LET IT SNOW. LET IT SNOW. LET IT SNOW!
No snow on Christmas? Oh that can’t be…!
I have an exciting tutorial here for you that will make your Christmas wish come true… yes, you can have snow for Christmas!
Want to know how to make Artificial Snow?
Here are 3 eco-friendly DIY recipes to make artificial snow in less than 3 minutes from ingredients you already have at home:
#1 Artificial Snow from Paper Towels
Ingredients : about 10 sheets of damp paper towel sheets
Directions : mix in a food processor until small little pieces form
#2 Artificial Snow from Sea Salt
Ingredients : coarse sea salt
Directions : sprinkle anywhere you wish
food safe and actually edible – great for tabletop displays where it touches food
#3 Artificial Snow from Baking Soda (Baking Soda Snow)
Ingredients : 1 cup of baking soda
Directions : add to a bowl, and drop in 1 tablespoon of water at a time, mix well with a fork. Continue adding one tablespoon of water at a time, mixing in between until a ‘snow’ consistency forms.
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My personal favourite recipe(s) was to actually combine the Artificial Snow from Paper Towels with the Baking Soda Snow – together it was just the perfect fluffiness on top with close-to-real small particles of snow all around ;) The Sea Salt Snow could also work well… but I am personally not a fan of using food (good food) as a decoration. (it’s kind of like throwing food away). But I suppose this is still a lot better than using artificial plastic that is definitely NOT eco-friendly and will just sit in the landfill with its toxins.
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Now you can fully enjoy the holidays with some fun snow around!
The kids will be thrilled! (mine totally was ;)) Actually it was the little one who’s idea it was to make our own snow.
After popping into a few stores last week to pick up some artificial snow – we were devastated to hear that it was all sold out! We’ve had this cute DIY project in mind and just needed snow desperately…
With all our supplies already out… I had to explain to Miss G that we just won’t get snow in time… “Oh no….” (she said with those sad cute eyes) (but just then her little eyes lit up!) “But mom…. I know…. WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN SNOW!”
And just then, the very creative and determined little one ran off…. and came back just a minute later holding two squares of toilet paper! Ha! She excitedly started tearing it into tiniest little shreds! “Wow.. you’re onto something here!” I smiled ;) She really was! I loved how creative and inventive she got! Didn’t take No for an answer and proceeded to CREATE HER OWN SNOW!
I then plugged in the food processor and took her idea into mass production! ;)
Well… that ladies and gentlemen is how the best ideas form – and it may be just paper snow to you! But it’s the most wonderful creative and inventive snow I’ve ever seen ;)
We then had some fun and experimented with the other two items ~ she gave the final approval of our closest-to-the-original-snow Snow!
And just why was this snow so important to us… well so that we could finish off our own DIY Anthropologie inspired Mason Jar Snow Globes of course! (my own tutorial will have to come a little later ~ great for next Christmas!)
{the snow in the photo above is a combination of the Baking Soda and Paper Towel Snow sprinkled together}
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Wishing you a wonderful Holiday ~ filled with love, magic, happiness and now…. snow!
Merry Christmas ~ Happy Holidays!
♥ Ella
Blogger, Recipe Developer, Photographer and Author. Loves healthy food, photography, sunshine and dancing in the kitchen with her two daughters. 
Awww so fun!
How cool is this! You are so inventive! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
What a darling project! And a smart little girl. :)
i like your thinking snow is cool
Wonderful ideas!!!since in my country we do not have four seasons…i can use ur amazing ideas to introduce snows to my daughter…tq so much for the steps all.. :)
Can you tell me how long the mixture of paper towel and baking soda snow lasts?
I wanted to make some for a Frozen themed birthday party, but was unsure of how long ahead of time I can prepare this. Thank you!
The baking soda will become a bit drier and smaller over time but I’ve had this mix in my mason jars with miniature christmas trees for about 3 years now and it still works :)
So I guess there’s no expiration date :) Have fun!! xo
Is the baking soda option safe for children to be around? Also can it be used to apply footprints into for the “Santa been” effect? Thankyou :) ????????
Hi Donna,
Apologies… I didn’t see your question sooner.
Baking soda is safe for kids (even if they eat it) although you don’t want them eating it of course ;)
To make the footprints, you’d have to try yourself – I didn’t do that yet. But I don’t see why not :)
Happy Holidays, xox ella
I want to give my 4ft Christmas tree a flocked look this season. Will the baking sofa and paper towel mixture hold up well? :)
I have not put it on a tree… but I think it should hold up just fine. It’s worth to try it out :)
Use the stuff found inside of a baby diaper if you can. It is made to sort of inflate with moisture, and appears powdery and fluffy!
Hi Jen,
That’s interesting BUT honestly not at all a natural DIY or eco-friendly in any way…
Sorry. There’s toxins in those diapers and also it would just be such a waste of a diaper even if it was non-toxic.
Thanks for sharing though. <3 ella
I’ve tried to make paper towels snow a few times in the food processor with no luck. The paper towels are dry are too light to get blended, but when I add water they all come around the blade and just turn around and around and around without getting cut. What is the trick?
My 5 year old keeps begging me for snow. I’ve been searching for an inexpensive way to create the effect for Christmas morning. Will the baking soda be safe on the carpet? I want to sprinkle it on her gifts and throughout my living room
Baking soda is actually good for carpets. I have used it to clean mine a lot so it should be ok
Thanks Vanessa :) Yes, I couldn’t agree more! Cheers & Happy Holidays!! <3 ella
Yes, baking soda will work great.
It’s super safe for kids even if they were to eat it ;)
And it’s actually great for carpets as it naturally deodorizes too ~ so it’s pretty much brilliant – (I actually do this once a while, I sprinkle baking soda on my carpet, spread it out a bit with a broom then I vacuum it off ;)
Sounds like it will be a lovely and magic Christmas for your family… Enjoy it fully…
And Happy Holidays,
~ Ella