SUGAR (sand and pieces)

How to grow a crystal from sugar watch the master class.

IDEA #10 SNOW FROM A CAN

The simplest and least laborious is decorating with artificial frost or snow from a can. Matte, glossy, crumbly, large or smaller - you can choose what you like best. Just spray this miracle from a can onto the prepared bouquet, and it will sparkle, bringing that frosty mood into the house!

IDEA #11 FLOUR

IDEA #12 SHAVING FOAM SNOW

You can use just white foam, or you can make loose snow, from which you can make snowballs.

You need to mix about a pack of baking soda with about a can of shaving foam. By kneading a mass of these ingredients, you will get a cool, snow-like substance, from which snowballs and snows are really molded.

IDEA #13 PACKAGING SNOW

You will need:
- foamed polyethylene; (material that is used as wrapping material for breakable items, and is also inserted into the toe of a new shoe to keep its shape.)
- fine grater
- scissors.

It is advisable to work with gloves. With a little effort, we get the following result. But if this result does not suit you, you can experiment further. Take scissors and finely cut our snow flakes.

IDEA #14 PAPER SNOW

You can make a beautiful snow bouquet using cut paper. You will need white or pale blue paper (for example, paper napkins), thin foil (Christmas tree tinsel). All this paper "collection" needs to be crumbled into pieces of the chosen form. You can cut out circles using a hole punch, or make fine cuts, thin strips, or any arbitrary shape. Mix the paper in a dry and sufficiently voluminous container. Carefully dip the collected branches in glue (clerical or PVA) and sprinkle with prepared frost. Leave the frost to dry and your snow bouquet is ready!

IDEA #15 SNOW FROM POWDER SUGAR

Hoarfrost can be made not only on branches, but also on fruits. And why not a New Year's bouquet with a frosted apple or a tangerine in the snow? On well-washed and dried fruits, apply fresh egg white and, without wasting time, sprinkle the fruit with sugar or powdered sugar. Add a couple of sprigs of spruce, dry maple or holly leaves to the fruit and your bouquet is ready!

IDEA #16 SOAP SNOW

Option number 1. Soap and toilet paper.

Prepare 2-3 rolls of white toilet paper and a bar of white soap. Tear into small pieces. Place a dish with a mixture of paper and a whole bar of soap in the microwave for 1 minute. Check content every 15 seconds. In the oven, the mass should fluff up. Now the soap has become soft and crumbles right in your hands. Fill the mixture with water. First add 1 cup, then add another half cup. Now you can form a snowball.

Option number 2. From grated soap and powder.

Grate white soap and mix with baby powder.

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SNOW BALLS

On New Year's Eve, morning performances are constantly held in kindergartens, where Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden give gifts to children and tell fairy tales. But in order to create a fabulous atmosphere, it is not enough just to decorate the Christmas tree and dress the teachers in costumes. Especially for this, toys made of cotton wool and paste were invented. An uncomplicated way allows you to transform any room and breathe into it a real New Year's spirit!

We make snowballs with our own hands

Making a decoration from cotton wool in the form of snow is as easy as shelling pears. In fact, even the smallest members of the family could take part in this, but then all the secrets of the fabulous setting will be revealed. Therefore, it is necessary to allocate time when none of the kids will be at home and make snowballs from cotton wool.

Necessary materials:

• starch - 2 tsp
• cold water - 250 ml
• cotton wool (optional)
• silver glitter (optional)

Preparation method:

1. Gradually add two teaspoons of potato starch to a container of cold water, stirring constantly.
2. Put the mixture on a slow fire, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. As soon as the first bubbles appear, remove from heat and set aside. If lumps still form, break them with a fork or whisk to get a homogeneous, viscous paste as a result.
3. While the paste is cooling, take the cotton wool and form small balls out of it. In order to make an artificial snowball, it is better to use synthetic cotton rather than natural. Such material is more fluffy and "airy" than heavy and dense cotton.
4. When the paste has cooled down, smear cotton balls on all sides with it and put them on a baking sheet or tray in a warm place (under the battery or on a warm electric floor). If you want your cotton and paste toys to sparkle just like real snow, you can sprinkle silver glitter on top of them.

Cotton and paste toys

Artificial snowballs made of cotton wool - this is the easiest craft. If you coped with this task, try to make funny toys from cotton wool and paste. They are made very simply, and the pleasure of the process is the sea. In addition, this can be done with children - applied art perfectly develops fine motor skills.

Necessary materials:

• wire
• paste
• paints (gouache, watercolor)
• sewing threads

Preparation method:

1. Make a wire frame by making a kind of "skeleton" of the future toy character.
2. Wrap the frame with cotton wool, securing it in the desired position with sewing threads.
3. Saturate small pieces of cotton wool with paste and stick on top of the base wrapped with threads.
4. Leave the product to dry in a warm place.
5. When the paste dries, cover the toy with paint. It is advisable to choose "calm" tones, since such products are light, vintage, and "flashy" shades will not suit them.

