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What can be done from artificial snow crafts. How to make artificial snow

Hand-made lovers use the most different materials, achieving the exclusive "sound" of the craft. In this regard, there is great demand artificial snow, capable of giving any man-made masterpiece naturalism, freshness and festivity. In large volumes, it leaves, of course, around Christmas and on New Year, however, does not go unnoticed for other reasons. So, artificial snow in cans is in great demand when decorating wedding interiors and celebrating the birth of a baby. Yes, and in other situations, it is very appropriate.

Artificial snow for decoration

This element is used in cases where the creator wants to achieve maximum realism and credibility, bringing coolness and volume to the picture or craft. More or less wealthy people buy artificial snow in cans equipped with convenient dispensers. If the material is needed in larger quantities, it is purchased in dry form, and after being filled with water, it turns into a real snowdrift. Moreover, it is possible to achieve its different consistency: to increase the fluffiness, a reduced volume of water is used, to gain density - indicated in the instructions. From the latter, you can easily sculpt snowballs or snowmen that will not melt, but will stand in your interior even until the summer.

If the designer's goal is planar drawings (for example, on windows), an artificial snow spray is purchased, similar to graffiti paints. All these factory offers are convenient not only in use, but also in subsequent cleaning. Drawings from glasses are washed off with a damp cloth without difficulty and streaks, you don’t even need to detergents. And artificial snow for decor, packaged in bags or cans, is easily removed with a vacuum cleaner, since it is a dielectric and does not stick to anything. So bringing the apartment to a pre-holiday state is no different from the usual weekly cleaning.

The only thing that can upset a handmaker with artificial snow is the price, which is quite high. If you need a little for your ideas, you can, of course, pay 600 rubles for a 100-gram bag. But spend on large quantity not everyone will agree. It is even more impractical to purchase artificial snow spray: you will have to pay more than 400 rubles for a can, and total weight at the exit it turns out to be much less than from dry snow. Therefore, craftsmen have developed a lot of ways to make it from improvised materials available for purchase.

Homemade snow: method 1. Use foam

One of the simplest "recipes" for making artificial snow is to use foamed polyethylene or regular foam. The last one is familiar to everyone. The first term refers to the material for packaging glass items, office equipment, and shoe inserts are made from it. To get artificial snow, it is enough to grate the foam. You can mash with a fork or crumble with a knife, but in this case, the flakes will be coarser and more heterogeneous. You need to work with foam / polyethylene with gloves - the particles stick to your hands. With the resulting snow, you can powder anything, you just need to smear the pre-decorated surface with ordinary PVA.

Homemade snow: method 2. We stock up on clay

Those who do needlework often and a lot often have pieces of dried polymer clay. They must first be crushed with your hands, and then grind in a coffee grinder. If the plastic has been dyed, you will end up with multi-colored artificial snow, which gives even more interesting possibilities for using it. In addition, it will be as light as the previous method, so it is suitable for applying to a wide variety of objects, including cardboard postcards.

Homemade snow: method 3. Making frost

In cases where frost is required by design, there is a very simple option for creating it. You need coarse salt and quite a bit of water. A bowl of liquid is placed on a gentle fire, and salt is gradually poured into it. You need to do this until it stops blooming even when heated - this is how brine is obtained, a supersaturated salt solution. You need to use it hot: pine paws, cones, intricately curved branches fall there - everything you need to “silver”. In a day, a sparkling layer of frost will lie on them. And if you add dyes, brilliant green, ink to the brine, then your artificial snow will not only shine, but will also acquire different shades.

Homemade snow: method 4. Easier than ever

Of the tools, you only need a grater, as in the very first technique. And as a starting material, a white stearin candle is taken. Rubbed finely, it is mixed with the cheapest baby powder - the same talc, for example. Instead of a candle, you can use baby white soap, it will turn out no worse. Only if you rubbed a candle, keep the craft away from heating appliances, and if soap, you can’t put it in a damp place or take it with wet hands.

Homemade snow: method 5. Use semolina

For drawings and postcards, ordinary semolina will perfectly act as snow. The only task is to find groats without a yellowish tint. The places on the image where there should be a snowball are smeared with glue and generously sprinkled with semolina. After drying, the excess is simply shaken off. In the same way, artificial snow can be obtained from coarse, preferably sea (it has a bluish tint) salt. Only glue should be taken less liquid and, again, protect the product from water.

