Indoor Snow Play

Sick Kids Need Fun Too

Here's how I calmed down the kids and gave them a little excitement at the same time!

I came across this fun idea from this website:

http://www.bathactivitiesforkids.com/2013/02/snow-day.html

To be honest I found it on a Pinterest board from Allison @ train up a child. You can find her blog here:

http://trainupachildlearnaswego.blogspot.com/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Here's how I did it.  I didn't think about coloring the water though.  

THE SNOW

I dumped a lot of baking soda into a bowl and slowly added a little water until I liked the texture.  I probably added 1/6 cup water to about 3 cups of baking soda.  It looked like this:

It was still crumbly but held its shape.  I chilled it in the fridge for 30 minutes.  Then chased the kids into the tub!!

Batman made a snowman village.  SuperThomas just picked it up and put it down. He loved getting it wet so it would 'melt'.  Batman did not want his snow to melt though so he dried his hands off a lot.

All in all it distracted them and got rid of some cabin fever for about 30 minutes.  I thought the 5 minutes of effort was worth it!  Be sure to check out those other blogs, they each have been really