Add Festive Snowfall To Webpage With The letItSnow jQuery Plugin

letItSnow is a tiny jQuery plugin that helps create a wintery atmosphere by adding a customizable, festive snowfall effect to web pages.

The number of falling snowflakes adapts based on the window width for an optimized effect. Resizing the window will recalculate the flakes to maintain the proper density. Users can tweak settings like flake color, size, shape, quantity, and falling speed to control the exact look and feel of the snowfall.

See Also:

• 10 Best Falling Snow Effects Using JavaScript & CSS

How to use it:

1. Download and put the jquery.letItSnow.min.js script after jQuery.

<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/dist/jquery.letItSnow.min.js"></script>

2. Apply the snowfall effect to the target element and customize the snowflake shape.

$('body').letItSnow({

  flake: {

    // Default: Bootstrap Icons
    html: '<i class="bi bi-snow3"></i>',

    // min snowflake size
    minSize: 5,

    // max snowflake size
    maxSize: 20,
    
  }

});

3. Set the background of the element.

$('body').letItSnow({
  // color code or CSS class(es)
  background: "#007d79",
});

4. Customize the snowfall effect.

$('body').letItSnow({

  // smooth, less, medium or much
  quantity: "smooth", 
  
  // snowflake color
  colors: ["#DDDDDD", "#EEEEEE"],

  // falling velocity
  speed: 0.75, 

  // time in milliseconds
  refresh: 50,
  
});

Changelog:

2023-12-20

• Implement observer for layout changes and adjust snowflake quantity

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by ThomasDev-de. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.