How to make snow? How to make artificial snow?

Snow is something without which it is impossible to imagine the New Year and Christmas. But, unfortunately, the weather is unpredictable, and not every year in the streets in winter you can see it. Fortunately, the technology does not stand still, and now we can please ourselves with artificial snow. It not only helps you to fill the house with a festive atmosphere, but will also please the kids.

How to make artificial snow?

Earlier, if you remember, our grandmothers used cotton for this. Push the glass from the broken Christmas tree toys, pour it with silicate glue and sprinkle with fragments. When this structure froze, such an "artificial snow" decorated the tree. Today, you can also make it yourself from various materials, but it will be more approximate to the present. In this article we will tell you how to make snow from improvised means, so that your holiday really became magical.

Manufacture of foam or polyethylene

In order to make decorating items, you can use packaging accessories - polystyrene foam, foamed polyethylene (they are often wrapped in stores fragile goods). This snow is perfect for decorating Christmas trees, balls, branches, wreaths and much more. You can also decorate the window sill and build New Year's compositions. It takes very little time to manufacture. You just need to rub the material on the grater. In addition, polystyrene can be pinched and a fork, putting it on a hard surface.

Paraffin and talcum powder

It's amazing, but unusual things can be done from the simplest subjects. Buy ordinary paraffin candles, pull out the wick and grate on the smallest of the cents. Add powder for children or talcum powder for the body and mix. It turns out very beautiful.

Diapers

How to make snow from diapers? Yes, it's very simple. The filler is very similar to it in consistency and looks like real. This snowball is suitable not only for decorating the room, but also for games. From it you can make different figures, for example, Santa Claus or Snowman, snowballs and more.
How to make snow? Let's analyze in detail:

1. Remove the filler from a pair of diapers.
2. Pour into a bowl or shallow container.
3. Add a cup of water, allow to soak, mix. It may be that the mixture will be a little dry, then you need to add more water and stir. Repeat until you reach the desired consistency. Remember: too much water is bad!
4. Let it brew for two hours to make the gel swell.
5. Put the gel in the refrigerator.

Artificial snow is ready. You can make jewelry.

How to make snow with your hands from toilet paper?

In order to make snow for the construction of hand-made articles, you can, among other things, use toilet paper. Mandatory condition: it must be white. In addition, we will need a white baby soap. All you need is:

1. Break two rolls of toilet paper into small pieces.
2. Put everything in the microwave mold together with a whole bar of soap.
3. Place the container in the oven for 40 seconds.
4. After the mass has swelled, add a little water (about 1 cup).
5. Mix.

As in the past case, if the snow is dry, you should add a little more water.

Decor for fir branches

We have already told you how to make snow by yourself. Now came the decoration. Beautiful snow-covered branches are great for crafting or composing compositions for decorating a house for the New Year. How to make snow on them? Very simple. This will help us with salt (it is best to take a large grind). For manufacturing it is necessary:

1. Take a large saucepan.
2. Fill it with water (about 2 liters).
3. Put on a stove, let it boil.
4. Pour a kilogram of salt, dissolve, turn off the fire.
5. In the hot brine put the branches and leave until completely cooled.
6. Pull out, dry.

This method is suitable not only for twigs, but also for various other objects. Try it, it turns out very nicely.

Artificial snow from the store

In case you do not like to be engaged in needlework, artificial snow in the cans will come to the rescue. Decorating an apartment in this way is very fun. You can create different crafts, draw on windows, mirrors and so on. The artificial snow in cans, put on the surface, looks very impressive. Whether it is worth buying it, how to use it and much more you will learn below.

Aerosol

You need to start, of course, with a choice. There is an opinion that such a purchase can be dangerous for human health. It all depends on where and what you buy. If you buy a cheap counterfeit, then, most likely, it will be so. But when you buy in a specialized store you will be provided with documents and a certificate that it is genuine artificial snow. Photo of these cans can be easily seen in brochures and choose the one that suits you best. The products of German and Italian production are appreciated. China we do not choose, otherwise there may be bad consequences from such a purchase.

Now deal with the texture. There are two types: with finely dispersed filler and "volumetric snow". The first is suitable for various drawings, sputtering through stencils and so on. It's a snow-frost. The second one is needed for crafts, voluminous figurines and so on. This kind of snow falls like a hat.
His variety is also amazing. You can buy not only white, but also silver, gold, bronze artificial snow. Its price varies from a low (200 rubles.) To the highest (about 700 rubles.) For a can, as some firms began to release a glow in the darkness of the snow.

Using

After the work is done and you have stocked up with the right amount of cans, you need to figure out how to make snow, that is, how to use it. There are several techniques that will help you to decorate mirrors and glass in the house.
Here are some of them:

1. You can write beautiful wishes or congratulations. It seems that everything is simple, but no. When drawing the inscriptions, you must take into account the distance and intensity of pressing, so that the letters are beautifully laid and there were no spaces.
2. Patterns for drawing drawings are also used. They often come complete with a can or bought separately, but are inexpensive.
3. Another option is pictures. They can be glued on a mirror or glass on the whole surface, in this case everything will be in the snow, and the pictures will remain untouched.
4. You can completely "freeze" the window with artificial snow and a piece of just wipe with a cloth. This creates the impression that the window is visible, and you breathed on it to look out.
5. Decorating the tree with artificial snow is no less popular decoration method. For artificial Christmas trees, it is better to choose "melting snow", and for living - normal white. After spraying, you can easily remove excess or something that crumbles.
6. Anyone who likes needlework, can use it for homemade Christmas tree ornaments and balls. After the application it is necessary to cover with a fixing layer, so that snow does not erase.

Any of these ways you can easily decorate mirrors, cover them with beautiful shiny patterns. Decorate candlesticks, plafonds, dishes. Removing artificial snow is very easy, but only if you have purchased a really high-quality product. Usually he melts. You can not spray snow on living plants, flowers, etc. To protect your hands, use gloves, for the face - a respirator (if necessary). If you do everything right, there will be no health threat. After treatment, it is recommended that it be ventilated.

Good luck in your endeavors!