Friends, winter in New York has not been quite what you’d think so far. While the occasional freezing day has occurred, it’s been a lot of seasonably warm days. In the New York City metro area, there’s been nothing more than a coating of snow. Being well into January, it’s just not fair.
Of course, a snow day doesn’t mean much to a work from home adult. It does mean a whole lot to children. Who doesn’t love the sweet surprise of an unexpected day off? Since there’s been nothing even close, I figured I’d find a way to bring the fun of snow indoors. After some online sleuthing and a little help from Buggy and Buddy, I found a way.
Enter snow dough. Snow dough doesn’t seem like it’d have the right consistency when you look at the ingredients. While you’re making it, you may even wonder if you’re actually making flubber. But once it cools and is ready to be played with, you’ll see the magic.
To put it to the test, I got together a gang of cousins ages 6-8. These kids have grown past Play-doh, become masters of making slime, and are not afraid to get messy. Once they got their hands on this (and my word that I’d help clean up if it got too crumbly), they were all too happy to let the hours past with the next best thing to snow.