We are from an area of the U.S. that gets snow, some years a good amount. I need snow, I look forward to it, and being a teacher I really need it as built in personal health day. Here in Richmond, I think it may never snow this year. At first the warm weather was nice, I heard of friends who even had to have the a/c on over Christmas break. But now really, enough is enough. January is quickly escaping us and we have had no ice, no snow, no nothing! Every year I create tie-dye snowflakes with my class. Everyone seems to get into it, who doesn't like to tie-dye, right? This year I even added a writing assignment to go with it. The fifth graders wrote how-to essays about the process. Well here you go, it may not be as detailed as some of my ten year olds, but a quick how to anyway!
Here are two finished projects that I did at school with my class awhile back, I attached both the flake and their how-to paper to a piece of black paper that I sprayed with snow in a can.
Maybe if we all made some beautiful tie-dye snowflakes we could convince some icy, snowy precipitation to head our way a bit! If we finally do get a snow day, what better way to spend the day than filling your house with tie-dye snowflakes! Enjoy!
-melissa