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Made My Mom’s Last Wish Come True <3
This stuff is so amazing! My mom only had a few days left to live, and she kept talking about how she wanted to go skiing and missed the snow. I ordered these packets (thankfully they arrived quickly/on time) and used one to make her some snow! I mixed it with water and then added some crushed ice cubes to make it feel even more real. I brought it to her in a tray in her bed, and used a cheap VR headset and a 360 YouTube video to show her a skiing video while she had her hands in the tray of snow! She LOVED it and said it was the best present ever. She asked to play with it again the next two days as well, because it felt so real and so soothing! She loved how cold it stayed, and the texture was just fun to play with! Thank you for making my mom’s last few days on earth so special.
Tips:
-It feels a tiny bit like kinetic sand - very cool texture and definitely enough like snow, but if you add some ice cubes, it feels even better! It totally works without them, but adding ice cubes makes it feel colder for longer, and a bit more like real snow!
-Store it inside. It lasted like two weeks inside for us! It got really wet from the ice cubes melting, but I bet if you didn’t add the ice cubes, or just added more powder, it would last for a while I think! My boyfriend bought some for his nieces in Australia as well, and it lasted for about five hours in 100+ degree (F) heat outside.
-1 packet was plenty to just play with on a tray (like kinetic sand) with your hands. When my boyfriend made it for his nieces, he used 8 packets so they could make snow angels and toss it around.
February 2019 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase