Snow Sculpture
If you're lucky enough to have snow
outside, you can make an outdoor statement that goes 'way beyond a snowman:
snow sculpture.
You can make a statue that just
stands there, such as a tree or house, or something with which people can
interact, such as a throne or a farm. You can make it something recognizable,
or just a neat shape or pattern.
Decide what you want to make, pick a
spot where passers-by will see it, gather up what you need, and bundle up with
waterproof gloves or mittens so that you'll stay comfortable as you create.
Use household items as molds that
you can pack snow into tightly, and dump out into a shape, the same as you do
with wet sand at the beach:
Buckets
Plastic storage tubs
Margarine tubs
Square, round and rectangular
plastic food storage containers
Strainer
You can spray these molds with
cooking spray to help make the molded snow come out more easily.
Now gather up sculpting tools:
Big serving spoon
Flat spatula
Cake froster
Basting brush
Vegetable peeler
Apple corer
Garden tools, especially children's
plastic rakes
The idea is to make your basic shape
with snow-packed molds, and then add to it, or subtract from it, with more snow
that you shape with the tools into the curves and domes and other 3-D shapes
that will make your sculpture complete.
For a group project, make an igloo.
Use a square mold, or cut cubes out of a rectangular one. You can use a hacksaw
to cut straight lines, if you have adult supervision. You can plug holes and cracks
with additional soft snow, and rub it in to conceal seams. Don't forget to make
an opening!
To see what the snow sculpture pros
are up to:
By Susan Darst Williams • www.GoBigEd.com • After School Treats 044 • © 2007
