Activity Ideas:
Sparkling Snow Dough
Materials: 2 cups water, 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 4 tsp. cream of tartar, 4 tsp. oil, iridescent glitter
Directions: Combine ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with
wooden spoon. until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of pan. Form dough into a ball, place on
waxed paper and cool. Knead in glitter.

Glittering Snowballs
Materials:balloon, glue, yarn, glitter
Directions: Blow up a small balloon for each child. Have them dip yarn pieces into a mixture of glue and
water. Then have them put the yarn over the balloon. Have them do this until the balloon is mostly
covered. Finally, pour glitter over the balloon and let dry. When it is dry you can pop the balloon and
remove it.

Snow Globs
Materials: white glue, waxed paper, colored felt markers.
Directions: Spill glue onto waxed paper in odd shapes. Let glue dry until quite hard
and clear. Next color glue globs with felt markers. Remove globs from waxed paper and then hang them
in front of a window so the light will shine through them. Glue gobs make fine mobiles and make-believe
jewelry.

Group Active Game: Snow Bowling
Collect 10 clear, empty water bottles with the labels removed. Fill with fiberfill or cotton balls. Tie a scarf
around the neck; add a felt hat, buttons, and facial details to complete the snowman look. Set up the
snowman pins like regular bowling pins and use a softball for a bowling ball.

Outdoor Play: Snow Fort
Snow fort building is more satisfying than sand castle building because the snow holds its shape better.
Use the same principles as with sand castle building. Find big containers to fill with snow. Then empty
them upside down. That’s your basic building unit. The walls can grow very tall. Snow forts can get very
elaborate.

Group Game Activity: Snowshoe Relay Race
Materials: candy (one for each child), supply each team with a shoe box, a bell, two mittens, and two
bowls
Directions: Place candy in a bowl at the opposite end of the room. Hang a bell from the ceiling over the
bowl. Divide the children into two relay teams. The first person on each team will put on the mittens, step
into the shoe boxes and race to the other end of the room where they will ring the bell. They are then to
pick up a piece of candy out of the bowl and race back to their team still wearing their mittens and shoe
boxes. Pass the mittens and shoe box to the next person in line. The next person in line then repeats the
same instructions. The first team to finish and eat their candy wins.

Visual Art Activity: Salty Snowy Landscape Pictures
Materials: paper, watercolors, paint brushes, salt shaker, water
Directions: Let child paint a picture using regular watercolors. Shake salt on the painting while it is still
wet. When the painting dries it will sparkle!

Outdoor Play: Introduce Hockey to the children.

Outdoor Play:  Go sledding or snow tubing in your backyard, a local park or golf course, or at a
designated tubing hill. You don’t even need a sled—a piece of cardboard or sturdy plastic does the job

Group Musical Activity:Freeze
Dance to music on the radio or CD. Periodically turn off the music and yell “Freeze!” Everyone should
freeze until the music starts again.

Visual Art Activity: Plastic Snow Dough
Materials: 1/4 cup white glue, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/4 cup water, food colouring
Directions: Mix white glue, water and food colouring together in a small bowl until well blended. Combine
flour and cornstarch in a separate bowl. Add the flour/cornstarch mixture to the water mixture. Mix until a
stiff dough is formed. Remove dough from the bowl and knead on a floured surface for 2-3 minutes. This
dough dries to a hard, plastic-like consistency.

SNOWY SIMILES
Create snow similes on an easel pad, leaving out the last word. Invite your child to help finish each simile
about snow, ice, and/or blizzards. Start with simple sentences that will engage any child and stir their
creative juices:
The blizzard is as wild as ____________.
The snowflake falls as softly as a ___________.
Ice is as cold as__________.
More Snow DAZE
c. Marcia Arpin
www.alltheDAZE.com
established July, 1,
2002
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