Through this activity you can not only look at the beauty of individual snowflakes but keep one of you own! A fun winter activity for kids of all ages.

Materials:

• a large piece of glass – An 8 x 10 picture frame works well.
• can of hairspray
• magnifying glass
• snow

Directions:

You need to watch the weather for when it is going to snow because both the glass and the hair spray need to be chilled. Placing both in your freezer for about an hour before you are going to catch your snowflakes works well.

When the snow is falling, take your glass and hairspray outside. Hold the can about 10 inches from the glass and spray with a quick sweeping motion. Spray from side to side once, then up and down. Use very little spray. Only spray for a second or two.

Collect some snowflakes on the sprayed glass.

Take the glass indoors and let dry for 15 to 20 minutes. Check out your results with a magnifying glass. You should be able to see ice crystals.