Snow Day Magic: 21 Ways to Make a Snow Day from School

Who doesn't jump for joy at these welcome winter words? Obviously, education is important, but the occasional sudden snow day off from school can be a rare gift indeed.

Across the Northern half of the United States (and in many other areas as well), youngsters for years have practiced marvels and mystical techniques for conjuring up snow days. Countless teachers (and even parents and school principals) have participated in snow day magic tricks as well.

One might even call these snow day tricks white magic. Would you like to know these wintry wonders for causing school closures for snow?

First, what makes a snow day so marvelous?

A snow day is a surprise gift, an unexpected respite.

At the first sign of snow, students and teachers awaken early to stare at the news-flash tickers at the bases of their television screens, watching county after county list their school closures. Prayers are uttered, fingers are crossed and wishes are made.

"Please! Please! Please! List our school," kids of all ages may cry out.

Finally, as the desired schools are listed among the snow day school closures, youngsters and educators may rejoice, even as working parents begin pounding the phones to arrange emergency child care for the day.

A snow day is an unplanned vacation day.

No one seems to mind that too many snow day school closures may extend the end of the school year or cause the omission of certain teacher workshop days during the spring semester. In fact, no one seems to mind an occasional snow day school closure at all.

Students who have completed their homework and teachers who have finished their classroom preparations the night before may be delighted to have the day off - with no agendas or obligations. Those who may have fallen behind on their assignments may see a snow day as a rescue, offering them a one-day extension to finish their projects.

For all of these reasons - and perhaps more - students and teachers have practiced snow day magic tricks for generations, hoping to tip the scales and mystically make meteorological matters work in their favor. According to most kids, of course, the snow day magic tricks only work with maximum (or unanimous) participation at any particular school.

Certain students have been blamed for failing to perform snow day magic tricks - when the snow day magic has not resulted in days off from school.

Whether these snow day marvels work or not may be difficult to prove or disprove, but folks swear by these legends.

What are the snow day magic tricks?

Snow day magic includes a myriad of steps. To optimize results, students and teachers may perform each and every snow day magic trick - at the first sign of snow. Here are 21 of the most popular snow day magic tricks:

Do all your homework.

Line your bedroom doorway with white chalk.

Line your bedroom doorway with white crayons.

Plan extra appointments for the day.

Put a frozen white crayon under your bed.

Put a snowball in the freezer.

Put a snowball in the toilet.

Put a white crayon in the freezer.

Put a white plastic spoon on your bedroom windowsill.

Put a white stuffed animal toy on your windowsill.

Put ice cubes in the toilet.

Sleep backwards in your bed (head to foot).

Stand on your head, and sing "Frosty the Snowman."

Stick a soup spoon under your pillow.

Stick a wooden spoon under your pillow.

Stick something silver under your pillow.

Throw ice cubes at a tree outside.

Wear pajamas backwards.

Wear pajamas inside out.

Wearing pajamas, run five times around the kitchen table in each direction.

Wearing pajamas, spin around ten times in each direction.

Of course, after completing all of these snow day magic tricks, folks may find themselves so tuckered out that they actually need a day off.

Do snow day magic tricks work?

Whether the weather is affected by snow day magic tricks may be debatable, but snow-loving folks seem to enjoy the process.

No one seems to know the origins (or meanings) of these snow day magic tricks. But snow day magic tricks sure are fun ... and you can take that to the (snow) bank.