The collection offers realistic snowfall effects achieved through a combination of box-shadow or SVG snowflakes and advanced animation control. The main value is demonstrating how to use animation-delay and animation-duration to create a sense of volumetric, asynchronous movement. You’ll learn how to ensure cross-browser compatibility and easily adapt the snow to various backgrounds using opacity and shadows.
22 CSS Snow Effects
CSS Snowfall Effect with Sass Generator
Sass Generator uses @for loops and the random() function to bulk-create 350 unique snowflake CSS classes in three sizes. This pure CSS solution for snowfall combines fall (movement with rotation) and flickr (opacity blinking) animations, utilizing vw and vh in keyframes for realistic chaotic motion and responsiveness without using JavaScript.
See the Pen CSS Snowfall Effect with Sass Generator.
Winter Is Coming
A pure CSS snowfall with a volumetric effect, achieved through a combination of box-shadow and parameter randomization within the @keyframes rule. An ideal example for implementing a high-performance seasonal animation without JavaScript.
Let it Snow
See how to create an illusion of depth and movement in a snowfall using only animated multi-layer backgrounds.
One Element CSS Snow
A revolutionary snow effect using just one HTML element. SCSS-powered radial-gradient generation and a three-layer background animation create realistic depth and high performance.
