Tag: snow

Materials:

• Mason jar – We used 16 ounce jars but any size will do.
• Baby oil
• Water
• White acrylic paint
• Small bowl for combining water and paint
• Spoon for mixing
• Alka seltzer
• Glitter

Directions:

1. Fill your mason jar about 3/4 full with baby oil.  We used a 16 ounce jar so we filled it with about 1 1/2 cups of baby oil.
2. In a small bowl mix about 1 teaspoon of acrylic paint with about 1/2 cup of water.  These measurements do not need to be exact.  You want to create “white water” that will fill the rest of your mason jar.
3. Add the “white water” mixture to the baby oil in the mason jar.  Allow the mixture to settle to the bottom of the jar.
4. Add glitter to the mason jar.  You can add as much or as little as you would like.  We added about 1 teaspoon of glitter.  Allow the glitter to settle to the bottom of the jar.
5. Break the Alka Seltzer tablet in half and drop it into the mason jar.  Watch the snowstorm take place!

Note:  Do NOT tighten the lid on the jar!  Pressure will build up and it could be dangerous.  Leave the lid off completely during the “snowstorm” or gently set on top.