Snow Day

Today was a snow day - school was cancelled. We brought some of that great fresh snow inside to play! Annabelle, Jonah and Grace each got their own pan or large bowl full of snow to play with. We sprayed it with a squirt bottle (we had to use a lot of water to make the snow stick together). We tried coloring it with markers. We stirred it and whatever else they could think of with it.

Annabelle and Jonah each made a mini snowman! Oh, sorry, Annabelle says hers is a snow-woman.
Here is Jonah's. He put a hat on his. He even sculpted a nose, which you can't see.
Next we moved on to snow cones. We just put a scoop of snow in a bowl and added juice to it. There is an actual recipe for snow cones, though if you want to try: Mix one packet of Kool-aid, 3/4 cup of water and 1/2 cup sugar in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Have kids shake and shake till sugar is dissolved. Pour it into a squeeze bottle. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop some packed snow into a bowl and let kids drizzle the syrup on top.
Not done yet! After dinner we tried making snow ice cream! Mix one gallon of snow with one cup of sugar and one tablespoon vanilla. Stir in 2 cups milk, just until it's the right consistency. It turned out much better than I expected! The first 10 bites were great. Then the taste of snow became more pronounced, and maybe we put in too much vanilla. Nobody finished eating their bowl full. But we sure had a great time experimenting with snow today!!