Artificial snow with your own hands.

14.06.2019

We continue the winter, New Year's theme. Today you will know, how to make artificial snow from:

salt;

napkins or yarn;

foamed polyethylene;

polystyrene;

starch (soda) and shaving foam;

soap or paraffin.

New Year's, fabulous atmosphere is loved by both adults and children. But the festive mood is made up of little things: home decorations, Christmas and other New Year's, a large number in colorful packages, spicy, citrus or "Christmas tree" flavors, etc. Do you have Christmas mood? Are there snowdrifts outside the window? Sometimes to be sure New Year's fairy tale there is very little snow.

I propose to make artificial snow for decoration with your own hands from improvised means and “home-made” frost for interior decoration or a children's game.

There are many easy and inexpensive ways to get artificial snow. The choice of method depends on what you ultimately want to get and where you will use this snow later. When working with children, choose the simplest and most safe ways. For example, the process of "frost" twigs with salt crystals will interest the child, and there will be nothing to worry about if he licks this twig. But the stage of dissolving salt in hot water must be carried out under the close supervision of an adult.

DIY artificial frost

If you want to get a frosty twig to decorate the interior, use salt crystals.This process is simple, interesting and informative for the child. A real magical "action": salt crystals are formed right in front of the child's eyes.

To simulate frost on the branches, dissolve 1 kg of coarse salt in 1.5-2 liters of boiling water. We lower dry and clean branches into the resulting hot saline solution. We wait until the solution has cooled, carefully remove the branches and let them dry, observing the formation of crystals. Instead of branches, you can “frost” dill umbrellas, bunches of mountain ash, Christmas toys, etc.

Artificial frost from napkins or yarn

Don't want to do such hard work? Use yarn for knitting "Grass"

Polyethylene foam artificial snow

This material is widely used in the transportation of goods, breakable objects are laid on it, and it is also inserted to maintain the shape of the product in new shoes. To obtain artificial snow, it is enough to grate a piece of such polyethylene on a fine grater. It turns out to be quite plausible.

If you want to decorate your home with snow-covered twigs, use styrofoam artificial snow.Split the styrofoam into balls with a table fork. Cover a large, sprawling twig with glue, and while it's still wet, sprinkle it with styrofoam balls.

Artificial snow from "pampers"

To obtain artificial snow, you will need ordinary diapers, in particular, sodium polyarylate - their internal contents. Pour this substance into a convenient container, add a small amount of water, mix and wait until the filler absorbs the water. As a result, you form a gel. Next, we divide this gel with handles into pieces until snow flakes form.

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

You can also get artificial snow from foamed polyethylene (packaging for breakable objects), which also rubs on a fine grater. To decorate the edges of glasses and glasses, the most common sugar is used. Today, artificial snow at home can be made from the filling of a new diaper, for this the filling crumbles into small pieces. After that, it needs to be wetted. The most optimal do-it-yourself snow is selected depending on what this artificial snow will eventually be used for and what degree of safety is right for you.

By the New Year (to decorate the house with snow-covered twigs), artificial snow is made from foam. Hoarfrost can be made from salt crystals.

DIY artificial foam snow

On a grater, you need to grate the foam and sprinkle it with branches that must first be smeared with glue. Branches for this can be taken from any tree, and if you add a little glitter to the foam, the snow on the branches will sparkle beautifully. This method can be used to decorate sprawling and large branches. Snow-covered branches can be decorated with anything, such as 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, salt can be painted with ordinary ink or green paint.

So, you need to pour salt into boiling water on fire and let it dissolve completely (1 kg of salt is taken per 1 liter clean water). After that, lower only dry and clean branches there and leave to cool. Carefully remove the twigs from the cooled saline solution and dry thoroughly. That's all. In this way it is convenient to cover with frost small size sprigs, dill umbrellas and other dried herbs.

Sodium Polycarbonate Artificial Snow

Ingredients:

Sodium polycarbonate (found in diapers, looks like cotton);

Ordinary tap water;

Container for making artificial snow.

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

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

Artificial snow can help you have fun with your baby and also come in handy for winter crafts. How to make it so that it is quite budgetary and simple? We have collected 20 artificial snow recipes for you - try it and share your impressions. Not all of them will completely imitate snow - fluffy, soft, cold and smelling of freshness. There is also "snow" paint for drawing and "snow" slime, and "snow" plasticine, and other interesting substances. But all of them are directly related to the snow and will definitely appeal to children. And if you need "adult" options for use in needlework, then immediately go to.

