We had a giant blizzard this weekend.
Unfortunately, the snow here turns brown and disgusting real quick but I decided that I wouldn't let that happen this time!
So I filled a few spray bottles with colored water and went around my neighborhood spraying the snow red, blue, yellow, and green.
The ground now looks like one big tasty snow cone.
Take that brown snow!
OK, this might be the coolest thing ever! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow fun and creative!
oh my! lol! That's really creative! Too bad I can't spray colorful water to water, I mean... we have no snow here, lol! :D
ReplyDeleteam I the first? Woots!
geez, okay... one person beat me. But I was still the second :P
ReplyDeleteThat's adorable =]
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for the brown snow now.
Its been beaten xD
A miracle!! Such a good idea!
ReplyDeleteI love your whimsical and fun nature.. bringing joy and color everywhere!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS.
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius. The only colored snow I've seen is yellow. Gross.
ReplyDeleteI love this!! Now I want it to snow in SC just so I could do that with my kids. They loved the pictures and now are begging me to make it snow so they can make "snow art".... umm yeah, I can't exactly make it snow but if anyone else can let me know LOL
ReplyDeleteI grew up in NY--and when I was a kid my friend and I used bundle up and go out into the cold with a pitcher of koolaid. We would dump it into a pile of snow and then sit on either side and eat it!!
ReplyDeleteWe loved trying different colors of koolaid!
How awesome! I wish it would snow here so I could at least a little food coloring on a snowball and feel special.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HOLIDAYS ;D
you're too funny katie! I LOVE IT!
ReplyDelete@ Cass- That is too cute!!
ReplyDelete@ Macy- How clever! I bet that was so much fun haha
What a fantastic idea! You have such a great spirit
ReplyDeleteI just thought I'd let you know, you're blog ALWAYS makes me smile!!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of a choose your own adventure fantasy book I read as a kid. The maiden has to cross a snow mountain with colorful snow and each color patch has a different affect on her world! Magic.
ReplyDeleteAww how nice! I think NY could use more people with such a wonderful attitude as yours :)
ReplyDeleteI love it :) What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteWe used to do this in gradeschool all the time! It was so much fun to build a snowfort or snowman and then color it! Last year I ran a winter teen retreat and each team was given a spray bottle with a different color and had to build a sculpture inspired by and incorporating their color. So much fun. We had green turtles, purple bunches of grapes, and a "blue man group"
ReplyDeleteGives the line, "As pure as New York Snow" (Bette Davis Eyes) a whole new meaning!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. But even knowing what's behind the colors, I'm tempted to eat it now.
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ReplyDeleteI bow down to your awesomeness. That is GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteThis is the one time ever you MIGHT be able to bend the rule about NOT eating yellow snow :-)
ReplyDeleteWay to turn snow on its head. What a nice jolt for the passerby.
ReplyDeleteReally great your idea, Katie, that's why I admire you because you always looking for ways to improve everything you do, you're super cool!! thanks for the comments last time, only one day I would like to see snow, that's one of my dreams, at least for now that the snow may be bright ... Thanks for this post so beautiful
ReplyDeleteThanks for this moment!!!
ReplyDeletehow fun! so colorful...i love it. makes boring so much more fun.
ReplyDeleteYou always have such bright, colorful ideas! I love it! Where I grew up in PA, we always had very cold & snowy winters. People used to do the same thing with the icicles on the rock cuts along the side of the road. It was always beautiful to see. Now, we live in Las Vegas (military family)... any ideas to colorize some sand? haha
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC idea. Where do you come up with these??
ReplyDeleteMarvelous!
ReplyDeleteYou always make me smile and this colored snow was no exception!Reminds me of your cookies.
ReplyDeleteI used to put colored water in different shaped containers and let them freeze and then make beautiful colored ice castles. Try it!
This made me happy!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow I know what to do tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteawesome idea!
You made me smile today! I live in Vegas so definitely no snow here!
ReplyDeleteI discovered your blog a few weeks ago and have just been quietly observing ... but I have to comment on this ! SO COOL ! I love it. You are so clever and creative and inspirational !!
ReplyDeleteThank you again for giving a great reason to not just smile but to GRIN!
ReplyDeletewow..i heart it ..so creative..
ReplyDeleteOh, a snow rainbow. Another Katie masterpiece ",)Love to eat it, haha!Reminded me of the Halo-halo, a favorite thirst quencher during Summertime.
