Summer of Science: Snow

My daughter had a friend over the other day and we taught him how to geocache. He wasn't particularly impressed but he did mention that one of his favourite things in the world is snow. "Snow is so much fun." I remembered seeing an experiment in an old book that made a sort of snow-type concoction that kids could throw like a snowball. We went home and looked it up. I had all of the ingredients, because there were just two. Chances are, you've got them, too.

To make "snow" you need a cup and a half of baking soda, and you need about a half a cup of hair conditioner. That's it. You put it in a bowl, mix it up, and send the kids outside with it with the instructions to not throw at each other. They were happy to make snowballs and throw it at the wall, and it was super easy to clean up with a hose. It also smelled very, very nice. So there. Snow. In June.

      
See how it falls like snow on the dirt? It actually looks like it's real until you wash it away.