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Snow Dough

3/2/2014

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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
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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. 

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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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Snow Queen Lesson Plan

1/15/2014

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Read: “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.

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Snow Ball Lesson Plan

1/14/2014

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Read: “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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Snow Ball Printing

1/8/2014

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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". 
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Snowballs

1/7/2014

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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. 
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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!
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Indoor Snow Day ~ Sensory Play

12/23/2013

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When 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.
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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
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*The ideas are endless! Children will open up their imaginations and have plenty of ideas to make an Indoor Snow Day so much fun!
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Marshmallow Snowman

10/17/2013

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Provide construction paper, marshmallows and other art supplies for children to make their own marshmallow snowman.
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