Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Dec 24th 2006, 2:11 am
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Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
For the last 2 Christmas Eves after the children go to bed I get the Fake Spary Snow out and make Santa's foot prints etc, but this year I have only been able to get 2 cans and I dont think this will be enough - does anyone else have any other ideas on how I can make snow footprints outside on the grass and pavers??
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Dec 24th 2006, 2:21 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Try using either flour or cornstarch (corn flour) and a stencil cut out. It's realistic for snow and much more environmentally friendly than that canned stuff.
Dec 24th 2006, 2:34 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by Dorothy
Try using either flour or cornstarch (corn flour) and a stencil cut out. It's realistic for snow and much more environmentally friendly than that canned stuff.
I thought about that but wont it blow away during the night??
Dec 24th 2006, 3:32 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by kimi
I thought about that but wont it blow away during the night??
It will do in Perth - it was blowing a right old hoolie last night.
Could you sneak out ( just before they check outside) with wet feet leave foot prints and say Santas been surfing?
Dec 24th 2006, 3:52 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Why not leave a sand trail...or tyre marks and tell the kids he's a hoon 
Dec 24th 2006, 3:53 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by sme
It will do in Perth - it was blowing a right old hoolie last night.
Dec 24th 2006, 3:57 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by >Trigger<
or tyre marks and tell the kids he's a hoon
Instead of jingling bells it could be screeching tyres
Dec 24th 2006, 3:58 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by northernbird
Wasn't it just, woke me up.
Same here - bloody rattling blinds (I might just post that on the moving back to UK forum
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Dec 24th 2006, 4:03 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by kimi
For the last 2 Christmas Eves after the children go to bed I get the Fake Spary Snow out and make Santa's foot prints etc, but this year I have only been able to get 2 cans and I dont think this will be enough - does anyone else have any other ideas on how I can make snow footprints outside on the grass and pavers??
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Just sprinkle the flour around the outside of the boots and move them in a track-pattern through the house sprinkling more flour as you go.....
Dec 24th 2006, 4:17 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by gardnma
Every year I use a pair of my boots and make flour footprints through the house. It vacuums up easily and they get to see the footprints along the hallway to the tree..........
Just sprinkle the flour around the outside of the boots and move them in a track-pattern through the house sprinkling more flour as you go.....
Just sprinkle the flour around the outside of the boots and move them in a track-pattern through the house sprinkling more flour as you go.....
Thats a nice easy (and sensible ) one
Dec 24th 2006, 4:23 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by sme
Thats a nice easy (and sensible ) one
It works well too...sooner or later they will try to taste the "magic snow" and then the gig is up.....
Dec 24th 2006, 4:24 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by gardnma
Yer,
It works well too...sooner or later they will try to taste the "magic snow" and then the gig is up.....
It works well too...sooner or later they will try to taste the "magic snow" and then the gig is up.....
............or sniff it
Dec 24th 2006, 4:28 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by sme
............or sniff it
Fortunately, I'll be able to tell the signs...........
Dec 24th 2006, 4:37 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by gardnma
Fortunately, I'll be able to tell the signs...........
Just say "NO"
Dec 24th 2006, 7:11 am
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Re: Need Hep with Santa's Footprints
Originally Posted by kimi
For the last 2 Christmas Eves after the children go to bed I get the Fake Spary Snow out and make Santa's foot prints etc, but this year I have only been able to get 2 cans and I dont think this will be enough - does anyone else have any other ideas on how I can make snow footprints outside on the grass and pavers??
Looking forward to you replies
Looking forward to you replies
Good luck with whatever you decide to use....
