3-D Snow!!!

3-D SNOW!!!

Today I came into the class all bundled up ready to venture out into the Arctic. They just studied about Antarctica and now is going to learn about the North Pole. I asked them to imagine with me what they would find if we were in the Arctic right then!

They gave me names of animals, (puffins, narwhals, baby beluga, polar bears, etc.) and other things (Eskimos, Santa, elves, snow, ice, igloos, etc.) that existed in the Arctic as I wrote them on the white board. 

Before the students came in I made an equal parts shaving cream and Elmer's glue mixture to act like our 3-D snow. I gave each child about 1/2 c. to a 2/3 c. of the substance in a little bowl.

We covered their desks with butcher paper and have them wear "paint shirts" so that they would not get them clothes dirty.

I talked with them some more and explained that the substance is not to be eaten or to touch their eyes with. I showed them by simply dabbing a large amount on their paper (thicker paper is needed for young kids), how it can make 3-d snow! It is better to explain what 3-d means and exactly how to make that effect (do not rub it around too much, or it just looks like glue). I failed to do this so therefore some did not have the right effect (lesson learned!).

They used crayon or color pencil to make blue water and draw other animals on their paper. They cut out animals, people, igloos, out of construction paper and put it on their projects.

**Use thicker blue background paper so that it looks like the sky. Give them step by step of what to do next and that will help to keep control over the class.

It was super fun and the students loved it!!!!

Just give the weekend for the "snow" to dry.