Over at Instructables, user MakeSnow has a step-by-step guide to building your own backyard snow machine that will cover your lawn in fresh fluffy white stuff anytime the weather is cold enough to ...

He built a simple DIY snow making machine with a few plumbing parts, and tools you probably already have. Snowmaking machines used on the ski slopes cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Held together by zip-ties and placed at the top of a ladder, the homemade snow machine pumped out seven inches of snow to coat his back yard, delighting friends and neighbors.