You take a cup of boiling water and throw it in the air; the extreme temperature difference causes it to to turn to "snow" and then you end up with a whole lot of steam. As soon as he saw this, he wanted to show the boys so we started our activity.
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| hubby "making" snow - our first attempt |
The next time, we tried adding food colouring to the water, but it didn't show up. It did, however, stain the ground/snow with the green!
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| our 2nd attempt, with the food colouring - although you can't tell |
It was really neat to see, and the kids had a lot of fun. Just make sure that it is an adult doing it because of the boiling water!
ETA: Also - please make sure you are not doing it on a windy day, and make sure to throw it AWAY from you. I have just been reading lots of people have been burning themselves by throwing it on windy days
That's fun! We were gong to try it since I posted this -- http://www.mapsgirl.ca/2013/01/boiling-water-to-snow.html
ReplyDeletefunny that we both posted about the same thing!
ReplyDeletehahaha my kids do this all the time, it's a lot of fun for them!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cool trick!
ReplyDeleteSoooo cool! It's not cold enough here for that but when/if it is we'll be doing this!
ReplyDeleteThis is def on my list of things I want to do! Thanks for reminding me!
ReplyDeleteOk certainly cold enough here to do this but I've had enough snow in the past two months to hold me over for a while without wanting to make my own ;)
ReplyDeleteI have seen this all over the Internet lately; perfect activity for frigid Saskatchewan weather! Love it! :)
ReplyDeletevery neat thank you for sharing I haven't seen this before
ReplyDeleteI've done this in the past. Its ton's of fun, now how the heck do you create some warm sunshine from a cup? BRRRRRRRR enough of this cold weather already.
ReplyDeleteGreat fun though.
I wish I knew Kevin!
DeleteWhat a neat idea! I know my husband is going to want to try this one too.
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