Today there are many ways to make artificial snow with your own hands. For example, you can grate a candle or white soap on a fine grater and mix it with baby powder.

You can also get artificial snow from foamed polyethylene (packaging for breakable items), which is also rubbed with a fine grater. The most common sugar is used to decorate the edges of glasses and glasses. Today, artificial snow at home can be made from the filling of a new diaper; for this, the filling is crumbled into small pieces. After this you need to wet it. The most optimal DIY snow is selected depending on what this artificial snow will ultimately be used for and what degree of safety is right for you.

For the New Year (to decorate the house with snow-covered branches), artificial snow is made from foam plastic. Frost can be made from salt crystals.

Do-it-yourself artificial snow made of polystyrene foam

You need to grate the foam and sprinkle it on the branches, which must first be coated with glue. For this, branches can be taken from any tree, and if you add a little sparkle to the foam, the snow on the branches will sparkle beautifully. This method can be used to decorate spreading and large branches. Snow-covered branches can be decorated with anything, for example, a garland, bows, balls, etc.

How to make artificial snow from salt

Imitation of frost can be obtained using the most common kitchen salt. 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, the salt can be painted with regular ink or brilliant green.

So, you need to add salt to water boiling over a fire and let it completely dissolve (1 kg of salt is taken per 1 liter of clean water). After this, put only dry and clean branches there and leave to cool. Carefully remove the branches from the cooled saline solution and dry thoroughly. That's all. This method is convenient for covering small twigs, dill umbrellas and other dried herbs with frost.

Artificial snow made of sodium polycarbonate

Ingredients:

Sodium polycarbonate (found in diapers, similar to cotton);

Regular tap water;

Container for making artificial snow.

So, 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 place it in the refrigerator. Here you should pay attention to the temperature, which should not be below zero, otherwise it will not be snow, but ice. If these conditions are met, everything should work out!

Using this method, you can also make multi-colored snow with your own hands by adding food coloring to the container.

Today there are many ways to make artificial snow at home.
1. Making snow from soap

Grate white soap (or a white candle) and mix with baby powder.

2. Making snow from foam plastic

You need to grate the foam and sprinkle it on the branches, which must first be coated with glue. For this, branches can be taken from any tree, and if you add a little sparkle to the foam, the snow on the branches will sparkle beautifully. This method can be used to decorate spreading and large branches. Snow-covered branches can be decorated with anything, for example, a garland, bows, balls, etc.
3. Diaper snow

Having taken a sufficient number of diapers, you will have to carefully cut them with scissors and pour the contents - that same sodium polyacrylate - into a previously prepared container. For these purposes, you can take a bucket or basin, or get by with a smaller container - everything will depend on how much snow you want to get in the end. After the contents of the diapers are poured into the container, you should pour a little water into it, mix, and wait some time until the sodium polyacrylate absorbs the liquid. If the “snow” looks dry, add a little more water and stir again. And so on until the contents of the container look like real snow. For artificial snow to look like real snow not only in appearance, but also to the touch, just place it in the refrigerator. If the container is too large, go to the cold. The main thing is that the temperature is not below zero - in this case the water will freeze and our artificial snow will simply turn into ice.
4. Snow from packaging bags (the photo shows a comparison with real snow)

You will need:
- foamed polyethylene; (material that is used as packaging material for breakable items, and is also inserted into the toe box of new shoes to maintain shape.)
- fine grater
- scissors.

It is advisable to work with gloves. With a little effort, we get the following result. But if you are not satisfied with this result, you can experiment further. Let's take scissors and finely cut our snow flakes.
5. Frost from salt

We will imitate frost using salt crystals. The result will be a real chemical experience, and for the baby - a magical transformation. It is better to take coarse salt, then the crystals will be more impressive. Salt crystals can be made colored by tinting the salt solution with ink, brilliant green, or food coloring.
So. Pour salt into boiling water and let it dissolve completely (proportion: 1 kg of salt per 1.5-2 liters of water). Dip clean and dry twigs into the hot saline solution (this is important). Leave to cool. Then carefully remove the branches and let them dry. The frost is ready. The method is convenient for small twigs, dried herbs, dill umbrellas, etc. You can also grow salt crystals on Christmas tree decorations. “Frozen” branches look good not only solo, as an independent winter bouquet, but also in New Year’s compositions made from coniferous branches.

