How to make fake snow?

Snow is one of the unchanging attributes of the New Year. Unfortunately, not every New Year's holiday can see snow-covered streets. Fix this little trouble with artificial snow. It will create the necessary festive atmosphere in your house and give your children a sea of joy and fun.

Previously, as an artificial snow, our grandmothers used plain wool. It was decorated with fir trees, windows, furniture, etc. Today, fake snow can be made with completely different materials and you can even achieve maximum similarity with this.

What materials can serve as fake snow?

There are many recipes. The choice of a particular variant depends on the purpose for which you need such a snow. For example, if you want to make a snowdrift, it's easy to do with white cloth. And if you need to decode the base of a desktop composition or photo frame, you will need ordinary cotton balls.

Snow from foam or packing polyethene

How to make snow with your own hands? If you wish to create a decoration, you may make snow from packaging materials, foam or foamed polyethene which are often rotated struggling items. Such snow is well suited for decoration, for example, fir-trees, bullets, twigs, window sills, New Year's compositions, etc. To do this, just crush one of the materials on a small grater.

By the way, the foam can be chopped even with the usual fork: put it on a solid surface and screwing with sharp teeth.

Artificial snow with paraffin and talc

Get some simple paraffin candles. Gently pull out the oppression and grind them into small grater. Then add talcum powder or baby powder and mix well.

Snow from diapers

Good homemade snow comes from baby diapers. It is very similar in texture to the natural; therefore, it is suitable not only for decorating but also for games. From it is easy to make a lion of snow, a snowman and even a grandfather of frost.

1. Remove the filler from several diapers and place it in a bowl or other suitable container. Add a glass of water to the mass at first, let it dry, and then mix. If the mixture turns dry, pour some more water and mix again.

2. Do such process till the appropriate consistency. The main thing is not overdone the addition of water; otherwise, your artificial snow will turn out to be very rare. After having prepared the mass, allow it to stand for about two hours so that the moisture is fully absorbed and the gel is well swirled. Well, so that the snow seemed to be as real as possible, you can put it in the refrigerator.

There are quite a few nice ways to get DIY snow that the house will not melt and its appearance almost is like the snow. So good creations to you!