Snow dough is a fantastic winter-themed sensory activity that’s soft, moldable, and easy to make with just a few ingredients! Whether you’re looking for a fun indoor activity or want to create a snowy sensory experience without the cold, this simple recipe is perfect for preschoolers and young children.

Instead of making the traditional recipe of snow dough, i am once again trying to make each of these recipes taste safe. My 2-year-old is still tasting everything!

We are playing with snow dough!

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To make this snow dough I modified my cloud dough recipe (Oh, how I LOVE that cloud dough recipe!)

I used 8 cups of cornstarch and 1 cup of olive oil. To mix, I use a large ziplock bag and split the mix in half. Meaning I added 4 cups of cornstarch and 1/2 cup of oil, then mixed well.

I was also feeling brave and added 2 drops of peppermint essential oil; for some reason that smell makes me think of snow.

Once mixed in the bag, I poured it out into the sensory bin and gave it one more mix-up with my hands. It smelled SO nice!

I then added some glass color rocks and a penguin or two. Disclaimer: you can omit these glass color rocks if you are worried about your child putting them in their mouths; you can choose something larger like these arctic animals to suit the theme. glass rocks in snow dough with penguins

I also supplied the kids with the tongs from this fine motor set for picking up the rocks and moving them around. This kept them busy with a little fine motor exercise for a while.

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THEN I showed them that they could actually make snowballs! Oh, the JOY.
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This snow dough feels just like snow (minus the cold!) it also makes that crunchy sound when you squeeze it.

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I love an engaged sensory bin. Also take a look at how we used this same bin of snow dough for our exploration of penguins last week.

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