With all the snowstorms clobbering the Northeast this winter, kids along the eastern seaboard have had their share of snow days this year. As a kid, there were few more exciting things than waking up to hear that school was cancelled due to the snow. After taking full advantage of the extra sleep time, my sister and I would get suited up and do the honors of being the first ones to disturb the fresh, fluffy quilt of sparkling white snow in our yard. Of course, the more snow there was, the more options we had for what to do with it all. Ideal gives kids even more to work with than the traditional shovel, coal, and carrot: the Sno-Art Kit and the Sno-Brick Maker.
Every kid that grew up in a cold-winter climate has attempted to build an igloo. It’s always a great idea at the beginning, but as the walls keep caving in as you try to curve it into a dome or you run out of snow in the area, the plan has a tendency to shift from “Let’s make this amazing fort that we can camp out in all day and decorate” to “Okay, great effort guys, time for some cocoa, what do you say?” Ideal has solved this problem with the Sno-Brick Maker. The simple plastic design makes it easy for kids to pack it with snow to form a snow brick, then stack their bricks up to make a perfect igloo. The Sno-Brick Maker is large enough to make the bricks a good size so kids can make less of them to create their dwellings (or walls for an epic snowball fight!), letting them make a solid structure.
The Sno-Art Kit contains three Sno-Markers, marker-shaped bottles that kids can fill with the pigment powder and mix with warm water to create a liquid color. The set contains blue, green, and red Sno-Markers, and each bottle holds .30 oz of “ink.” Kids can draw in the snow, play games, create paths, or decorate their igloos. The markers feature an easy-open, easy-close cap that produces a crisp stream of color for accuracy and aim.
Snow days don’t have to mean plopping in front of the TV for hours. With Ideal’s Sno-Brick Maker and Sno-Art Kit, kids can take full advantage of the weather, enjoy traditional play, and let their creative—and architectural—juices flow.
