Snow Measuring Stick

A yard stick is painted blue and decorated with silver snowflakes to help kids measure the amount of snowfall with all kids network.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/winter/snow-measuring-stick.asp

Snow Science Experiments

Bring some snow indoors and watch it melt in various ways including adding different temperature waters, adding salt, putting it in other rooms, and more. 

Cold water, room temperature water and hot water are poured on snow to see how each melts the snow.  Inspiration laboratories shares the details.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/snow-and-water-science-experiment/

Pleasantest thing places a snowball in the freezer, refrigerator and on the table and watches how each melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.pleasantestthing.com/2013/02/kids-science-activity-snow-fun.html

Little bins for little hands puts snow in different rooms throughout the house to see how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/snow-science-experiment-saturday-science/

Home school innovations places snow through a filter to see how it melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://homeschoolinnovation.com/blog/homeschool-science-with-snow/

Mom inspired life adds salt to one snow ball and nothing to the other and watches how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://mominspiredlife.com/melting-snow-science-experiment/

Snow Painting

Now that the snow has been around for a while and starting to look all icky...

Bring some inside and paint it with food coloring

And make snow art.  

A Cold and Blessed Play Date

Celebrate the snow with snow angels and this fun day of play featuring a snow angel craft, snack, activity and book.

Begin the day by making these paper plate snow angels.  For younger kids punch holes into the angels to make them lacing cards for fine motor skill practice.  The manger shares the details.

Get the instructions here:
http://themanger.blogspot.jp/2009/12/celebrate-with-stars-angels-sheep-and.html

Next, step outside for some snowy fun and make snow angels.

Next, come back inside for these cute angel snacks consisting of bugles, icing, pretzels, cherios and oyster crackers.  Catholic icing shares the recipe.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.catholicicing.com/angel-snack-play-with-your-food/

End the day by reading The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck.  A sweet story about the importance of family.  Check it out from the library or find it at Amazon.

How to Make Snow Ice Cream

Snow, milk, sugar and vanilla are mixed together to make homemade snow ice cream.  Make monthly shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://makemonthly.blogspot.com/2009/12/stay-at-home-make.html

Snow Painting

Really quite lucky has a colorful idea for kids to have some fun in the snow.  She mixes food coloring and water and fills up spray bottle for the kids to get artistic. Another good idea is to use this for spelling exercise and have the kids write the week's words out in the snow.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://reallyquitelucky.blogspot.com/2010/01/kid-activity-for-snow-days.html

Snow Sensory Box

In case you don't want to bring real snow indoors or there's no snow outside white shredded plastic bags make a great substitute.  Add wintery items such as plastic trees and snowmen, and animals to hop around for lots of imaginative play.

Make Your Own Snow

Did you know that you can use the contents of a diaper to make fake snow?  It's crazy but it works.  Remove the insides, add to your favorite sensory bin and let the kids add water.  The material expands and makes a squishy snowy substance.

Bitz n giggles uses everything from sugar to salt to shaving cream to coffee filters.

Get the instructions here:
http://bitzngiggles.com/2014/11/101-guide-diy-snow.html

Winter Window Ornament

Spoonful has a cute way to make a winter window.  They use mini popsicle or craft sticks for the window frame, felt for the curtains and snow texture for the snow.  White wax from crayons or sugar or even small pieces of Kleenex might work for the snow as well.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://spoonful.com/crafts/snowy-window

Snow Words

I can teach my child shares an idea for making snow words using glue and fake plastic snow.  Another idea is to have kids make their names.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2012/01/snowy-sight-words/

Build Your Own Igloo

Education.com has an awesome tutorial for how to make your own igloo and it's really simple. You can make a small igloo indoors with ice cube trays or a large igloo for outdoors with milk cartons that you cut in half. One word of warning, make sure your ice is flat. Otherwise it will be a lot more challenging to get the ice to stay put, although probably a lot more fun as well.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.education.com/activity/article/homemade_igloo/?cid=50.20


Play at home mom 3 also has an ice cube igloo using square ice cubes. She then re-purposes them to draw with and use in the bath.

Get the instructions here:
http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2012/03/igloo.html

Making merry memories uses sugar cubes to make an igloo.  To give it a snowy texture she sprinkles it with sugar icing. 

Get the instructions here:
http://makingmerrymemories.blogspot.com/2011/03/sugar-cube-igloo.html

Campfire marshmallows uses mini marshmallows to make igloos and larger ones to make snowmen.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.campfiremarshmallows.com/frosted-igloo-with-snowman/