Homemade Snow Globe
Why pay big bucks for a snow globe when you and your kids can design your own for pennies? It's simple to transform a plain glass jar into a winter wonderland scene created to your specifications. You might want to make several scenes, one for each of the bedrooms.
Level: Easy
Time involved: One to two hours
Materials:
Old jars with lids (Mason jars, peanut butter jars, and baby-food jars work well.)
Glue gun
Plastic Christmas figures (Check craft or hobby stores for the figures used in “under-the-tree” scenes.)
White rocks, marbles, or decorative glass pieces
Water
Food coloring (optional)
White glitter and/or white confetti (Use metallic or plastic confetti, not paper.)
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Wash and dry the jar and the lid. Glue the figures and the rocks to the inside of the jar lid using a glue gun.
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Fill the jar with cold water to within 1/3 inch of the top. If desired, add a drop of food coloring (blue makes a nice sky effect). Add 2 tablespoons glitter and/or confetti.
Squeeze a line of hot glue around the inside rim of the lid. Immediately seal the jar with the lid.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Holiday Crafts © 2002 by Marilee LeBon. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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