Make your own snow this Christmas

Ever envied Americans and Europeans for getting snow during the festive season? Well, don't. We show you how to make your own snow for a beautiful white Christmas.

December 23, 2014

Thabang Kuaho 1 minute read

For many countries around the world, Christmas comes with snow. If you’re a fan of a white Christmas, why not try making your own? All you need is a bowl, water and sodium polyacrylate. Sodium poly what, you may ask. Sodium polyacrylate is the powder found in disposable baby nappies. That’s right; you can make snow from disposable nappies.

Steps to making your own snow:

1. Collect sodium polyacrylate from a clean disposable nappy and put in a bowl.

2. Pour water into the bowl according to the amount of snow you want to make.

That’s it. You’re done. It’s as simple as that.