Collin County residents are enjoying the snow in creative ways – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Compared to the rest of the metroplex, Collin County was one of the areas with a good amount of snow, allowing people to build snowmen and go sledding.

On Friday morning, people whose cars were parked outside had to add an extra step to their routine and scrape away snow after cars were covered in snow overnight.

There was about two inches of snow in the area, which became slush on the main roads but remained passable.

There were slick spots, but even as the snow and ice melted, crews from the North Texas Tollway Authority, NTTA, continued to treat the Dallas North Tollway, 121 and other toll roads in the region.

Side streets and allies were a different story. Many Plano and Frisco neighborhoods looked like a winter wonderland. The snow-covered front yards, driveways and flower beds.

Along Preston Road in Plano South of 121, horses trotted around in the fresh snow.

There wasn't much traffic on the roads since school and many businesses were closed for the day.

People spent their snow day at Hoblitzelle Park near Hendrick Middle School. The hilly slope turned into a mini ski slope.

“It's cold and amazing!” said Helen Gao. “Well, everyone's sledding and there's snow and we hardly ever have snow and snowball fights and snowmen and it's great.”

A Dallas family took friends to the park because they didn't gather much in Dallas.

“We heard the snow was better here,” Quinn Greene said with his friends. “We were hoping for a little more in Dallas, but not that much.”

“My parents are from Michigan, so this is a little, but it's a lot for Texas, so it's nice,” Asa Owens said.

People, young and old, created memories.

“He seems to be enjoying it, we couldn't get him in yesterday so we're going to get back to it,” said Amanda Wood, who brought along her 18-month-old son Flynn. “We went sledding, we built a snowman at home, we ate a lot of snow, we love a good homemade snow cone.”

People brought their best equipment to climb the hill.

“I also came up with the idea of ​​putting wax on the bottom of the sleds to make us go faster,” Eli Owens said.

Their creativity shined in the snow, from cardboard boxes to laundry baskets and swim tubes, North Texas found a way to have fun.

Some even had an old-fashioned snowball fight.

An experience that many will talk about for years to come.