Faking the Season: Winter Part 3 - Wintry Scene

It's beginning to look a lot like winter even in Moomin Valley at our house!

The illusion of snow is better than no snow at all, thus the kids and I set out to make a wintry scene. Our Moomin Valley has finally received a blanket of snow, albeit made out of cotton balls, but snow nevertheless!

The beloved Moomins were created by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and write Tove Jansson.  Moomins are very popular in Finland and Japan, but unfortunately not here in the United States. Moomins are white, roundish characters with large snouts and their adventures have captured the hearts of Finnish people since 1945.

You can find out more about the Moomins here: All Things Moomin BBC News Magazine also wrote an interesting article on Tove Jansson earlier this year. Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins

If you would like to make your own wintry scene, you will need the following items:

• tray
• white printing paper
• double sided tape
• glue
• cotton balls
• small characters of your choice

I laid out a piece of white paper and used double sided tape to attach it to the bottom of the tray. Then the kids and I made a scene with the characters. Lastly we glued and taped cotton balls all over the scene.

What do you guys think? Would you like to make your own wintry scene? Would it help you get in the holiday mood? If so, I would love to receive a photo or a description of your scene! It would be great to be able to post one of my dear reader's creation here on my blog!

Next, I am going to make another wintry scene with my son. He is crazy about Super Heroes and Star Wars... I wonder what kind of winter I can create for them. Share your wintry scene, and I'll share our action figure scene when it is ready :-D