In this way, you can do anything, from an unpretentious Christmas tree toy made of cotton wool and paste, ending with the Christmas tree itself. Don't forget about glitter - it will give your craft a fabulous shine.

New Year is a wonderful holiday that can be made even more magical with a little effort and a little imagination. It is in your power to create a fairy tale with your own hands, especially since now you know what you can make artificial snowballs for children with your own hands!

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Don't know how to make artificial snow? We have prepared the top 15 fastest and easiest recipes. Artificial snow is almost indistinguishable from the real one!

For crafts with children, decorating the interior or decorating festive dishes, it is often necessary to create a snowy effect. Artificial snow is sold in bottles and in bulk, but the prices for it are almost like oil. So that the financial side of the issue does not limit the creative side, we suggest making snow yourself.

Recipe #1

Ingredients:
- foamed polyethylene (used as a packaging material for equipment, glass; shoe inserts) or foam;
- small grater.

Work with gloves so that the snow does not stick to your hands. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene on a grater (with a stick, fork). Voila! Fluffy flakes are now all over the house. To make the snow even sparkle, add sparkles.

If you want to powder specific objects with such a snowball, grease the surface with liquid PVA glue. Toddlers like to crush the foam with their hands, watch how it sticks to their fingers. Do not deprive them of this joy, especially since such an activity remarkably develops fine motor skills. If the foam consists of large solid balls, it is not necessary to rub it on a grater, you can manually break it into small crumbs.

Recipe #2

Ingredients:
- the remains of dried polymer clay (plastic).

Needlewomen often have the remains of polymer clay, which is a pity to throw away. If you grind it with your hands, and then with a coffee grinder, you get a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball. Such artificial snow can be used to decorate postcards and other hand-made products.

Recipe #3

Ingredients:
- coarse salt;
- water.

Fill a saucepan with a little water and place over low heat. Add salt until it no longer dissolves. Dip the plants (beautifully curved tree branches, spruce or pine legs with cones) into the hot solution and leave for a day. Sparkling frost is guaranteed! If you add brilliant green, food coloring or ink to the salt solution, then the frost will turn out to be colored! Plants treated in this way look beautiful in winter bouquets and do not lose their attractiveness for a long time.

Recipe #4

Ingredients:
- white baby soap or a candle.

Rub the soap (candle) on a fine grater. If you mix such snow with talc (baby powder), then it is quite possible to decorate a children's craft, drawing. Another option is to use such snow to make “a la snowball” toys, when glycerin and artificial snow are added to the water (you can also use sparkles or finely chopped rain). The container is hermetically sealed and when shaken, the snow falls smoothly to the bottom.

Recipe number 5

Ingredients:
- semolina.

Semolina can perfectly imitate snow on postcards or children's drawings. Apply glue to the place that needs to be covered with snow and sprinkle with semolina. Shake off the rest after drying. Instead of semolina, you can glue crystals of sea salt.

Recipe #6

Ingredients:
- PVA glue;
- shaving foam.

Mix equal proportions of PVA glue and shaving foam. You will get a wonderful airy snow paint. You can add glitter to the paint. With this paint you can draw snowflakes, snowmen, polar bears and winter landscapes. After some time, the paint will harden, and you will get a three-dimensional winter picture.

Recipe number 7

For crafts with kids, you can use torn white paper. This exercise is very useful for motor skills.

Recipe number 8

As snow, you can use cotton pads, synthetic winterizer, foam balls.

Recipe #9

Ingredients:
- sugar.

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

Recipe number 10

Ingredients:
- gum arabic;
- egg white.

With the help of these components, non-poisonous and non-bitter plants can be candied. For example, pear flowers, apple trees, cherries, roses, violets, primroses, lemons, begonias, chrysanthemums, gladioli, pansies. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, geranium are obtained beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic with constant stirring in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath). Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100 g of sugar in ¼ cup of water. Also cool. On the plants, apply with a brush first a solution of gum arabic, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (but not powdered). Dry on parchment paper or tracing paper. Such "snowy" beauty will not deteriorate for several months. With these flowers you can decorate a birthday cake or your favorite pies.

Recipe #11

Ingredients:
- egg white;
- sugar.

Beat egg white and sugar until foamy. 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 on a small fire. Two hours later you can admire the beauty!

Recipe #12

Ingredients:
- a pinch of salt;
- egg white.

Beat the egg white and a pinch of salt in a steep foam with a mixer. Lay this impromptu snow on the meat and send it to the oven! Surprise your guests with a chicken in a snowdrift! Non-melting frosty patterns on the windows

Recipe #13

Ingredients:
- beer;
- magnesium or urea.

Real frosty patterns can be made on glasses if you apply a solution of beer and magnesia (sold in a pharmacy). Wash and dry the glass. Dissolve 50 g of magnesia or urea in 1/2 cup of light beer and apply to glass. You can use a brush, sponge or cotton swab. When applied, mimic frosty "feathers" and swirls. When the liquid begins to dry out, crystals will begin to appear on the glass, similar to real frost patterns. You can use a hair dryer to speed up the drying of the glass. This solution is easily washed off window panes. It is very beautiful to decorate the glass in the interior doors or on the landing at the entrance.

