Customer Reviews

Be Amazing Insta-Snow Jar

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This brand of Insta Snow is the best quality. All you have to do is put in how ever many scoops of snow you want and add water, literally 10 seconds later it expands to 100 times it's size. The snow can last for weeks outside. It feels like fresh snow fall and looks exactly like real snow. I went around the neighborhood and put it all over people's car, and they thought that it was really cool. The price is kind of high with shipping, but I suggest buying 2 jars of it. Kids can have fun with this forever.

Ok, nothing wrong with the product, it is what it is. A powder that when wet, quickly absorbs water and expands into wet snow-like fluffy water soaked flakes. Get it, play with it, throw it away. Caution, it is kind of messy to clean up, and the instructions to dehydrate the stuff and re-use it, forget that part, you won't want to do that.

So, funny story. Not knowing how messy this stuff could be, and living in Phoenix AZ, thought it would be cool to make it look like it snowed outside Christimas morning. Found a site selling similar stuff in bulk, so ordered enought to make 75 Gallons of snow. It came in 3 quart-sized pouches. I got up early before the kids and with a 5-gallon bucket started mixing up the stuff 3-4 gallons at a time. I had to mix the concoction with a stick to get it to all absorb evenly.

I took the now 25 Lb bucket of "snow" and dumped it around the edges of the patio, in the planters, on the edge of the trampoline, around the walkway steps, you get the idea.

Wow! It did look like it snowed when they looked out the window, SUCCESS!!! And 5-10 minutes of excitement/joy of having a white christmas in PHX.

After the presents were open, breakfast had, now it's time to play outside. WHAT A MESS!!!

That stuff sticks really well to EVERYTHING, bike tires, shoes, and it brings anything it touches with it, gravel, sticks, rocks, dirt, etc, etc, etc.

I grabbed a shovel and scraped as much as I could into one pile, our of the way, hoping the stuff would just biodegrade and go away, but it rained a day or two later, washing the stuff from its nice pile to where ever it wanted to go. Remember the movie BLOB? Another few days later I grab the wheel barrow and shovel and rake and go after this stuff once and for all.

Anyway, hindsight, I wouldn't do that again LOL.

I love this stuff and so do my kids. Simple to use and fun to play with. Just add water. Has the texture and look of real snow without the cold temperature. My son takes this outside, mixes up a bucket full, and he and the neighbors love to play with it. Let it dry out and it can be used again by adding water. Do not keep this in a closed container after it is mixed with water however because it will mold. As a chemistry teacher, I also find a lot of educational value in this product.

The only complaint is that the picture of the product makes you think you are getting this big old jar of snow. This jar is about 4 inches tall, so that was disappointing. Besides that, great product. It does what it says.

I saw instant snow on the internet and then did a search and found there were two kinds - the icky kind and this one. This was great! Add water and get fluffy snow. I can't believe how much just a little bit makes. I bought two jars, but really only needed one. My 3 year old loved it and played with it for over an hour - I put it in her water table and she played with measuring cups and toy cars in it. We also practiced "drawing" letters in the snow. She had a great time.

The only drawback is that it takes forever to dry out - yes, I'm hoping to reuse it.

I haven't put it in the freezer yet, but that sounds like fun.

I first saw this when my son was with his occupational therapist. It's so much fun! It's nice to know that it's non-toxic as well. We put tiny little figures (animals, etc...) in there and let our children get them out and feel around in the Insta-Snow (good fine motor practice). Even my husband and I keep feeling this "snow". No melting either. It's a must have around the house, especially in Central Texas where this is about as close to snow as we'll get! LOL!

I bought this for shooting senior photos. I had the idea that I want to do a set for each season. Winter was a bit problematic with a heat index of 111 so I thought I would give this a swing.
When I received it, the stuff was so densely compacted in the jar that I couldn't even remove the paper instructions or the scoop. I ended up dumping the entire contents into a bowl then removing the stuff and putting it back into the container. When I did, it wouldn't all fit back in. As I tapped the jar on the counter it began to compact and eventually there was enough room. Apparently the stuff just compacts very tightly during shipping but it doesn't clump.
I was concerned about how to mix the stuff as the instructions just said to put a scoop in a bowl and then add the water. But when I poured in the water I was simply amazed. It just rapidly expanded into a fluffy snowy material. No mixing was needed! It made about 2 cups of "snow".
The texture is light and not sticky like some I have read about. It looked just like real snow in my subject's hair. Out of curiosity I kept some out and the next morning it had returned to the powder.
With the instructions is some interesting information about the product, how and why it works and how it was developed.
Overall I'm very pleased. I would buy more except I think there is more here than I will ever need! lol

I got this for my son's Mad Scientist Birthday Party and it was a hit. We live in Florida so snow is not something we see here, especially in the middle of May. Out of the 7 experimants we did, this was in the top two. I didn't read the whole instructions so not sure how educational it is, but is sure has the "WOW" factor!

Took a giant metal bowl and a container of this stuff over to our annual Christmas breakfast with our two best friends. They had no idea what to expect and when we added the water we all turned into 5 year olds. It looks and feels like snow (well not EXACTLY) but when you live in Southern California - it's as close as we're ever going to get. Next year I plan to give this to everyone on my list.

My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and first played with this in her preschool class. She loves it!!!! It has a very unique texture, and cleanup is fairly easy, even on carpet. My daughter will play with it for hours, either by itself, or with her small animal figurs and "little people" toys. I make a small amount at a time and store it in a tupperware container. I'm sure this jar will last a long time.