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Snow Activities!!

1/24/2014

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This week we did several fun snow related activities since we received our first significant batch of snow. . and we weren't really going anywhere since it was subzero temperatures. 
PLAYING INDOORS WITH SNOW - SNOW BAKING

We grabbed a few towels and some play kitchen supplies for this activity. Then, I brought in snow and we baked pretend birthday cakes, muffins, and baby food. Both kids played until their fingers were red. We tried mittens but they weren't to Lydia or Miles liking for dexterity reasons. Miles loved just resting his little fingers in the snow and banging all the plastic together. Lydia was very purposeful and "mixed" the snow, placed it from one bowl into the other, and pretended to crack eggs. It's so fun to see the differences in the two of them.

We did this activity several times throughout the week and will probably do it again tomorrow with our new batch of snow. 
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WE MADE SNOW CREAM! 

And it was sooo much fun. Lydia was excited to get to eat the snow for the first time. I used the recipe from the pin but decreased the amount of sugar. I didn't think that Lydia and I needed to share 1/4 cup of sugar. 

Here's the recipe I used:
  • 4 CUPS SNOW
  • 1 CUP MILK
  • 2 TBSP SUGAR
  • 1 TSP VANILLA

(Just a note: Snow cream from my childhood included a raw egg. . was this true for anyone else?)
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This is so easy and fast! And YUM!
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We started with a spoon. .
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And progressed to licking the bowl and laughing at the pure silliness of the moment.
SNOW PAINTING ON THE LIGHT TABLE

I wouldn't necessarily call this painting since we basically dumped color from a spoon onto snow/ice . . but its up to your interpretation. Whatever we did it was fun.

I let Lydia pick the two colors we used and of course she picked yellow as one color. So we made yellow snow and blue snow. And then we talked about mixing colors and made some green snow. 

This was fun but not as well received as the pretend play we did with kitchen stuff. In fact, just to get her to do this activity we had to first make two "cakes" of snow and then pretend to be decorating them with the paint. Which she absolutely loved.
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Snow is fun indoors or outdoors. With little people the indoor stuff is definitely ideal during these crazy cold temperatures. The main thing is to take advantage of the opportunities you have with snow when its around because it will be gone just as quickly as it came. 

Here are the links to the Pins I used and referenced:
2 Comments
Barbara
1/24/2014 11:54:57 pm

Looks like so much fun! I love our warm weather here in Florida but I am sorry that my kids miss out on snow-time fun.

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Pam Jeannet
1/25/2014 04:49:30 am

one of the pins I saw let the children use markers to paint the snow.

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