Recipe #14

Ingredients:
- PVA glue;
- powdered sugar.

In order to write congratulations or draw pictures on glass, you can use ordinary glue and powdered sugar. Apply the design with a brush or stencil and dust with powder. The only negative is that the pattern can “float” if condensation accumulates on the glass. Having decorated the glass with frosty stains, do not forget about the window sill.

Recipe #15

Ingredients:
- water;
- sodium hyposulfite.

Don't let sodium hyposulfite scare you, you can find it in photography stores or chemical supply stores. It is also called sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate (this is a photographic fixer). Dissolve 30–40 g of sodium hyposulfite in half a glass of water and apply the mixture to the glass. Wait for it to dry. The crystals are dense, white, opaque.

Which of the recipes to use - decide for yourself. It all depends on what you need snow for, what effect you want to achieve. Sometimes it’s enough just to scatter (or stick) pieces of padding polyester, cotton pads, paper confetti. Sometimes you need a texture paste or fluffy small granules. Nobody canceled the old proven way of painting on glass with white gouache and toothpaste. In fact, there are a lot of options to create a truly winter mood! Do not wait for "manna from heaven", create a "snowy" mood for yourself right now!

Dear readers! What snow recipes do you know? Have you tried making snow with the kids yourself? Share your tips in the comments.

With the advent of winter, every child dreams that the snow will fall as soon as possible and that they can make a snowman or play snowballs. But do not be upset if the weather is not suitable outside the window - you can make snowballs with your own hands. For example, from ordinary cotton wool, as in the master classes from our article.

Simple snowballs made of cotton wool - step by step instructions

This is one of the easiest ways to make snowballs. To do this, you need only two main materials - cotton wool and glue. You can make such snowballs together with children who will not mind participating in the creation of funny cotton balls. They can also be used as a winter decor for the interior or decorating the space under a large Christmas tree.

Necessary materials:

• synthetic wool
• PVA glue

Main steps:

Do-it-yourself snowballs from cotton wool - step by step instructions

For the next option, you will need a solution of potato starch, which will act as a bonding fluid instead of glue. Making such snowballs is quite simple, so you can safely involve the children in this fun activity. You can also sprinkle them with sparkles, which are sold at any needlework store.

Necessary materials:

• synthetic wool
• potato starch
• cold water
• sequins

Main steps:

Snowfall from cotton wool - step by step instructions

If you want to make snowballs out of cotton wool, but a whole snowfall, then stock up on a lot of materials. Such a winter miracle decoration is made quickly, but requires a little skill and patience. But the finished snowfall will be an excellent festive decor for a home or a New Year's party in a kindergarten.

How to make a miracle with your own hands. This question is asked by the mothers of many children when a holiday is approaching.

How to make snowballs out of cotton

Often at children's matinees you have to show all your imagination and imagination in order for the holiday to be truly successful. For example, often many mothers have to decide how to make snowballs with their own hands or something similar. Making a snowball from cotton wool is not so difficult. It is enough to show a little effort and ingenuity, and now a piece of a winter fairy tale is ready.

So, how to make snow balls from cotton wool. All family members of absolutely any age can take part in the creation of a small miracle, but very small ones may not discover the secrets of magic. It will take quite a bit of time to create crafts. At first it may seem that this is quite difficult, but this is only the first impression, which, as usual, is deceptive. After you see the result of your creativity, you will have a desire to do something else just as magical.

So let's get started. As a starting material, ordinary cotton wool is useful. It can be purchased at a fairly affordable price in a pharmacy. It is one hundred percent suitable in color and can take any shape with a little effort. When choosing, pay attention to synthetic. From it, your craft will turn out to be more believable.

You will also need to purchase a number of other items: silver sequins and starch.

We want to present you a fairly simple and affordable method of how to make a snowball out of cotton wool for the joy of children:

• First of all, you need to pour ice water into a capacious vessel, about 5 ml and gradually add 2 tsp there. starch, while slightly stirring the resulting mixture;
• Then you need what happened to put on moderate heat and bring to a boil. At the same time, do not forget to interfere. When the solution starts bubbling, immediately remove from heat. While the paste is cooling, it is necessary to roll small balloons from the existing cotton wool;
• Next, paint the balls with the resulting mixture using a small brush. The most important thing is not to leave no shaded places. Next, lay the future balls on a large baking sheet, and place next to the heater or battery. It is advisable to cover them with silver sequins. The resulting balls should be turned over so that they dry evenly and gradually.

You will have a great opportunity to independently control the size of snowballs from cotton wool and their number. Similarly, you can create small snowmen, decorating them as you wish. In general, there can be a great many ideas. Everything is limited by your fantasy and imagination. For example, there are a number of ways to create a snow miracle. You can roll a small piece of fleece in such a way as to make a ball, add white PVC glue, make sure that it is inside the lump and sprinkle the resulting snow with hairspray. If the varnish is with sparkles, it will look perfect.