How to Make DIY Fake Snow for Pretend Sensory Play in Ice Age and Christmas Villages

Ice Age creative play with Diego and wax paper snow.



So, I've been saving a a bag of snow since my Grandmother passed away.  I inherited it with a few pieces of her snow village.  A few years ago, I used store bought snow for my village, as I wasn't ready to use hers or risk losing it around the cats and little ones. This year, I pulled it out and dumped it around my village.  It was as remarkable as I remembered. 





And then, it wasn't... 








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Just shred wax paper into tiny bits.


The cat kept climbing in it spreading it all over the floor.  During the holidays, I brushed it under the table to clean up later.  Later came, I began carefully picking up the pieces preparing to place them in a baggie for next year, when somehow the glistening bits of fake snow appeared more familiar than I'd ever known.  This wasn't fake snow at all.  It was tiny pieces of shredded wax paper!  I made a collage with snowy scenes around my house so you can see how natural it looks.













Grandma's fake wax paper snow village versus real snow covered pine trees in the landscape.






Sneaky Grandma, surprising me from the grave.  I hadn't realized she was so creative.  One year, on my parents twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, she volunteered to get SILVER vases for the table centerpieces.  She brought them just before the guests arrived, and I was astonished to see plastic glasses of some sort wrapped in aluminium foil.  Not her crafty-ist moment.  It felt a little tacky for what I had planned, but certainly creative. 



And now, the snow.












What an easy project for your












So, grab your wax paper.  Do not cut it. Tear it into tiny shreds and store in a Ziploc bag for your kiddos. So easy, so fun and perfect for SENSORY PLAY!  Thanks, Grandma!














What will you pretend?






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