make a Snow Plough Play Tray
We get a good deal of snow in the city that we live in in Canada and it is always fun to watch the snow ploughs in action (in fact after quite a large snow, they run all day and night)! This printable is for kids wanting to bring that experience inside and the printable play mats fit right into a cookie sheet!
you'll need Materials
- Printables: snow town
- Cookie sheet
- Clear page cover *optional
- Scissors
- Tape or other type of adhesive *optional
- Ploughs or other toy vehicles that might be used to remove snow
- Snow
You could use beads, glass gems, white stones, snow scatter pieces, white shredded paper from gifts, white tiles, dustless gravel, cotton balls, vase filler gems, different types or sizes of pom poms. You could also try white sand.
We always find these items useful too: 
Directions
- Print your pages. We slipped ours into a page protector and cut off the edges (the part with the binder holes), taping them together and to the bottom of the cookie sheet.
- Place your “snow” onto your sheets. You could use beads, glass gems, white stones, snow scatter pieces, white shredded paper from gifts, white tiles, dustless gravel, cotton balls, vase filler gems, different types or sizes of pom poms. You could also try white sand. You could combine or use different materials on different days for a varied experience!
- Add vehicles that could be used for snow removal such as ploughs (often referred to as snow plows too!)
- Next we are going to try putting this into a ziploc and trying it with real snow next!
If you like this idea, we also have:
Purpose
- Creating different types of play opportunities with various materials.
Safety Notes
- We suggest that you use a tray and a smock to protect your clothing and surfaces.
- Use scissors with care and direct, adult supervision.
- Small items such as beads, gems etc. can be a choking hazard, therefore be sure to keep them out of the reach of children ages 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put things into their mouths.
