St. Patrick’s Day Science – Green Instant Snow
Since everything else is green on St. Patrick’s Day, why shouldn’t the snow be green, too?
You’ll need some Instant Snow powder, a few plastic cups, green food coloring and a stirring stick. Place 20-30 drops of green food coloring in an empty cup and add about a tablespoon (about 10 grams) of dry Insta-Snow powder to the cup. Use a stirring stick to mix the powder. The polymer will absorb the green food coloring, but it won’t fluff up. Add a few more tablespoons of the dry, white Insta-Snow powder to the green powder and continue to mix. Keep mixing in the dry Insta-Snow until you get the green color you want. When you’re ready to make green snow, place one teaspoon of dry, green Insta-Snow into a clean cup and add about 2 ounces (60 mL) of water. The erupting green snow will be a huge hit!
To make your life easier, we have formulated our own Green Instant Snow Powder. It looks white when it is dry. All you have to do is add water and BAM!! Green Snow
We’ve used your Instant Snow with our kids in 2nd grade, but I never thought about coloring the snow powder. We always used colored water, but this is a much more clever way to do it. I’m off to the store to get green food coloring. We love your website!