Let it snow already

It's the third week in January and we still haven't gotten snow. Lots and lots of rain. But no snow.

So we are doing our version of a "snow spell." Using what else?? Paint!

And Barbasol. The beard buster.

First things first. We I cut out some snowflake shapes. (using white card-stock. Construction paper ripped) How many snowflakes should we paint to miraculously make it snow outside soon?

Gavin says six! (see his fingers up)

Filling this aluminum tin with shaving cream wasn't as easy as Gavin thought.

That button is pretty tough to hold down.

I didn't have any liquid water color paint, which is suggested, nor have I ever used it. The other suggestion is food coloring, which is a big no-no because it stains, so we used the always welcome crayola paints.

Rather than having a nice squirt bottle to squeeze colors out of we had to squeeze on a few blobs.

Then we swirled them around using the opposite end of a paintbrush.

Pushed the snowflakes down on top once we created a good swirl of colors.

Pulled them off and let sit for a few minutes. Then I used my impressive pancake flipper to scrape off the excess Barbasol and then left them in the window to dry for the evening.

Of course our "bring-on-the-snow-spell" wouldn't be complete without the most important snow day activity.

So we created a snowman with some white cardstock and scrap pieces of foam.

It's going to be colder out too, therefore we need to bust out some warm accessories.

In pink.

Finally we hung it in the window.
C'mon snow!!

 **this picture is THE VERY NEXT DAY!!**
With a forecast of 3-6 inches over the next couple days.
There's definitely some magic in our window =)