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!

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.

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.

THEN I showed them that they could actually make snowballs! Oh, the JOY.

This snow dough feels just like snow (minus the cold!) it also makes that crunchy sound when you squeeze it.

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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