6. Snow made from shaving foam

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 snowballs are indeed molded.

7. Shining Snow

It turns out cold, fluffy and very soft.
Ingredients:
Two boxes of cornstarch/cornmeal
Shaving cream
Peppermint extract (optional)
Glitter or mica

8. Snow plasticine

Ingredients:
2 cups baking soda
1 cup cornstarch
1 and 1/2 cups cold water
A few drops of mint extract
Sequins

9. 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 aroma
Mix in a small bowl
Mix in a second bowl
3/4 teaspoon borax
1.3 cups hot water
Combine the contents of both bowls and mix with your hands for several minutes until the mixture begins to stretch.

10. Snow paint

Ingredients:
Shaving cream
School PVA glue
Peppermint extract
Glitter

11. “Silk” snow

Ingredients:
Frozen white bars of soap (any brand)
Cheese grater
Sequins
Peppermint extract
Method of preparation: place the soap in the freezer overnight. In the morning you can take it out one piece at a time (Crystal used 6 bars) and grate it. You will get fluffy snow, to which you can add glitter and mint extract. It molds perfectly, and you can make a snowman or any other figure.

12. Snow dough

Ingredients:
Cornstarch (freeze overnight to keep snow dough cold)
Lotion (refrigerate overnight to keep dough cold)
Sequins

13. “Liquid” snow.

Ingredients:
Frozen Corn Starch
Ice water
Peppermint extract
Sequins
Add ice water to the starch you took out of the freezer until you get the desired consistency. It is recommended to add a little at a time so that the “snow” does not turn out too liquid.
Also, if you've never made non-Newtonian fluids before, you might be in for a surprise. Because with active interaction, the mass becomes harder and more viscous, and at rest it spreads.

14. Snow made of polymer clay
Ingredients:
remnants of dried polymer clay (plastic).
Craftswomen often have leftover polymer clay that they hate to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it by hand and then using a coffee grinder. The result is a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate cards and other hand-made products.

15.Snow made of polyethylene foam
Ingredients:
foamed polyethylene (used as packaging material for equipment, glass, shoe inserts) or polystyrene foam;
fine grater.
We wear gloves. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene foam and... Voila! Fluffy cereal all over your house!!! If you add sparkles, the snow will also sparkle. You can powder anything with this snow if you first lubricate the surface with liquid (diluted with water) PVA glue.

16.Artificial snow for a “snow globe”
Ingredients:
Paraffin candle
It must be grated on a fine grater. This “snow” is great for making toys “a la snow globe”, when glycerin and artificial snow flakes are added to the water. The container is hermetically sealed and when shaken, the snowball smoothly sinks to the bottom.
You can actually take a simpler route - and add regular sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out no less impressive.

17. Snow made of PVA and flock
Flock is a very finely chopped pile. And if you're lucky enough to find a package of white flock on sale, rejoice. After all, now you will have “snow” for any craft in a matter of minutes. It is enough to generously coat the surface with glue and sprinkle flock on top (you can use a strainer).

18. Snow made from PVA and starch
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons starch
2 tablespoons PVA
2 tablespoons silver paint
Mix (grind) the ingredients thoroughly.
This kind of snow is suitable when you need to decorate the surface of a product with a voluminous white mass.

19. Mass imitating snow
Ingredients:
fine quartz sand or semolina or foam chips
white acrylic
thick PVA
glitter
1. Pour a small amount of your chosen material into a bowl. Approximately 1 faceted glass.
2. We begin to gradually add white acrylic paint to this bulk material. Based on experience, it is better to buy it at a hardware store for facade work. We add until such a state that our loose particles stick together, but do not float in the liquid.
3. Then add PVA, preferably thick. We also add very little so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, and some silver sparkles. Mix everything and... that's it!!!

Recipes for "edible snow".
1. Sugar snow
Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the edges of the glass (glass) into water or syrup and then into sugar.

