One thing that connects indigenous peoples of all the Nordic countries of the world is that they have so many words for different kinds of snow. I was wondering today if the Inuit have different words for snow because of all the different things they can do with snow? I think we have a lot to learn from these cultures.
If all you do is just look outside the window, you will only see boring old snow the entire winter. Just a blank canvas of white you will never know until you walk on, dig in, make forts with or slide on. Then you can really understand what snow truly “is” and the multiple personalities it has.
Last week we had perfect snowman weather (balmy weather) instead of making a traditional snowman we made snowman kids, using our kids as models. Me made a toddler snowkid and another who just happened to be in first grade.
This what you need:
Perfect snowman weather
Hats
Scarves
Raisins
Carrots
Sticks
Pine bows
Food coloring
In perfect snowman weather you can shape the snow in whatever shape you want. Shape the snow with the help of many small hands to build your snow kid. Put carrots for a nose and raisins for eyes.
Use sticks or pine bows for arms. We use some sticks for hair.
Our kids ended the decoration with coloring the snow kids by spraying them with food coloring.
