How to Make DIY Snow For Sensory Play
Here you will find 4 easy recipes for DIY snow for sensory play. Keep reading and learn how to make powder-like or moldable snow for your kids. Plus, more information about this affordable, store bought option!
During the wintertime, one of the most fun themes for sensory play is Christmas and the Arctic! Snow-dusted evergreen trees, Santa, and pickup trucks are all fun themes for kids.
There are so many benefits to sensory play, and this fake snow is the perfect way for your kiddo to enjoy it.
Keep reading and discover how easy it is to make your very own fake snow out of products you have at home.
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DIY Snow for Sensory and Imaginative Play
In this video you’ll see how kids can enjoy the sensory experience of snow. Whether you are lucky to have the real stuff outside, or decide to make one of our fake snow recipes, being able to touch, mold, and sift snow is such a fun sensory experience!
Additionally, if you can add some figurines and cars, you can create a small world set up that sparks imaginative play! Below I have some recommendations for sensory bin fillers like this!
DIY Snow for Sensory and Imaginative Play
In this video you’ll see how kids can enjoy the sensory experience of snow. Whether you are lucky to have the real stuff outside, or decide to make one of our fake snow recipes, being able to touch, mold, and sift snow is such a fun sensory experience!
Additionally, if you can add some figurines and cars, you can create a small world set up that sparks imaginative play! Below I have some recommendations for sensory bin fillers like this!
Watch the Video to See How to Make Fake Snow!
In this video you’ll see how easy it is to make DIY snow for sensory play. There are 4 different recipes, but all of them use supplies from around your house.
This how-to video shows you how easy it is to make moldable fake snow out of shaving cream and baking soda! There are recipes for moldable snow, powdery snow, as well as a great store bought option that is both moldable and powdery!
Whether your child wants snow they can mold into fake snowballs, or a powdery kind they can sift, I have the perfect recipes for you! Read on below for all the options!
DIY Fake Snow Recipes
Moldable Fake Snow Version 1
- 1 cup Shaving Cream
- 1 cup Corn Starch or Baking Soda
Moldable Fake Snow Version 2
- 1/2 cup Hair Conditioner
- 3 cups Baking Soda
Powdery Fake Snow Version 2
- 1/2 cup Baking Soda
- Water, adding one tablespoon at a time until it’s a powder-like consistency
Powdery Fake Snow Version 1
- 1 cup Corn Starch
- 1 cup Hand/Body Lotion
Powdery Fake Snow Version 2
- 1/2 cup Baking Soda
- Water, adding one tablespoon at a time until it’s a powder-like consistency
A Moldable and Powdery Fake Snow You Can Buy!
Make things really easy and buy some fake snow! All you need is 2 ounces of water for every scoop. Pictured in this small world tray is a product called Insta-Snow! It can make up to 2 gallons of fake snow. Wow!
You can make an Arctic small world set up using fake snow, mini pine trees, and Arctic animal figurines. It is a great way to learn geography while sparking imaginative play.
You can find many great figurines at Safari Ltd. They have small figurine sets that can work with many different small world set ups, from space-themed, to jungle-themed, and even mythical creatures!
Educational Benefits of Sensory Play With Fake Snow
There is so much educational value in sensory play. Sensory play can engage most if not all of children’s senses at the same time – sight, smell, touch, sound, and even taste.
All 4 of these recipes for DIY fake snow are safe for your child to explore and play in. I wouldn’t suggest they taste any of them, but all their other senses can be completely engaged.
When they activate all their senses at once, it actually creates new pathways within their brain. Yup! Playing in a pile of fake snow can help their brain grow!
You can even use the fake snow creation as a science experiment! You have to check out how we turned our DIY fake snow into a Fizzy Snowman Experiment!
Get mixing and create a pile of fun memories for your child – it will help their brain to grow strong and healthy!
Educational Benefits of Sensory Play With Fake Snow
There is so much educational value in sensory play. Sensory play can engage most if not all of children’s senses at the same time – sight, smell, touch, sound, and even taste.
All 4 of these recipes for DIY fake snow are safe for your child to explore and play in. I wouldn’t suggest they taste any of them, but all their other senses can be completely engaged.
When they activate all their senses at once, it actually creates new pathways within their brain. Yup! Playing in a pile of fake snow can help their brain grow!
You can even use the fake snow creation as a science experiment! You have to check out how we turned our DIY fake snow into a Fizzy Snowman Experiment!
Get mixing and create a pile of fun memories for your child – it will help their brain to grow strong and healthy!
Winter-Themed Sensory Bin Toys
Here are my top picks for the best winter toys to enhance your fake snow sensory bin!
This cute set comes with pine trees, street lamps, little deer, and some snowmen. Items like this allow the sensory experience to transform into imaginative play!
If you don’t want to make your own snow, you can buy it! This is a polymer mixture that actually makes 2 gallons of snow. It is both a moldable and powdery consistency!
This set of 10 figurines is all about the Arctic! It includes a harp seal, husky, caribou, arctic rabbit, killer wale, walrus, arctic fox, beluga whale, igloo, and polar bear!
A snow plow is a fun sensory bin addition! My son enjoyed playing with Insta-Snow and road tape while learning about the oh-so important job of clearing roads with snow on them!
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