2. “Snow-covered” plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
Using these components, you can sugar plants (non-poisonous and non-bitter). Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonia, chrysanthemum, gladioli, and pansy have good taste. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, and geranium turn out beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath) with constant stirring. Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100g sugar per ¼ glass of water. Cool too. Apply gum arabic solution first to the plants with a brush, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (not powdered sugar). Dry on parchment or tracing paper. Such “snow-covered” beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can be used to decorate a birthday cake or your favorite small sweet pastries.

3. “Snow-covered” plants - option 2
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. Place the plants prepared in this way on parchment and place in the oven over low heat. In two hours you can admire the beauty!

4. salted “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. Place this improvised snow on the meat and send it to the oven! Miracles: a chicken in a snowdrift!
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Artificial snow can help you have fun with your child and is also useful for a variety of crafts/crafts. How to make it so that it is quite affordable and simple? We have collected 20 artificial snow recipes for you - try them and share your impressions. Not all of them will completely imitate snow - fluffy, soft, cold and smelling fresh. There is “snow” paint for painting, “snow” slime, “snow” plasticine, and other interesting substances. But they all have a direct connection to snow and will definitely appeal to children. And if you need “adult” options for use in needlework, then immediately proceed to the second part (point 9 and further)

For children, the most interesting options are those proposed by Crystal Andrewood

How to make artificial snow at home

1. Shining Snow

It turns out cold, fluffy and very soft.

Ingredients:

Two boxes of cornstarch/cornmeal

Shaving cream

Peppermint extract (optional)

2. Snow plasticine

Ingredients:

2 cups baking soda

1 cup cornstarch

1 and 1/2 cups cold water

A few drops of mint 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 aroma

Mix in a small bowl

Mix in a second bowl

3/4 teaspoon borax

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

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

Shaving cream

School PVA glue

Peppermint extract

5. “Silk” snow

Ingredients:

Frozen white bars of soap (any brand)

Cheese grater

Peppermint extract

Preparation method: Place the soap in the freezer overnight. In the morning you can take it out one piece at a time (Crystal used 6 bars) and grate it. You will get fluffy snow, to which you can add glitter and mint extract. It molds perfectly, and you can make a snowman or any other figure.

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

Cornstarch (freeze overnight to keep snow dough cold)

Lotion (refrigerate overnight to keep dough cold)

7. “Liquid” snow.

Ingredients:

Frozen Corn Starch

Ice water

Peppermint extract

Add ice water to the starch you took out of the freezer until you get the desired consistency. It is recommended to add a little at a time so that the “snow” does not turn out too liquid.

Also, if you've never made non-Newtonian fluids 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 made from shaving foam

Ingredients:

1 can of shaving foam

1.5 packs of soda

glitter (optional)

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

Now let's move on to the adult part.

Artificial snow recipes

9. Snow made of polyethylene foam

Ingredients:
foamed polyethylene (used as packaging material for equipment, glass, shoe inserts) or polystyrene foam;
fine grater.
We wear gloves. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene foam and... Voila! Fluffy cereal all over your house!!! If you add sparkles, the snow will also sparkle. You can powder anything with this snow if you first lubricate the surface with liquid (diluted with water) PVA glue.

10. Snow made of polymer clay

Ingredients:
remnants of dried polymer clay (plastic).
Craftswomen often have leftover polymer clay that they hate to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it by hand and then using a coffee grinder. The result is a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate cards and other hand-made products.

11. Snow from a baby diaper

Ingredients:
baby diaper.
To get snow you need:
1. cut the diaper and remove the sodium polyacrylate from it, and then tear it into small pieces.
2. Place the resulting mass in a container and fill it with water. Pour gradually, in small portions, until the pieces of polyacrylate begin to resemble snow. Just don't overdo it or it will end up too wet;
3. To make the snow look more realistic, place the container in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer.

12. Frost from salt

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

13. Artificial snow for a “snow globe”

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

You can actually take a simpler route - and add regular sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out no less impressive.

