The Snow Box

Today seemed to be the "Nothing Is Working Out Day". Brad had the day off so we had tried to plan something fun for the family to do. First we thought we would take a day trip up to Philadelphia, eat the food, do the tourist thing you know. But, Calen's sickies persisted into today and the weather called for snow in the morning and cold rain in the afternoon, so we skipped that. Then we thought hey, let's go to the aquarium up there. And it's under construction today and some cool exhibits are closed. Then we said let's go to this cool indoor water park. And it happens that the only day this entire month that it's closed is today. 

Hmmm. Fine world, be that way.

So, we stayed home. We woke up to a dusting of snow (not enough to play in) so we made it an indoor "snow day", starting with snowman pancakes with powdered sugar, white chocolate chips for snowballs, raisins for the face and buttons and a bacon scarf. 

Then later this afternoon we made a "snow box" in the bathtub. I saw the idea to make homemade fake snow on Pinterest and decided to try it out, except I supersized the recipe so that I could create an entire pile of it and throw it in the bathtub to create a "Snow Box" (you know, instead of a sand box. Get it? I'm so clever.). 

So here's the recipe: 

5 boxes of baking soda (cost me like $5.50 total)
1 large bottle of white conditioner (it has to be conditioner)

Mix! It creates a soft, moldable, white snow like substance. (if too powdery, add more conditioner. If too sticky or wet, add more baking soda)

It didn't make as much as I expected, but it did make a big enough pile for both boys to play with for a good half hour before dinner. We put Calen's Toy Story guys into it so that they could have their own little "snow day", drove monster trucks through it, built mini snowmen and snow castles. It's super fun and not as messy as you'd think (do expect to change their clothes afterwards though). 

Buzz, Woody and Slinky were building a snowman

And the best part? It's saveable. I threw a good amount of it into a gallon Ziplock for later use. If it dries out, I'll just add more conditioner. Might be a fun thing to do in the middle of summer, just to shake things up. 

Snow to Go! This will be a fun bag to explain to the CG next military housing inspection...

          

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