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You've just been hit with a good amount of snow fall. This could be a perfect opportunity to bundle up, go outside and create some magnificent snow sculptures. We are talking about more than the typical 3-tiered snowman. Be creative and build famous people, gigantic animals or beautiful scenes.
When you head outside take a look at the snow. Look for natural formations like snowdrifts and mounds that can give you inspiration to start from. Look at the condition of the snow. While wet snow is easy to pack, dry powdered snow can be sprayed with water in order for you to work with it.
Be sure to bring out some basic tools to help you form your sculpture. You can mold the snow into big blocks with bowls, cups and large clean trashcans. Garden shovels, spoons and knives are good tools to carve with. Reinforce large sculptures and arms with wooden stakes.
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Partly melted ice crystals cling together to form snowflakes. Snowflakes form in hexagonal shapes. They are six-sided symmetrical shapes that form needle, columnar, platelike, and star shaped flakes. Because of the fluctuation of weather conditions, there are no two snowflakes alike. |
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The Snowflake Man |
To complete your snow sculpture add some finishing props. You may be able to find natural materials such as pinecones, branches, pine needles and rocks not far from where your sculpture is standing. Use items from the house such as fruits and vegetables or old scarves and hats.
When you have finished your sculpture, go back in the house, warm up with a cup of hot chocolate and gaze out the window admiring your magnificent snow sculpture.
Article by: St. Louis Public Library staff