For children, the most curious 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 cornstarch/ corn flour

Shaving gel

Mint extract (optional)

2. Snow clay

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 of PVA glue

1.5 cups hot water

Optional: a few drops of mint extract to give the slime a frosty flavor

Mix in a small bowl

In a second bowl, mix

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 mass begins to stretch.

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

Shaving gel

PVA school glue

Peppermint extract

5. "Silk" snow

Ingredients:

Frozen white soap bars (any brand)

cheese grater

Peppermint extract

Method of preparation - send the soap overnight in the freezer. In the morning, you can take it out one by one (Crystal used 6 bars) and grate it. Fluffy snow will be obtained, in which sparkles and mint extract can be added. It is perfectly sculpted, and you can make a snowman or any other figurine.

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

Corn starch (freeze overnight to keep snow dough cold)

Lotion (refrigerate overnight to keep the snow dough cold)

7. "Liquid" snow.

Ingredients:

Frozen cornstarch

Ice water

Peppermint extract

In the starch that you got from the freezer, you need to add ice water until the desired consistency is obtained. It is recommended to add little by little so that the “snow” does not turn out to be 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 from shaving foam

Ingredients:

1 can of shaving foam

1.5 packs of soda

glitter (optional)

Squeeze the contents of the can of foam into the bowl and gradually add soda. You will get a very pleasant mass of snow, from which you can sculpt figures.

Now let's move on to the adult part.

Artificial Snow Recipes

9. Polyethylene foam snow

Ingredients:
foamed polyethylene (used as packaging material for equipment, glass; shoe inserts) or foam;
small grater.
We work with gloves. We grind polyethylene or polystyrene on a grater and ... Voila! Fluffy flakes all over your house!!! If you add sparkles, then 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. Polymer clay snow

Ingredients:
remnants of dried polymer clay (plastic).
Needlewomen often keep the remains of polymer clay, which is a pity to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it with your hands, and then with a coffee grinder. It turns out a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate postcards and other hand-made products.

11. Snow from a baby diaper

Ingredients:
baby diaper.
To get snow, you need:
1. Cut open the diaper and remove the sodium polyacrylate from it, and then tear it into small pieces.
2. Put the resulting mass into a container and fill it with water. Pour in gradually, in small portions, until the pieces of polyacrylate begin to resemble snow. Just do not overdo it, otherwise it will turn out too wet;
3. To make the snow look more realistic, put the container in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer.

12. Frost from salt

Ingredients:
salt (preferably coarsely ground);
water.
We prepare a concentrated salt solution. To do this, fill the pan with a small amount of water and put on low heat. Add salt until it no longer dissolves. We dip the branches of spruce, pine or any other plant in a hot solution and leave for a while. The process of crystal formation is much faster in warm water! We 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 the salt solution, then the frost will turn out to be colored!

13. Artificial snow for the "snowball"

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

You can really go the simpler way - and add ordinary sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out no less effective.

14. PVA and flock snow

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

15. Snow from PVA and starch

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons starch

2 tablespoons PVA

2 tablespoons silver paint

Thoroughly mix (grind) the ingredients.

Such snow is suitable when it is necessary to decorate the surface of the product with a bulky 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. In this bulk material, we begin to gradually add white acrylic paint. From experience, it is better to buy it at a hardware store for facade works. We add to 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 quite a bit so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, some silver sequins. We mix everything and ... everything !!!

Edible snow recipes.

17. Sugar snow

Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the rim of the glass (glass) in water or syrup, and then in sugar.

18. "Snow-covered" plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
With the help of these components, plants can be candied (non-poisonous and non-bitter). Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonia, chrysanthemum, gladioli, have good taste. pansies. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, geranium are obtained beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic with constant stirring in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath). Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100 g of sugar in ¼ cup of water. Also cool. On plants, apply with a brush first a solution of gum arabic, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (but not powdered). Dry on parchment paper or tracing paper. Such "snowy" beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can 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. Put the plants prepared in this way on parchment and put in the oven on a small fire. Two hours later 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 in a steep foam with a mixer. Lay this impromptu 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 right one for yourself. Good luck! We'd love to see your work!

How to make artificial snow. 20 recipes!

Artificial snow can help you have fun with your child and also come in handy for a variety of crafts. How to make it so that it is quite budgetary and simple? We have collected 20 artificial snow recipes for you - try it and share your impressions. Not all of them will completely imitate snow - fluffy, soft, cold and smelling of freshness. There is also "snow" paint for drawing and "snow" slime, and "snow" plasticine, and other interesting substances. But all of them are directly related to the snow and will definitely appeal to children.

