Time to make lemonade out of lemons. Here are some amusing and unconventional ways you can play with the snow:
1. Mix some snow cocktails
If you want to kick back and enjoy a cocktail, you have the perfect ingredient right outside your front door—snow! Check out easy-to-make snow cocktail recipes crafted by New York City’s mixologists. Of course, please only use clean, freshly-fallen snow for your conconctions.
2. Create maple syrup candy
Any readers of Laura Ingalls Wilder will recall the thrill of discovering maple candy made from fresh snow and syrup. New York City isn’t quite the woods of Wisconsin, but this will still work with maple syrup bought from the grocery store. A quick search will give you candy-making instructions, including this one from The Kitchn.
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3. Blow bubbles and watch them freeze in seconds
Indulge your inner child with this fun experiment. Get a bottle of bubble solution — or prepare your own by mixing warm water and liquid soap. Dip a your bubble wand or a large straw into the solution so that it is well-coated and blow. Catch the bubble with your wand and wait. If all goes well, crystal flakes will bloom on the surface until the bubble freezes fully and, sadly, pops. Watch this stunning video for inspiration.
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4. Preserve snowflakes for endless studying
The singular but ephemeral beauty of snowflakes is one of the bittersweet joys of winter. But there is a way to preserve snowflakes for your continual study with simple items you can find around the house. Read instructions here from Wiki How or watch the video tutorial below.
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5. Make (and eat!) some home-made ice cream
Blizzard or no, it’s always a good time for ice cream. The bounty of snow outside gives you the perfect excuse to experiment with homemade ice cream. The recipes are extremely quick and simple with very few ingredients needed. Check out this Paula Deen recipe, this recipe with step-by-step instructions, or this three-ingredient recipe from The Suburban Soapbox.
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