Homemade snow: method 6. We stock up on different materials

If you need a not very voluminous snow cover in the picture, you can mix shaving foam with PVA glue, taken in the same volume. As it dries, you get a convex and elegant picture.

But if you need volume, it is better to make artificial snow from soda with the same foam. She will need a bottle, and soda - a standard pack. The entire contents of the vial are released onto something even, into which the powder is poured little by little, with constant stirring. If it is supposed to sculpt something from the snow, the foam is replaced with hair conditioner (a quarter of a can per pack of soda).

You can also make artificial snow from soda by mixing it with PVA. Experienced handmakers advise adding white acrylic to the composition, believing that without it, the mixture after drying gives some yellowness. Snow will become even more natural if crushed glass is added to the composition - sparks will be pronounced. Only you need to take thin, for example, from pharmacy ampoules or light bulbs.

Homemade snow: method 7. An interesting solution

A very interesting technology, how to make artificial snow, was probably developed by young mothers. It requires only a clean baby diaper of any production. In it, the absorbent substance is sodium polyacrylate, which will become the basis for snow. On the diaper, you need to cut the outer shell and remove the filler. It looks like thick cotton wool.

Polyacrylate needs to be torn into small pieces that fold into any vessel. Water is added to it a little bit until the contents look like lush snow. Your task is not to overfill the liquid, as its excess will make the snowball wet and untidy. To enhance the credibility, the vessel can be put in the cold, but not in the freezer. If desired, this artificial snow can be painted. Food coloring is especially well suited for this purpose.

Frost patterns

On New Year's Eve, windows are painted in almost every family. Windows with natural frost stains look especially aesthetically pleasing and elegant. To get them, it is not necessary to wait for sub-zero temperatures. You need to go to the pharmacy and buy 50 grams of magnesia. It dissolves in half a glass of light beer. Glass intended for decoration is washed and dried. With a brush, sponge or sponge, curls and feathers are applied to the window, imitating natural frosty patterns. As soon as they dry, they will be like real ones.

And for the image of wonderful snowflakes on the windows, artificial snow from toothpaste is very suitable. First you need to cut out a template from thin paper and stick it on the right place. No adhesives, just wet the surface with tap water. In a small glass, toothpaste is diluted a little thinner than its natural consistency (like very thick sour cream). An old toothbrush is lowered into the container, paste is collected on it and sprayed both on the snowflake itself and a little around it. When the installation is dry, paper template neatly peeled off - and you have an elegant snow-covered window.

Homemade snow to decorate dishes

For a holiday, not only the room should be elegant. The dishes served are arranged by the hostesses by definition, but the dishes must also correspond to the moment. Here, too, artificial snow will be very useful, only edible. In this direction, several options can be proposed.

  1. Glass decoration. Sugar is poured onto a saucer, a glass is lowered into water (you can use juice or syrup), and after draining excess liquid, it is placed on a saucer. Turn over and have a beautiful snow rim. For tequila drinkers, the same process for shots is done with lemon juice and salt.
  2. To decorate sweets, egg white and sugar are beaten firmly. On any culinary masterpiece, protruding elements are smeared or a winter pattern is drawn. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and have snowy treats.
  3. An original decoration for meat dishes: egg whites are beaten with a mixer together with a small amount of salt into a tight foam, the mass is laid out on a baked slice and placed in the oven. Suitable for chicken, and for pork with beef, and for fish. Do not be afraid to oversalt: in the "snowdrift" there will be not such a high concentration of salt.

You can come up with your own snow decorations, which will add not only beauty to the dish, but also taste elegance. Here it is only important to try to use ingredients that will give the decoration the whiteness and structure of real snow.

Kyiv decided that spring had begun. I even found fluffy seals on the willow, can you imagine! And Ksyusha yearns for snow since summer. she remembered so much that the whole year the baby is waiting for new snow. Well, no, it means that you need to do it yourself. In my search for the perfect homemade snow, I came across a lot of interesting recipes, each of which promises to be super-duper. Okay, let's try everything. During the day's walk, Serafimka and I went around all the necessary nearby shops and collected a bunch of ingredients.

Ingredients

From all this wealth, I prepared 4 types of artificial snow and wrote down for you small video a review that shows how each snow mixture looks like: whether it is molded, how loose, smooth each of them is:

Recipe one: “Cold homemade snow”

Shaving foam snow

Ingredients:

  • Shaving foam

I kneaded the ingredients without adhering to any proportion, although the recipe says that you need to take 1 can of foam for 1 pack of soda. I decided to save the foam for two more experiments, so I did not make artificial snow from the entire can.

