If the weather is keeping you indoors because of the cold but the kids are bothering you to play in the snow, fear not because there is a solution to this problem. You can make indoor snow!
A few weeks ago, I talked about how much fun it is to have your kids help wash toys. Here is another spin on the idea but with making foam out of dish soap. Your kids can still have fun cleaning their toys. And you have a fun activity to help pass those long days indoors.
After finding the idea off of You Pinspire Me and knowing Judah likes to play with bubbles when we wash his toys, we made indoor snow to play. We put 1/3 cup warm water with several squirts of Dawn dish soap into the food process to blend. And we got a white foam, ideal for play.
I put the foam into a display plastic tray lid so that he could drive his cars around. After a while the foam soap would turn into a small water puddle. We would then keep adding more foam mixtures for additional play. We learned that the longer you blend the mixture, the better foam you get. Judah played with his foam for 2.5 hours until lunch time and even then he made a fuss about putting it away. Once we were finally done though, we wiped up and rinsed off the toys and the food processor to put away for another time. The mess was minimal as he did not get soaked like he does when washing his toys.
This activity provided so much entertainment and it was easy enough to do, that I highly recommend using it to pass the winter blahs. Indoor snow can be fun and so easy.
For additional outdoor fun indoors, check out Indoor Sandbox. And for ways to minimize mess even more, check out Make Less Mess.
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