For children, the most curious 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 corn starch / corn flour

Shaving gel

Mint extract (optional)

2. Snow clay

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 of PVA glue

1.5 cups hot water

Optional: a few drops of mint extract to give the slime a frosty flavor

Mix in a small bowl

In a second bowl, mix

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 mass begins to stretch.

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

Shaving gel

PVA school glue

Peppermint extract

5. "Silk" snow

Ingredients:

Frozen white soap bars (any brand)

cheese grater

Peppermint extract

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

Corn starch (freeze overnight to keep snow dough cold)

Lotion (refrigerate overnight to keep the snow dough cold)

7. "Liquid" snow.

Ingredients:

Frozen cornstarch

Ice water

Peppermint extract

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 from shaving foam

Ingredients:

1 can of shaving foam

1.5 packs of soda

glitter (optional)

Squeeze the contents of the can of foam into the bowl and gradually add soda. You will get a very pleasant mass of snow, from which you can sculpt figures.

Now let's move on to the adult part.

Artificial Snow Recipes

9. Polyethylene foam snow

10. Polymer clay snow

11. Snow from a baby diaper

12. Frost from salt

Ingredients:
salt (preferably coarsely ground);
water.
We prepare a concentrated salt solution. To do this, fill the pan with a small amount of water and put on low heat. Add salt until it no longer dissolves. We dip the branches of spruce, pine or any other plant in a hot solution and leave for a while. The process of crystal formation goes much faster in warm water! We 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 the salt solution, then the frost will turn out to be colored!

13. Artificial snow for the "snowball"

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

You can really go the simpler way - and add ordinary sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out no less effective.

14. PVA and flock snow

15. Snow from PVA and starch

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons starch

2 tablespoons PVA

2 tablespoons silver paint

Thoroughly mix (grind) the ingredients.

Such snow is suitable when it is necessary to decorate the surface of the product with a bulky 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. In this bulk material, we begin to gradually add white acrylic paint. From experience, it is better to buy it in a hardware store for facade work. We add to 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 quite a bit so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, some silver sequins. We mix everything and ... everything !!!

Edible snow recipes.

17. Sugar snow

Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the rim of the glass (glass) in water or syrup, and then in sugar.

18. "Snow-covered" plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
With the help of these components, plants can be candied (non-poisonous and non-bitter). Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonia, chrysanthemum, gladiolus, pansies have good taste. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, geranium are obtained beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic with constant stirring in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath). Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100 g of sugar in ¼ cup of water. Also cool. On plants, apply with a brush first a solution of gum arabic, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (but not powdered). Dry on parchment paper or tracing paper. Such "snowy" beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can decorate a birthday cake or your favorite small sweet pastries.

19. "Snow-covered" plants - option 2

20. salty "snow" for meat

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

If you like to decorate spruce branches, windows, or various New Year's crafts with artificial snow or hoarfrost, these tips will definitely appeal to you. We will tell you about homemade and very budget alternatives to purchased cylinders. Most importantly, it will not be difficult to repeat any of the seven ideas with your own hands, and in some cases, spraying will turn out to be even more durable and durable than the store version.

Stock up on coniferous branches, New Year's wreaths and other paraphernalia - let's start decorating!

Method one: ordinary cotton wool

If you don't want to mess around for too long, this method is just right for you.

What will we need?

cotton wool or cotton pads
PVA glue
tweezers
glitter (optional)

How to do?

Cotton wool needs to be disheveled into small pieces - the smaller, the better. If you use cotton pads, then only the inner, soft part will be used.

We dip each piece in glue for a few seconds and immediately apply it to where we create a coating.

While the glue has not had time to grab, sprinkle the product with sparkles - you get the effect of sparkling snow.

When everything dries, the accessory will look no worse than powdered with ready-made artificial snow.

Method two: foam

Of course, you will have to rustle. If you are annoyed by the creaking of foam, this master class is not for you. And if you don’t care, and you want to get artificial snow quickly, inexpensively and, ultimately, beautifully, you are here.

What will we need?

Styrofoam
grater
PVA glue

How to do?

Styrofoam just needs to be grated (medium and oblong). If he is not himself good quality and simply breaks, then crumble it with your hands into grains.

Now we lubricate the spruce branches (or any other accessory) with glue and simply sprinkle with the prepared material.

