<![CDATA[www.123playandlearn.com - Snow]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:59:09 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Snow Dough]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:58:55 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/snow-dough
Supplies:
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • ½ salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Cream of Tartar
  • 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
  • 1 cup boiling water (rapidly boiling is a must!!)

Optional: glitter and scented oils
Directions:

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the oil. Immediately pour boiling water into the mix and stir (an adult should complete this step). 

Let the mixture cool for a few minutes to let the ingredients bind better. Knead on a dusted cornstarch surface until smooth. If desired add glitter and scent and knead into dough. (colored glitter may tint the dough)
*If mixture is too sticky, add little more cornstarch. 

If mixture is still too sticky pour into a pan and heat over warm heat until a dough ball is formed. 

Let it cool and knead. 
This is perfect gift for a child!! 

Roll two balls of dough and place into a clear container. 

Decorate the outside of the jar like a snowman.
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]]><![CDATA[Snow Queen Lesson Plan]]>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:37:39 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/snow-queen-lesson-planRead: “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Anderson, Edmund Dulac (illustrator)

Kai takes a magical journey to save her pet reindeer and meets the Snow Queen.
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Movie: “The Snow Queen” 
  
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Materials Needed: sticks, glue, brushes or cotton swabs, glitter

Directions: Set out the sticks on a piece of paper or a paper plate. (Each child should have at least two sticks)(Try to find sticks with multiple branches) Have the children coat each branch with glue and shake on glitter to make a frosty, magical branch.
]]><![CDATA[Crystal Snowflake Science Experiment]]>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:49:24 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/crystal-snowflake-science-experiment
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Supplies:
·         Water
·         Borax
·         Measuring spoons
·         Chenille stems
·         Coffee filter
·         Pencil or stick
·         Mason jar
·         2 Glass dishes such as a pie pan
 
Directions: 
Boil water and slowly stir in 3 Tablespoons of Borax per 1 cup of water. Stir until Borax is completely dissolved.

·         Mason Jar Snowflake: Create a six-sided snowflake with chenille stems. Leave one side longer. Wrap the long end around a pencil. Hang snowflake in Mason jar. Carefully fill Mason jar with Borax-water mixture.

·         Coffee Filter Snowflake: Cut out a snowflake from the coffee filter. Lay coffee filter snowflake flat in glass pan. Carefully fill pan with Borax-water mixture.

·         Shallow Pan Snowflake: Create a six-sided snowflake with chenille stems. Lay the snowflake flat in a shallow glass pan. Carefully cover the snowflake with the Borax-water mixture.

Predict which snowflake will grow crystals the quickest. Check on snowflakes after an hour or two. Discuss what you observe and make any new predictions.

Let all snowflakes sit overnight. Observe the snowflakes and discuss the results of your findings.
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]]><![CDATA[Snow Ball Lesson Plan]]>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:59:26 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/snow-ball-lesson-planRead: “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats
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Materials needed: 
Bars of ivory soap, grater, and water.

Directions: 
Have the children grate the bars of soap. Give each child ½ cup of grated soap. Add just enough water so the flakes stick together as the children mold the balls together with their hands.

Let the balls dry and you have a snow ball!

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]]><![CDATA[Snow Ball Printing]]>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:00:13 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/snow-ball-printing
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Supplies Needed; 
Blue paper, cotton balls, and white paint

Directions;
Allow children to paint on blue paper using cotton balls. We decided to make snowmen with our "snowballs". 
]]><![CDATA[Snowballs]]>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:03:52 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/snowballs
Supplies:
·         ¼ cup oats
·         ½ cup peanut butter
·         ¼ cup honey
·         ½ tsp vanilla
·         ¼  cup shredded coconut
Directions: 
Put oats in a blender or food processor and pulse until it becomes powdery. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together oat powder, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla. 
Roll mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll balls into coconut. Chill for 30 minutes and eat. Refrigerate leftovers.
*Highly recommend double or tripling the recipe as the kiddos will love these!
]]><![CDATA[Indoor Snow Day ~ Sensory Play]]>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:48:47 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/indoor-snow-day-sensory-playWhen the temperatures outside are too cold to or you have a child with special needs that is unable to safely be outside in the snow bring the snow inside!  
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Supplies:
  • Snow
  • Sensory table, plastic bin or big bowl

Optional: 
Mittens, spoons, ice cream scoopers, muffin tins, cookie sheet or pizza pan, water colors and paintbrush, cookie cutters, cars, plastic animals, etc.
Directions: 

Let children enjoy playing and exploring with snow while having the warmth of being indoors. 

Provide children with various supplies and let them explore snow in a whole new way.
  • paint snow with watercolors
  • use cookie cutters to cut-out snow shapes
  • make snow muffins in muffin tins
  • make snow cones
  • play ice cream parlor
  • make an animal habitat
  • make a snowy car track
  • build an igloo or ice castle
  • build little snowmen
  • build an igloo or ice castle
  • build little snowmen
*The ideas are endless! Children will open up their imaginations and have plenty of ideas to make an Indoor Snow Day so much fun!
]]><![CDATA[Marshmallow Snowman]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 03:21:18 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/marshmallow-snowman
Provide construction paper, marshmallows and other art supplies for children to make their own marshmallow snowman.
]]><![CDATA[Mitten Snowflake Counting]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 03:18:34 GMThttps://www.123playandlearn.com/snow/mitten-snowflake-counting
Print off mittens or cut out mittens from construction paper. Add numbers to the mittens.

Encourage children to place the correct number of snowflake stickers onto the mittens.
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