14. Snow made of PVA and flock

Flock is a very finely chopped pile. And if you're lucky enough to find a package of white flock on sale, rejoice. After all, now you will have “snow” for any craft in a matter of minutes. It is enough to generously coat the surface with glue and sprinkle flock on top (you can use a strainer).

15. Snow made from PVA and starch

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons starch

2 tablespoons PVA

2 tablespoons silver paint

Mix (grind) the ingredients thoroughly.

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

16. Mass imitating snow

Ingredients:

fine quartz sand or semolina or foam chips

white acrylic

thick PVA

1. Pour a small amount of your chosen material into a bowl. Approximately 1 faceted glass.
2. We begin to gradually add white acrylic paint to this bulk material. Based on experience, it is better to buy it at a hardware store for facade work. We add until such a state that our loose particles stick together, but do not float in the liquid.
3. Then add PVA, preferably thick. We also add very little so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, and some silver sparkles. Mix everything and... that's it!!!

Recipes for edible “snow”.

17. Sugar snow

Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the edges of the glass (glass) into water or syrup and then into sugar.

18. “Snow-covered” plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
Using these components, you can sugar plants (non-poisonous and non-bitter). Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonia, chrysanthemum, gladioli, and pansy have good taste. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, and geranium turn out beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath) with constant stirring. Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100g sugar per ¼ glass of water. Cool too. Apply gum arabic solution first to the plants with a brush, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (not powdered sugar). Dry on parchment or tracing paper. Such “snow-covered” beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can be used to decorate a birthday cake or your favorite small sweet pastries.

19. “Snow-covered” plants - option 2

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. Place the plants prepared in this way on parchment and place in the oven over low heat. In two hours 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. Place this improvised snow on the meat and send it to the oven! Miracles: a chicken in a snowdrift!

I really hope that from these 20 artificial snow recipes you were able to choose the one that suits you.

In winter, the streets are covered with a fluffy white carpet. What New Year would be complete without snowflakes and snowdrifts? This beauty can be made at home to please the kids. Let's find out what you can use to make snow that will decorate your apartment.

Basic methods of making artificial snow

To create artificial snowflakes it is not necessary to buy a special product from

spray can. You can use materials that are found in your home. Yes, from what your imagination points to. Any housewife has a variety of materials that are suitable for this simple job.

Very often they are made from diaper filling, polystyrene foam, paraffin, soap, packaging bags, paper, shaving foam, salt or sugar. Perhaps something else will come to your mind. Try to remember what is in your bins. Get out everything that might be useful.

Let's talk in more detail about how to make artificial snow at home. Despite the fact that there are a lot of options, let’s look at the main ones.

Styrofoam snow

If you have some leftover pieces of foam, they will work great as fake snow.

By the way, this material is often used for packaging household appliances and equipment, so finding it will not be a problem.

Break the foam into small pieces so that they are easy to hold in your hand. Take a grater and grind the material. Remember that polystyrene foam can scatter throughout the apartment. Better put something on the floor. The resulting crumbs should be collected in some container. Actually, that's all. Here's how to make fake snow without spending any money.

You can decorate fir branches with polystyrene foam. To do this, they should be coated with glue, for example, PVA, and sprinkled with crumbs. It will look very beautiful. If you add glitter, the snow-covered twig will sparkle.

Snow made from soap and shaving foam

Shaving foam is not cheap, so you should first think about whether you are ready for such expenses. If yes, then feel free to pick up the can. You will also need a pack of baking soda and a large bowl. Pour the contents of the can into it and pour out the soda. Now you need to mix it all thoroughly. As a result, you should have a cool mass from which you can sculpt snowflakes.

To make snow from soap or paraffin, use a grater. Grind them and mix them with baby powder. The result is small flakes. To make the snow look like natural, take white soap or a candle.

Making snow from diapers

What else can you make snow from? From diapers. Only they must be new. They

consist of sodium polyacrylate, which is what we need. We take scissors and cut the diapers, removing the contents from them and putting them in a basin.

When you have gutted all the prepared diapers, pour some water into the basin. Stir the mass and wait until the liquid is absorbed into the polyacrylate. If you feel like there is not enough water, add more and stir again.