This snow turned out to be wet, cold and fragrant (we smell like menthol and something else). It is easy to sculpt snowmen from it.

Recipe two: “Fragrant gentle snowball”

Baby oil snow

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1/4 cup baby massage oil

Important:

The original recipe called for 1 cup of baby oil to 8 cups of flour. This portion seemed to me too big, so I reduced it by 4 times. You need to knead it carefully; for these purposes, you can take an egg whisk.

According to this recipe, the most delicate homemade snow with a pleasant aroma was obtained. Suitable for children with very sensitive skin. From it you can sculpt snowballs and figures, as from a real one.

Recipe Three: “Very White and Crispy Snow”

Corn starch snow

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil

Important: the presence of oil in the recipe makes it difficult to clean up after the game!

We knead the ingredients very carefully, you can also take a whisk. The result is super crispy, pleasant to the touch, living snow, which is a bit like kinetic sand. By the way, this recipe is surprisingly the most economical :) And one more significant plus for mothers of one-year-olds: this snow can be eaten and it is safe!

Recipe 4: DIY Kinetic Snow

Snow made from soda, starch and flour

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup soda
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch

I prepared this snow like this: I mixed baking soda with cornmeal, added water, then added the right amount of starch (about 1/2 cup). The snow turned out to be very interesting to the touch, some kind of slightly fluid. This feeling gives him corn starch.

How to play with homemade snow?

  • Glitter, snowflakes, food coloring, or other little things can be added to each snow.
  • For games, it is worth preparing different tools for (a rolling pin, a plastic knife, spoons, spatulas, molds, stamps, etc.), children's dishes or bottles with liquid paint and spray.
  • You can also invite different characters to the game: animals, Santa Claus, and others.

Instruments

On a tray with sides it turns out neater

I do not like to build a children's game according to a certain scenario, so I do not invent any fairy tales in advance. I just create conditions that promote an exciting game. The only thing is that before each game I announce some rules, for example: “Do not scatter snow around you, do not walk around the house with a box, use tools in turn, and the like.” Of course, these rules often pass by my girls :) But I think that they still need to be said ...

Simochka pours snow into a mini-bowl with a spoon

Winter is in full swing, and although last year's new year holidays have already passed and even managed to forget a little, winter-themed crafts are still relevant, especially if there are snowdrifts outside the window. Snow ... It's so good to make an original snowman that you often even want to take it home. However, a snow craft sparkling in the frosty sun will melt in the warmth in a matter of minutes, bringing grief and natural everyday problems. And if so, then we get down to business and learn how to make artificial snow that will delight you and your loved ones, giving your masterpieces a truly fabulous winter flavor! In this article, you will learn how to make artificial snow at home.

In fact, there is no one recipe for making artificial snow with your own hands: there are many ways that differ from each other in the result - the resulting "snow" mass - sometimes quite strongly. However, each recipe has its adherents among craftsmen and can serve the purpose of decoration in its own style, for certain crafts. In this article, we will look at some of the most successful, in our opinion, ways to make artificial snow and hoarfrost: we advise you to try each, choosing for yourself the best option(or variants).

For the sake of objectivity, it is worth mentioning that there are special aerosol cans with “artificial snow” on sale, the contents of which very realistically reproduce real snow, as well as the corresponding powders and granules for dissolving in water. However, we will not follow this simple, but much more expensive path, and will now begin to roll up our sleeves and get down to business.

Any artificial snow recipe is multi-component in its structure and consists of several ingredients, which, when mixed in certain proportions and under certain conditions, give the desired result. Almost all of the proposed options are easy to do in an ordinary kitchen or home workshop.

How to make artificial snow at home?

Method number 1

A great sparkling result will be obtained if you mix corn starch with shaving cream and sparkles. You will have to experiment with proportions to achieve the result you need. Optionally (and if available, of course) when kneading, you can add mint extract. Instead of starch, cornmeal is suitable, and sparkles are often “replaced” with mica. In any case, the result of your efforts will surely please you.

