How to Make Snow Dough: Indoor Winter Activities for Toddlers

With the temperatures falling and the cold urging to be bundled up, the kids and I are looking for indoor Winter activities for toddlers that are fun and easy. And if they work on fine motor skills, we’re happy with that too! That’s when I came across an easy recipe for SNOW DOUGH! Yes, you read that right…. with just a few ingredients you spend the entire afternoon molding and shaping this fun dough. It feels a lot like slime, but it less gooey and more like a dough consistency.

But what made this activity so special for my toddler is that just last week he experienced his first real snow day! He was in awe with the white stuff, making this toddler activity extra fun to do together.

From Snow Day to Snow Dough

How to Make Snow Dough

There are only 3 ingredients to making snow dough, all of which you probably have on hand or can pick up at the grocery store. Similar to slime, you can add other things to change the texture, appearance or use of the snow dough. I used a few craft items to help in our imaginative play and listed a few ideas you can play with your toddler below.

All you need to make snow dough is….

• 2 cups Corn Starch
• 1/3rd cup Vegetable Oil
• Lots of Glitter!!

Mix it all together and you’ve got SNOW DOUGH!

How to Play with Snow Dough With Your Toddler

It feels great to offer your toddler activities that help their development. For me, knowing that there are so many benefits to and ways to play with your toddler to encourage growth is a reason to do all these fun (and messy) crafts. Below is a quick list to think about the toddlers play and ideas on how to can help guide the development:

• Fine Motor: Make variously sized snowballs to work on those fine motor skills. See who can make the smallest snowball!
• Sensory: Squeeze the dough, roll the dough, help your toddler experience the various sensory experiences of snow dough.
• Emotive: Make a Snow Dough Man and ask your child to show you how the snowman would look if he were sad, happy, etc.

Related: Thanksgiving Gratitude Crafts

Indoor Winter Activities

Indoor Winter fun can be had… and even for the warm weather folks wanting to enjoy some Winter Wonderland inspired fun, making snow dough snowmen is an easy indoor activity. It works on sensory development and creativity, and it’s also all-natural for the kids that put everything in their mouth!