Over time, the mass will begin to resemble real snow. It can be placed in the refrigerator for a short time. Then she will also become cold. This is how you can make snow with your own hands using diapers.

What can you make snow from for decoration?

To decorate Christmas tree decorations or open ones, you can use polymer

clay. It should be thoroughly crumbled. You can do this with a hammer or coffee grinder. The resulting crumbs should be sprinkled on a glue-coated or other object. This snowball can be tinted by adding paint or mascara. Here's how to make snow quickly and cheaply.

Small branches can be decorated with frost. It is made from table salt and looks like the real thing. Boil about 1.5 liters of water in a saucepan (a little more is possible) and pour a kilogram of coarse salt into it. When it dissolves, dip a dry twig into the hot liquid and leave for a while. When the water has cooled, take it out and put it on a sheet of paper or oilcloth to let it cool. The frost is ready.

These snow making techniques are great for home decoration and gifts. But besides this, housewives want to decorate their holiday dishes. We'll tell you how to make artificial snow at home that you can eat.

Making edible snow

Making snow to decorate holiday dishes is very simple and quick. The easiest

the way is to take sugar. They can be used to decorate glasses. To do this, dip them in syrup and then in sugar. The result will be a snow spray effect.

To decorate fruit and cake, beat until it turns into a homogeneous white foam. Apply the mixture with a brush and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Then put the fruit in the oven over low heat. After 2 hours, they can be removed and placed on the stove. In this way, you can decorate any pastry.

You can make a similar glaze for or birds. Just use salt instead of sugar. Cover the dish with such a snowdrift and bake. The sauce will remain on the meat, giving the appearance of a coating of snow.

Now you know what you can make snow from yourself. Use these tips and you will see how happy your household will be with the splendor of the decoration of your apartment. In addition, you will have fun and bring joy to the children.

In recent years, snow has not always pleased us with its abundance and consistency in winter. Whether this is due to global warming or other causes of climate change, in any case, we always, especially during the winter holidays, so want to enjoy the sight of this white fluffy miracle.

Artificial snow created right at your home can help with this desire. Although it is relevant even with snowdrifts outside the window, with its help an atmosphere of celebration and magic will be in the house if you decorate various crafts and a Christmas tree with it. In addition, such an activity with your child will be a fun alternative to other games.

How to make artificial snow at home?

Of course, you can buy ready-made artificial snow, but if this option seems unsuitable to you, you can always replace it with something. There are many options for how to make artificial snow. At the same time, it will be fluffy, soft, crispy, just like the real thing. And in addition – very fragrant. So it will definitely appeal not only to children, but also to adults.

The first recipe for artificial snow

We will need:

• 2 boxes of corn flour (starch);
• shaving cream;
• glitter (mica);
• mint extract.

This snow will turn out shiny, cold, fluffy and incredibly soft, like clouds. First, mix shaving cream and starch in a container. This process will take some time, but it will be incredibly fun. Your kids will definitely love the feeling of “snow” on their hands as they mix.

Finally, add a few drops of mint extract to the mixture. In principle, you don’t need to add this ingredient, it will just add another entertaining element to the process of exploration and play, and the snowball will smell simply amazing. For beauty and shine, add a little mica or glitter. From the resulting snow you can make snowballs or make any figures, for example, a funny snowman.

The second recipe for artificial snow at home

For this silky feeling and appearance of snow we will need:

• several bars of frozen soap;
• grater;
• glitter;
• peppermint extract.

First, put the soap in the freezer overnight. In the morning, we first take out one piece and grate it, then the next one, and so on until we have grated all the prepared cubes.

The result will be a very fluffy snowball, to which you can add mint extract and glitter if desired. This kind of snow molds perfectly, so you and your child can make any figure.

How to make artificial snow - recipe three

For this option you will need the following ingredients:

• a can of shaving foam;
• 1.5 packs of soda;
• sparkles.

Squeeze the entire can of foam into the container, gradually add baking soda and mix. The result is a mass very similar to real snow, from which it is pleasant to sculpt. For beauty, add glitter. This snow feels very soft, cool, smells of frost and freshness.