snowballs?

Nope - these are actually experimental beads made from salt and cornstarch. I found the recipe online and tested how it works in real life.

The beads look ok, especially after sanding and painting. They are really hard after they dry thoroughly, and have nice weight.

I really like the translucence of the flatter pieces - maybe it could be the material for some sort of tealight holder?

However, it was much easier to make a newspaper bead (it's the green one on the right); even though it could never pretend to be made of clay, because it's really light, I found it easier to sand it and handle in general.

This is is for a salt/cornstarch experiment - next, we will return to the regular paper programming.