Sunday 16 December 2012

Snow Globe

I must apologise for the delay in this post, I had to move house and as you can imagine my crafting items were not as important as say the kitchen!

Anyway thanks for your patience.

This is probably the most satisfying Christmas craft because snow globes seem like something you could not make at home but you can. And you can recycle to make it.

So what you need is a clean glass jar, a good option is a jar from mince pie filler.
Something cute to go inside, I have used a kinder surprise toy, a bit of artificial Christmas tree and some polystyrene.
Glitter, glycerin, water and some waterproof glue.



Glue some polystyrene to the inside of your lid and then glue your decorations to the polystyrene, that way they will be visible inside.


Fill your jar almost to the top with water (leave a bit to be displaced by your decorations)
Add a few drops of glycerin: -

Add about a teaspoon full of glitter: -

Make a line of glue on the inside of your lid and on the glass top of your jar, gently screw it on and leave to dry according to your glue.

And here is the finished product: -


Cute huh? And you can make as many as you like and make them really personal. I hope you enjoy making yours as much as I did.