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.)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Squeeze a line of hot glue around the inside rim of the lid. Immediately seal the jar with the lid.

Excerpted from:

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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