Method number 2

Shaving foam can also be mixed with ordinary baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate - the essence is the same, do not be afraid of differences on packages from different manufacturers). It is important to gradually add it to the foam squeezed out in advance into a suitable container, the resulting white mass, pleasant to the touch, can be “seasoned” with sparkles, achieving the charm of snow sparkling in the sun. Usually one and a half standard packs of soda are required per can of foam.

Method number 3

The pre-frozen toilet soap grated on a cheese grater looks incredibly plausible as artificial snow. Any variety will do, the main thing is that the color of the bar is as white as possible. The mint extract and sparkles added to the resulting mass will also come in very handy for a greater decorative effect.

Method number 4

Not exactly cheap and not at all free (although, for whom it’s different) is to gut a regular baby diaper: we only need its sodium polyacrylate filler, which then needs to be torn into small pieces. It is an absorbent material that crystallizes under the influence of moisture and retains it. Therefore, the material extracted from the diaper is placed in a container and gradually filled with clean water, just make sure that it is not more than enough to form "snow". If you have doubts about the harmlessness of sodium polyacrylate, take into account the fact that you took it out of the most loyal thing to a sensitive baby's body - a diaper.

Method number 5

In nature, snow, as you know, can look somewhat different, while remaining the same snow. So this method offers a slightly peculiar artificial snow - it is best used to create "snow massifs", "snowy expanses". You will need ordinary starch, PVA glue and silver paint: just take one equal part each (usually it is calculated in the amount of 2 tablespoons, but this is not important) and mix thoroughly until you get the “snow” mass you need.

Method number 6

This is not exactly snow, or rather, not snow at all, but “hoarfrost”, which may be required to create believable compositions. Sprigs of needles, ordinary twigs and grass are covered for this purpose with a very cool saline solution, which, when dried, crystallizes on their surface and shines, just like real frost! And to achieve this effect is very simple: gradually pour coarse salt into a container with hot water, located on the stove over low heat, and when the salt has ceased to dissolve, turn off the heat and dip the plants prepared in advance into the solution. The branches with the future “frost” are infused until the water cools, then they are removed and dried under normal conditions for about 4-5 hours - you will see the result yourself!


Method number 7

Often, for the design of a "winter" craft, a so-called. "snow paint" To prepare it, let's take the shaving cream already familiar to us (the brand does not matter - the main thing is that it be white color), PVA glue, as well as the ubiquitous sparkles - where without them, and mint extract. Well-mixed ingredients form a characteristic mass, which is applied with a brush or sponge and with which you can both tint the craft and fully draw on the plane, for example, snowmen.

A wonderful winter time is dear to each of us from the school bench. Who does not have wonderful memories of playing funny games as children? winter Games and enjoy the airy snowflakes flying from the sky! However, as the climate changes, winter does not please us so often, but the soul still requires a holiday! How to create a festive snowy atmosphere for yourself? How to make snow with your own hands?

There is a sure method to cook snow in just using a kettle of boiling water. However, this will require a “real” fierce winter outside the window. At least 25 degrees below zero. Then with a kettle of boiling water you can go outside, and in a matter of seconds turn it into a pile of snowballs. To do this, you need to carefully throw out all the water from the kettle and, lo and behold, no more water pours out of it, but snowflakes fly out!

This method is good when it's really cold outside. But how to prepare snow if it is warm there or just a light frost?

In fact, making artificial snowflakes at home is not that difficult. There are several methods that are suitable for this case. You can make snowflakes from seven different materials:

  • baby diapers;
  • salt;
  • Styrofoam;
  • soap and toilet paper;
  • soap and water;
  • cotton wool;
  • sugar and water.

Now more about each method of making snow mass.

Making snow out of diapers

You can prepare snow happiness in three stages:

  1. We buy this diaper in the store. As a rule, its main component are special sodium polyacrylate granules. In its pure form, this item is not for sale. But from one large diaper you can get several handfuls of snow;
  2. now you need to gut the diaper, carefully cutting along the seam. Powder will spill out from under the outer soft coating, which must be carefully collected in a large bowl. The powder should be at least half as much as the free space in the bowl;
  3. now you can add water to the container. By the amount it should be a little more than the powder itself. Now the most amazing begins. The wet powder will begin to grow rapidly in size! The picture is reminiscent of a fairy tale about a magic porridge that crawled out of a pot.

Our snow is almost ready! If you need a multi-colored material, then any dye can be added to the water. Thus, you get a multi-colored snowball, from which you can make any compositions or gifts.

