Making a Snow Room: Fun Snow Sculpture Ideas

Snow room, complete with Snow Dog!

Whenever there's a huge snowfall, I start thinking about things to make in the snow. And, after starting a fun snow chair project, I got excited about building an entire snow living room. Annnnd, I did it! Ta-da!

The snow room comes complete with snow cat on a cushion, snow dog, snow chair, TV, footstool, and TV stand. There's even a rock remote control on the arm of the chair.  My tools were basic -- a rock and my hands -- and the project only took about 5 hours total over two days. I'd rank this among easy snow sculptures most people should try.

Snow Cat sits on a cushion closest to the viewer.

The snow room did not go unnoticed. The Harvard Crimson, Harvard's student-run newspaper, ran a story about the snow living room, "The Latest in Furniture Trends," in their FlyBy Blog.

The snow room also caught the attention of the local kids. A couple of young neighbors saw me at work and wanted to jump in right away. As far as things to make in the snow go, the snow room is a pretty good idea, especially if you have kids who want to help out.

When you get more than a few kids building something in the snow, it can quickly lead to conflict without an adult who can act as a skillful moderator. Not so with a snow room. I gave each kid a separate piece of furniture to become the master of. One little girl took over the snow cat and snow cushion. Another took over the snow dog and his rock claws. I worked on the TV and TV stand.

Perfect! There was plenty of snow fun to go around, and no snow drama. :)

View of the fun snow room from the side, complete with Snow Dog and Snow Cat.

Snow Dog, a happy member of the snow room.

Is a snow room complete without a snow TV? No.

If this inspires any of you to make your own snow room, let me know! I'd love to see what you come up with and hear more ideas about things to make in the snow.

And, if you like the snow chair and the snow living room and you're looking for more fun snow ideas, you might also like these snow penguins I made.

BakerGal

Making a Snow Chair: Easy Snow Sculptures

I made a snow chair, built to my exact specifications!

I definitely had a fun day playing in the snow after feeling inspired to make a snow chair in the courtyard of my building. I busted out my mittens in preparation for rolling snowballs, grabbed a sharp flat rock for carving snow away, and I got to work.

Testing out the snow chair on a nice sunny day!

Initially, I had wanted to build an entire snow living room with sofa, TV, lamp and dog curled up nearby. Luckily, I got a chance to expand on the snow chair project. A link below leads to the snow living room if you want to check that out, too!

For the most part, these are all easy snow sculptures: They don't need to look great to impress, because what makes them cool is that they are functional.

More Things to Make in the Snow

This chair was tons of fun to make, and I've posted a bunch of photos of it below. I had such a good time making it that I followed up with a few other fun snow projects that you can check out at the following links. Again, these are mostly easy snow sculptures in that they don't have to look perfect to impress.
Fun snow sculpture: snow chair PLUS snow living room
Another fun snow sculpture! SNOW PENGUINS!!

Most pictures are of me resting in the rough, partially-finished snow chair. The last three pictures on the page show the fully finished snow sculpture.

I spent about two or three hours working on my snow chair.

I finished the snow chair by carving the armrests and giving more definition to the overall "chair" shape. 

Snow chair from the front.

Snow chair from the side

Snow chair from the front.

If you like the snow chair, leave me a comment! It's always nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks of things to make in the snow. Fun times!

Baker Gal