The styrofoam sticks to the glue very well and looks really realistic. Especially if you manage to grate "flakes".

Method three: salt snow

If you don't mind a little tinkering, this tutorial is for you. Don't worry, it's easier than it might seem. And most importantly - the result will definitely please you.

What will we need?

salt (take the usual stone coarse grinding) - 1 kg
water - 1.5 liters
blue paint, blue vitriol or ink (optional)

How to do?

First you need to prepare a strong saline solution. To do this, pour the salt into the water and put on a slow fire, stirring constantly. As soon as the water boils, and all the salt has dissolved, remove the pan from the stove.

At this stage, add dye if you want to get artificial blue snow.

We take coniferous twigs (real, not artificial) and immediately lower them into the water: all at once or one after another - it doesn’t matter. A few seconds is enough for the salt to catch on the twigs.

Now we have to endure our future snowy branches to the cold. If possible - to the balcony, but better - to the street. If both options are not for you, refrigerate by placing them in a bowl.

After 7-8 hours, we take out the branches and hang them somewhere. You have to let them dry thoroughly.

In a few hours, our "New Year's" branches will be ready. They will turn out to be truly magical and incredibly beautiful. Here, even artificial snow from a balloon cannot be compared!

Method four: sweet frost

If spraying needs to be done quickly, this option will be optimal. Just keep in mind that ready-made twigs should not be stored for too long, because the “snowball” will consist of a food ingredient.

What will we need?

sugar
liquid glue

How to do?

Dilute a little in a container of water liquid glue. In principle, you can not use glue at all, but still it will do a good job for a more secure fixation.

Now dip the branches in this solution, and then take them out and immediately generously sprinkle with sugar.

When the water dries, the sugar will stick to the branches.

There is a little trick to make this beauty last even longer. When everything is completely dry, spray the branches with hairspray. True, there is a minus: varnish can extinguish a pleasant coniferous smell.

Method five: fluffy and soft snow from yarn

If you want your artificial snow to be not only beautiful, but also pleasant to the touch, make it from yarn. This method is especially good for those in whose house there are children. The baby is always drawn to snow-covered Christmas trees. So that the kids do not prick themselves and do not touch the chemistry, without which it is simply impossible to imagine store-bought artificial snow in cylinders, replace the decoration with something really pleasant.

What will we need?

several rods (not necessarily coniferous)
Scotch
white yarn (it is best to take shaggy and soft "grass")

How to do?

First, the rods need to be stripped of bark. It will be more convenient to work with smooth branches.

We take a thread and glue it to the base of the twig with a thin adhesive tape. Then just wrap the branch to the end. It is not necessary to do this very tightly - let the branch peep through, it's even more interesting.

We also fix the end of the thread with tape.

In this way, you need to wrap all the rods, and then just make up a composition from them.

It would be optimal to make something like a bouquet: “snow-covered” twigs + ordinary spruce or pine branches and cones. If you want something more interesting, you can twist the rods into a wreath (we already told you), adding a few coniferous branches and various New Year paraphernalia.

This method is in no way inferior to the others. Yes, it looks less like real snow, but it still looks beautiful and very comfortable.

Method six: cold snow from soda

If you want your homemade fake snow to look and feel like the real thing, try this easy recipe.

What will we need?

pack of soda
shaving foam bottle (take the simplest one)

How to do?

No tricks: just pour the soda into a bowl and gradually squeeze the foam into the container, constantly mixing the mass with your hands. The exact proportion is not needed here - it depends on the quality of the foam. As a rule, a whole can of foam takes a 500-gram pack of soda. If you need less, be guided by the touch: as soon as the consistency becomes like wet snow, from which you can make snowballs, our mass is ready.

If you really want to make something out of this "snow" (snowmen, for example), add a little more foam. If you need a loose snowball, you will need a little less.

Method seven: diaper snow

Yes, yes, we will make snow from diapers. The fact is that they contain sodium polyacrylate - a component that cannot be found anywhere else. And that's exactly what we need.

For clarity, we suggest you watch the video master class - it will be clearer.

As you can see, nothing complicated, and the result is really impressive. Perhaps this is one of better ways making artificial snow with your own hands.

All these methods will help you make artificial snow at home. Of the seven master classes, choose the one that meets your requirements for New Year's decor: soft, cold, durable - everyone has their own distinctive features. Whatever you choose, the result should please you, because the snow will help you feel the approach of the holiday and create a New Year's mood!