This method takes a little time, and the output is almost real crumbly dry snowflakes that do not stick to your hands and do not freeze your fingers. It turns out that making snow at home is really easy and fast.

However, if there are children in the house, then it is important to ensure that the child does not eat such a “snowflake”. No matter how hypoallergenic diapers may seem, sodium polyacrylate is a chemical element. If used incorrectly, it can cause serious harm to the body.

Making snow from salt

With the help of salt, it will be possible to make not so much a handful of snow as a delicate cover of hoarfrost. It is interesting to do this business with a child. For him, this will be both an exciting activity, and at the same time there will be a chance to gain some basic knowledge in the field of natural sciences.

You can make frost from salt in five steps:

  1. buy rock salt in the store;
  2. prepare a solution. For one kilogram of salt, two liters of water are required. Stir until completely dissolved. It will not be easy, but it is an important step in the whole process;
  3. to obtain frost with some color tint, you need to add dye or ink to the solution;
  4. now the fun part. We take a branch (spruce, flower, string of beads) and dip it into the salt solution. Leave in this container until the solution has completely cooled;
  5. now you can remove your object from the saline solution and leave to dry.

After the final drying, the immersed object will acquire white coating, which appearance it reminds me a lot of winter frost. Now you can use this branch to make bouquets or arrangements.

Preparation of snow mass from foam

To prepare such snow, you just need a piece of foam left over from the purchase. household appliances or home insulation. You need to take a fine grater and grate a piece of foam on it. The result is a pile of snow that is suitable for use in crafts or decorations.

The advantage of polystyrene is its harmlessness. This environmentally friendly product does not emit any odors or fumes. Therefore, even allergy sufferers can make snow from polystyrene foam. Moreover, it is one of the most budget options, as it does not require any additional costs.

With the help of such snow, you can make snow-covered branches. To do this, it will be enough to grease the branch with glue, and then sprinkle with cooked snowflakes.

How to make snow out of soap and toilet paper?

The process of making snow from soap and toilet paper is somewhat unusual, but crafts can be easily sculpted from such a mass of snow. For example, you can sculpt snowballs or even a whole snowman.

To make snow, you need to prepare several rolls of toilet paper and a piece of white soap. The paper needs to be torn into small pieces. In a large glass dish at the bottom you need to put a piece of soap and cover with torn paper. This dish needs to be microwaved at 100 degrees.

The mixture should “bake” for about a minute, but every fifteen seconds it must be stirred, as if fluffing. The soap must not be completely dissolved. It should just become soft.

The resulting mixture should be poured with a glass of water, mix well and add another half glass. Our snow is ready. From the resulting mass, you can sculpt any figures that your imagination can master.

How to make snow with soap and water

Such snow will not last long, but it will be an interesting activity for both the parent and the baby. For its preparation it is enough:

  1. grate one bar of white baby soap on a coarse grater;
  2. add a quarter cup of boiling water;
  3. using a mixer, beat the solution to the state of thick sour cream.

Knowing how to make snow using this method, you can prepare it in advance before bathing a child. This will give him a lot of pleasure, and his parents will allow him to calmly bathe him.

Cooking snow from cotton wool

The advantage of this method of making snow is that after using it, the house does not require general cleaning. All ready-made snowflakes will be easy to place anywhere in the house, as well as successfully removed. Here is the preparation itself:

  1. we roll a large number of rollers from cotton wool;
  2. we dip an ordinary thread in PVA glue;
  3. string cotton balls on a thread wet from glue;
  4. the thicker we lower, the more impressive the snow garland will be;
  5. let dry;
  6. decorate your home with the resulting snow garlands.

Cooking sweet snow

An unforgettable event for the whole family will be the preparation of sweet snow, which can be eaten. For him, made in the form of snowflakes and stars.

a pinch of sugar and egg yolk beaten with a mixer until very thick foam. The resulting foam can decorate all the cookies, and sprinkle with powdered sugar on top. Everything is baked in the oven on low heat. As a result, it will turn out to make a lot of snow, which will be fabulously tasty and beautiful!

With the help of sugar, you can also frame the edges of the glasses. After wetting the glasses, you can dip them in sugar and let dry. Sugar will be securely fixed on the glasses, creating an unusually beautiful decor.

Can artificial snow be used on ski slopes?

