I wanted to find something that the kids would be able to measure snow with this year. I came across this somewhere and knew that it would be the perfect thing for them to use to go out and measure the snow everyday. It is something that the kids can help to make as well.
Material Needed:
- Wooden stake (available at most craft stores)
- Wooden snowflake cut-outs, various sizes
- Blue and silver craft paint
- White 3-D paint
- Blue and silver glitter paint
- Glue
- Tape measure or ruler
- Pencil
- Paint brushes
Instructions:
- Paint the wooden stake blue and set aside to dry. This will most likely take 2 coats.
- Paint your snowflakes silver and set aside to dry.
- For the big snowflake, outline the piece in silver glitter paint, then do an inner line of blue glitter paint, then fill in the inner part of the snowflake with more silver glitter paint.
- For the little snowflakes, squeeze a little silver glitter paint onto each one and then brush the paint around to get a nice even sparkle.
- Use your tape measure to mark out 1 inch increments on your blue stake. Go back over these numbers with white 3-D paint so that they stand out.
- Glue the large snowflake to the top of the stick and glue the smaller snowflakes along the stick for decoration.
- Place outside and wait for snow!
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Oh how I wish I needed a snow measuring stick – even the thought of being cool is heavenly……I am in Brisbane Australia and it is expected to get up to 102 today (and we are only 17 days into summer) – we have our air conditioning cranked up and the kids are all inside because it is too hot to play outside! Here in Queensland, even in the winter we only ever get down to – wait for it – 47!!! On those really cold days we all have to try and find the 1 jumper we own and put it on until about 10am when it warms up and we can go back to t-shirts. LOL
Enjoy the cold and have fun making your snow sticks.