We love snowglobes here and every year we buy a new one to add to our collection. We haven’t seen one we like yet this year so thanks to some inspiration from MakeDoMum, we decided to make some Christmassy snow globes of our own
What do I need to make my very own snow globe I hear you ask 😉
Well, you need a small glass jar, it’s a good idea to check your jar for water tightness before you start as I didn’t think of that and it was only after we’d finished that I realised that Ikea spice jars are possibly not the most watertight containers I could have used! You also need some sort of thing to put in your snowglobe, we used a mini Ben 10 figure and a Hello Kitty figure that we had lying around, some blu tac and some glitter.
First of all, you need to blu tack your toy to the lid of the glass jar.
Send your child into the freezing cold snow and get them to fill the jar with snow. Alternatively, just fill the jar with water.
Add some glitter to your jar trying to avoid getting it on the floor / on your clothes / in the cup of tea your mother is drinking!
Put the lid back on the jar and turn upside down and voila, you have a home made snow globe.
This is the point that we found out that our jars were not entirely waterproof as they start to leak slowly after a couple of go’s. Therefore, we are still on the look out for this years Christmas snowglobe. Let me know if you see any nice ones….
If you’re in the mood for some more Christmassy, festive post’s you should check out the rest of the posts in this weeks Friday Club and even better why don’t you join in with the next Friday club carnival. You can find more details at Notes From Home….
Here are the other entries in this Christmas Carnival:
Cass at The Diary of a Frugal Family shows us how she makes snowglobes.
Nova at Cherished By Me posts her family’s Christmas traditions.
Jenny at Gingerbread House writes about her new family’s Christmas traditions.
Jax at Making it Up writes about the Season of goodwill.
Maria at Fab Mums posts a Christmas poem.
Kelly at A Place of My Own posts about giving thoughtful gifts.
Chris at Thinly Spread writes about her family’s Christmas traditions.
Jessica at Jessica Milln’s Blog writes about Round Robin letters at Christmas.
Ella at Notes From Home posts her family’s Christmas traditions.
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Hey I like your activity and I was going to suggest using baby food jars the seal is much better on those.
Great idea!
RE: water tightness – wrap 'plumbers mate' (it's a white waterproof thin, tacky tape that plumbers use and relatively cheap) around the glass on the 'thread' then screw on the lid. Should stop any leaks! 😉
hello, I have found you via Thinly Spread. Oooh my 4yo would love this. Maybe we could make a fairy one to go with the fairy house she is making. Maybe could have a jam jar the right way up and cover the top in something – like those fairies in a jar you see in gift shops? Oooh you got me thinking!
Thanks very much x x
I've been over and joined in 😉
I am always meaning to do these and forget. They are so much better than normal snowglobes as the glass is thinner on real snow globesand too dangerous for little ones. I hope u can join in our Monday blog hop http://monkeyingaround1.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-pudding.html
That's a great idea, I'm def going to make one with Little Miss A next year when she's a bit older.
I bet you can't wait till she's a bit older and you can do crafty things x
We have a million and one little toys lying around that the children never play with, what a great use for them! I adore snowglobes so I think we will be making these next week now the children are off school.
Thanks for taking part in the carnival x
You're more than welcome x x
It's ideal to use up those little toys isn't it – Have fun x
Looks great- never thought of adding actual snow, that is a great idea!
Thanks very much – we have so much snow here we're trying to find some different uses for it lol
Cool snowglobe shaped jars! Where did you get those from!?!!
Snowglobes are ON MY TO DO LIST!! WOOOHOOO. Can't wait. Will go and check on my jars now too 😉
Thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty! Much appreciate it!
Magy
Yes those Ikea jars are the perfect shape but a bit leaky! Glad you enjoyed making them & love that you filled it with real snow!
Thanks so much for the idea – the kids keep asking if we can make another one lol
Great idea, as school has now finished I feel we might be hsving a snow globe afternoon!
Aaaagh school holidays with hyper children 😉
What a great idea…..never thought of anything like that before.
Thansk very much – We have one that my mam made with Bethan using one of those little miniature jam jars years ago and I always meant to try and make one myself with her but it wasn't till I same MakedoMum's that I saw how easy it was x