Interestingly, on this moment some world famous ski resorts use artificial snow for their tracks. Snow for the ski run, of course, is not prepared by any of the above methods. There, for this, special pumps or snow guns are installed, which give out snow quickly and automatically. Although in nature snow forms only at temperatures below zero, artificial snow is made at higher temperatures by the action of special proteins.

However, some experts believe that although real snow can be replaced in this way, it is still harmful to environment cannot be completely avoided. The movement of large volumes of water from one place to another often leads to a sharp decrease in the water level in freshwater rivers, and they, in turn, play a key role in supplying local residents with drinking water.

In any case, making artificial snow at home is an exciting experience. It will bring happiness to children and adults, and will be remembered for a long time as a colorful and memorable event!

New Year is a time of miracles and fairy tales. And what can better convey the right atmosphere than the snow that lies on the windows, the branches of the Christmas tree, holiday table and does not melt? You can do this at home, we will talk about popular methods.

DIY artificial snow has a different purpose, which depends on the materials chosen. Some options are suitable for decorating the floor under the Christmas tree, others for painting windows, bottles, dishes. Knowing the properties of artificial snow, you can find the most unexpected application for it.

Making artificial snow and frost from toothpaste

This option is perfect for applying to glass - mirrors, windows, crystal. Can also be used to decorate spruce branches. Such a frost is easy to manufacture, but has a small drawback: it is impossible to achieve accurate spraying of the selected area, it is possible to “dirty” the adjacent surfaces.

Buy the cheapest toothpaste without the colorful ingredients. Place the contents of half of the tube into a container that is easy to mix and gradually pour clean water. You need to achieve the consistency of sour cream, so pour in the liquid in small portions so as not to overdo it. The resulting composition is applied to the surface with a toothbrush. Dip it into the prepared mass and spray it with your finger on the brush. To decorate a window in this way, prepare a stencil, fix it on the glass with water and apply the patterns you need.

Using baking soda and shaving foam

This option is suitable for decorating the Christmas tree, its branches, the floor under the tree and any other place of your choice. Such a craft is within the power of a child - there will be something to do on a long winter evening. Among the shortcomings - artificial snow must be periodically removed so as not to litter the apartment.

The instruction is simple. Buy shaving cream. If with the smell of frosty freshness - even better. Your snow will be just like the real thing. Squeeze the contents of the vial into any convenient container. Gradually add baking soda. The trick of this method is that the structure of artificial snow depends on the amount of soda. The more soda, the more free-flowing the material is. Therefore, the amount of filler depends on the final goal: creating snowdrifts or sculpting a snowman.

If you plan to take children with crafts, use food starch. So baby skin will not suffer. This snow can also be painted in different colors using food coloring. Put a music box on the shelf, spread snow around it - there will be no limit to the delight of the guests!

Salt artificial snow

This method is good for decorating Christmas tree or pine branches. It will not work to create a snow texture, but the frost effect will be believable.

Pour 5 liters of water into an enamel bowl without chips. Add two packs of salt. Extra or different - does not play a role. Boil and keep on fire until the salt is completely dissolved. Let the water cool a little and dip the branches into it for 5-6 hours. Then take it out and dry it for half an hour.

You will achieve the effect of frost. A few Christmas decorations as the finishing touches will give the composition a natural, fairy-tale look. Such spruce branches delight children and adults, create a New Year's mood.

Imitation of snow with foam

The method is suitable for those who like to spend time hugging a vacuum cleaner. "Snowflakes" scatter around the apartment even from a small draft, and collecting them is not so easy. To make such artificial snow, take foam. The one that is used for packaging small household appliances is better (it has less grain). Use a fork to scrape off the pellets and put them in a bag for later storage.

You can use artificial snow obtained in this way as a decoration for a Christmas tree.

Making artificial snow from diapers

Yes, it didn’t seem to you, but we didn’t seal it. You can also make artificial snow out of baby diapers. The granules that are inside the diapers perfectly absorb moisture, while acquiring a loose structure.

To make artificial snow for decoration, carefully remove the filler. In new diapers, it looks like cotton wool.

Grind the material with scissors and place the resulting bulk mass in any dish. Pour clean water in a thin stream while stirring the contents of the container. It is best to do this with your hands, mixing and kneading the mass, as if kneading dough.

The artificial snow obtained in this way is difficult to distinguish from the real one, even at close range. You can make snowdrifts under the Christmas tree, scatter snow over spruce branches, window sills, and furniture. It does not melt, does not lose moisture and does not stain surfaces.