2-Ingredient Fake Snow Recipe!

Bring the magic of winter indoors with this easy and fluffy fake snow recipe that kids will love playing with!

Using just a few simple ingredients, you can make soft, snow-like sensory material that’s perfect for imaginative play, sensory bins and snowy-day fun without the cold.

This DIY snow is simple to mix up, endlessly fun to touch and mold, and a great way to explore texture, science and creativity all at once.

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Whether you’re beating cabin fever or adding a frosty twist to playtime, this fake snow recipe is sure to delight kids of all ages.

For more snow fun, try this Instant Potato Snow Recipe, Winter Fun and Sensory Play or snow slime recipe.

A special thanks to fellow blogger Emma from Adventures of Adam for this fun recipe, who decided to make snowmen because she’s missing all of the snow over in the UK.

Why You’ll Love This Fake Snow Recipe

• Super simple to make: This fake snow uses just two ingredients you probably already have at home, making it easy for parents to set up quickly.
• Sensory-rich play: The snow feels soft and moldable, giving kids a fun tactile experience without the chill or wet mess of real snow.
• Winter fun indoors: When real snow isn’t available, this recipe brings winter magic inside for building snowmen and exploring textures.
• Boosts imagination: Kids can create snowballs, snowmen and snowy sensory scenes, encouraging pretend play and storytelling.
• Fine motor development: Scooping, packing and shaping the snow supports hand-eye coordination and strength.
• Reusable and long-lasting: The snow can be stored and played with again later, stretching the fun beyond one day.
• Perfect for sensory bins: Add scoops, figurines or winter accessories to turn this into a lasting sensory station.

This DIY fake snow blends creativity, sensory exploration and winter magic in a way that’s simple for parents and enchanting for kids.

Activities to Go with Fake Snow

Here are activities that go well with the Fake Snow Recipe — fun ways to play, explore and learn with your homemade snow.

Sensory & Play Extensions

• Snow Kitchen Play: Set up scoops, cups, spoons and small bowls so kids can pretend to make “snow treats” or serve snow in a winter café.
• Mini Winter Scene: Add toy animals, trees and cars to build a snowy play village — great for imaginative storytelling.

Art & Craft Pairings

• Snow Painting: Put the fake snow on a tray and let kids dot washable paint into it to create snowy art patterns.
• Glitter Snow Ornaments: Press fake snow into clear ornaments with a bit of glue and extra glitter to make sparkly holiday decorations.

Learning & Exploration Activities

• Texture Exploration: Compare the fake snow to ice, cotton balls and regular snow (if available); talk about how each feels and looks different.
• Snow Science Talk: Ask questions like What happens when water touches the snow? or Does it melt faster under a light? to build observation skills.

Math & Fine Motor Extensions

• Measure & Count Snow: Use measuring spoons or cups to scoop the snow and count — great for early math practice.
• Snow Scoop Sorting: Provide small items (buttons, beads, pom-poms) for kids to scoop, sort and count through the fake snow.

Group & Cooperative Play

• Snow Build Challenge: Have kids work together to build the tallest “snow” tower using just fake snow and cups.
• Snow Relay: Set up two trays and have kids transfer snow with spoons from one tray to the other in a team race.

These activities help kids engage multiple senses, practice motor skills, explore early math and science and have structured play with your fake snow setup.

2-Ingredient Fake Snow Recipe!

Snow, for us in the UK, is a rare event.

Enough snow to make a snowman is almost unheard of.

Playing with snow can provide a wonderful sensory experience so I wanted to try and replicate the experience using household resources.

Our DIY Fake Snow Recipe is incredibly easy to make and only requires two ingredients. It couldn’t be simpler! 

Ingredients

• Corn Flour
• Shaving Cream

Directions

I tipped a 16 ounce (500g) box of corn flour into a large bowl and squirted shaving cream foam on top.

I mixed the two ingredients together adding a little more shaving foam in at a time.

At the beginning it was hard to imagine that the two ingredients would form a malleable resource, but I kept on mixing.

In the end I added an entire 10 ounce shaving foam can to the bowl until the corn flour was no longer creating dust.

We would have used our fake snow recipe immediately, but I wanted my son to experience the cold sensation of snow.

I placed the cornflour and shaving foam mixture into an airtight container and put this into the freezer for a few hours.

Meanwhile, I collected some resources to use when making our snowmen. I found a variety of googly eyes, pom poms and colored gems.

I added red golf tees to use for the snowman’s hat, cut the ends off of orange craft sticks for the nose, black turtle beans for the buttons and red ribbon and pipe cleaners for the scarf.

I also added colourful plastic toothpicks for the snowmans arms and legs.

Snowman Invitation to Play with Fake Snow

I removed our fake snow from the freezer and placed it in our green sensory bin.

The DIY Snow felt amazing.

We couldn’t stop touching it.

The snow was cold and incredibly soft.

I was pleased that it didn’t leave a residue on my son’s hands – something which he hates.

He set about creating snowballs with his hands.

Although the mixture molded together well we wanted to see what would form the best snowman shape.

I raided our fine motor tools and found two scoopers, Handy Scooper, a 1/4 measuring cup along with our newNessie ladle.

Although the helping handy Scooper collected the snow up perfectly we were unable to get the snow out of it and retain its shape.

The shape of the 1/4 measuring cup meant we were able to pat the snow down.

The snow remained intact when the spoon was removed and we created three snowmen bases.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have much luck with the Scoopers.

Luckily the Nessie ladle created a brilliant dome shape which was great for the snowman’s head.

We placed the three bases on top of each other, added the Nessie done on top and set about adding the features of the snowman.

This required my son to use his fine motor skills with precision.

Any wrong move would make the snowman crumble.

He managed to add eyes, two buttons, a nose, two arms and a diamond hair accessory before it started to break up.

He needed help to get the pipe cleaner scarf on.

The best thing about our DIY Snow Recipe is that the snow can be used time and time again.

I removed the loose parts, poured the snow back into the air tight container and placed it in the fridge.

Not only does our DIY Snow Recipe only use two ingredients but it can also be used time and time again.

What kind of winter sensory play do you do with the kids?

Fun Printable Winter Activities

This collection of printable winter activities for kids is here to make this season even more magical!

• Penguin Coloring Pages
• Antartic Animals Yoga Cards
• Winter Bingo Set
• Winter Mystery Puzzles
• Snowman Do a Dot Printables
• Artic Animals Yoga Cards
• Winter Bucket List Coloring Page
• Winter Science Activities Packet
• Fine Motor Mats for Winter
• Hibernating Animals Yoga Cards
• Winter I Spy ‘Flip’ Board Game
• Winter Yoga Cards

These Winter printable activities are the perfect way to create cherished winter memories with your child.

More Snow Activities for Kids

• Snowman Craft With Foam Dice
• DIY K-Cup Snowman
• Simple Snowman Ornaments
• Polymer Clay Snowman Ornaments
• Winter Sensory Snow Activities
• Cotton Ball Snowman

Don’t miss out on our other fun sensory activities for kids!

About Emma: During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with her toddler as part of that promise.

Emma, who is a trained Primary School Teacher, has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.