ReplyDeleteHalo-halo (from Tagalog halo, "mix") is a popular Filipino colorful dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served cold in a tall glass or bowl.
I don't know how you think of these things...but I really enjoy seeing what you come up with next!
ReplyDeleteSue
Did you dare eat the snow ball afterwards?
ReplyDeleteyou are so, so fun! i want to try this
ReplyDeleteI almost got hit in the face with a snowball when I inadvertently walked into an after-school snowball fight on 76th Street today. I would have been much happier had it looked like your last photo! Love it.
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd have snow brought into your life ( maybe not your apartment but it found you outside!
ReplyDeleteAnd you colorized it as you do with everything you touch!
I love it!
We'd need trucks of colored water to colorize our snow because we are literally under feet of it and will be until March(thent it goes disgustingly brown and slushy!). We also make the most giagantic snow forts you can imagine! Keep the color coming! Just don't eat yellow snow (we grow up with that rule!)
I knew where this post was going! So cute. Snow cones for everyone!
ReplyDeleteThough I love your ideas, I am really not sure about the yellow snow... :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea!! You sure are creative my dear!!
ReplyDeleteawesome, I've never seen snow :(
ReplyDeleteso cool! i wonder what other peeps thought when they saw the snow wasn't white anymore!
ReplyDeleteHoney, brown is beautiful! Enjoy what nature gives us, without cultural stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious Michelle? Nature doesn't give us brown snow, car pollution makes it brown!
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I decided one year that we were going to make a town scene out of colored snow. We made houses and a lake with a duck, etc. etc. and colored it with food coloring. Unfortunately when the snow melted the food coloring stained and ruined our picnic table and half our wooden deck! Ooops. But it was beautiful for a while!
ReplyDeletehaha so cute!
ReplyDeletehaha! Love this! Me and my friends did this once but we made figures. Like Donald Duck and stuff and sprayed it with colors. :)
ReplyDeleteWonder where I have those picturs....
So..so..so very creative. Love how you think!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope I can eat those snow ball..yummy!!
ReplyDeletewhat a nice way to bring cheer! love this!
ReplyDeleteYou are the best ever. Enough said.
ReplyDeleteAs Frank Zappa said: "Don't you eat that yellow snow .."
ReplyDeletepretty, pretty, pretty! What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteHahaha that's a wonderful idea! Good for you :)
ReplyDeleteOMG this is the cutest thing ever!!!!!! next to your previous post of course, and the one before and the one before...
ReplyDeleteDang, why do you do such lovely things Katie!!
A big thank you though because they make us smile (:
what a fantastic idea!!! I will try that on my front lawn the next snowfall...just love it!!!
ReplyDeleteColoured water? Did you just add paint?
I added food coloring ;)
ReplyDeleteI wish you would update more! I love your posts. Nothing brings a wider smile to my face.
ReplyDeleteyou are... the besttttt!
ReplyDeleteJust came across your blog and I rrrrreeeeeally adore it!
ReplyDeleteIt's my get-in-a-good-mood-blog now :)
This could well be my newest hobby! Better even than peeing your name into the snow. Well...almost.
ReplyDeletethis activity looks like it would be so much fun to do but.... I live in Florida. So.... I have to buy the fake snow. So, my next question would be; could you do this activity with the fake snow. hmmmm will get back with u.
ReplyDeleteahahaha, that's so awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThis just made my day :o) Love, love, love your blog!
ReplyDeleteHappy 2010
Katie, i have secretly followed your art for a while (cartoon eyes on things, started me)
ReplyDeleteBut this neon snow looks all kinds of cute.
I'm contacting dictionary publishers.. to have the word re-spelt as..
...Kreative.
what a delightful idea!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeleteHello Katie, I was inspired by this post so I did my own watercolor "painting" in the rain! Check it out if you have time: http://www.mayperia.com/blog/2010/02/paint-my-raindrops/
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE SO WONDERFUL!
ReplyDeletekim
(http://www.artequalshappy.typepad.com)
your blog makes me smile! :)
ReplyDeleteeee! you make me smile so much.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for your next adventure!
David.x
Sooo cute!
ReplyDeleteI mean to fight colorless and dirty world with colors! :)
Made these kind of colorings with children winter 2008-09, they loved it..
aaw, why do I always find these awesome ideas when I can't do them?? there's no snow outside now :(
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