DIY Snow Globe

 

I know it's a little early be talking St Pat's Day...but...on that note, it's a little late to be talking Christmas-unless, of course, you are already planning for next year.  In that case, let's be friends.  I put together some snow globes to share on GMT today via the Exec Producer's request.  :O)  I went a little bit crazy trying to find new and fun ways...and the only thing that limited the projects I brought was a lack of time, space in my car, but I may have found a new passion.  First up, the traditional globe.  The other two I'm sharing are Valentine's Day oriented, so I wanted something fun and spring-ee.  I've seen these water globes using trees from the doll house section of the craft stores, toys from the dollar bins in stores, but I found this little clover cookie cutter and coins and decided this would be fun with some gold glitter.  

For supplies, grab some distilled water at the store, glycerin (found near the cake decorating supplies-used to 'freshen' old food gels, or buy the skin care in drug stores), you can also use baby oil.  I also got some E6000 glue-gorilla glue would work as well, or even hot glue.  I just really wanted to make sure it was stuck for life.  You want to make sure the objects you put in your globe don't have paint that will chip off because it will color the water-so plastics etc work best.  

I used the E6000 to glue down my cookie cuter and a few coins at the bottom of my tray.  I actually have the cookie cutter glued to a bottle cap to make it stick up over the lid, and I used the coins to over up the cap.  I let it dry for several hours before moving on to step two.  

 I added about a Tablespoon of glitter, a teaspoon of glycerin (don't add to much or it will make it murky, but you probably do want to add it b/c it helps the glitter float more slowly to the base) and then top with distilled water.  Close off your jar, shake and enjoy.  One tip, I would prefer recycled jars like mayo and pickles b/c the seal seems to be made for liquids.  If you have to use a jar that doesn't have a strong seal, run some hot glue around the edge to help the seal.

A few other projects I'll be sharing are these waterless globes.  I blogged about those earlier this week...

...and edible snowglobes.

I'll post a link to my facebook page later.

Waterless Snow Globe

 I'm working on some snow globe projects...and now I'm obsessed.  I made this little waterless snow globe.  You could do this for any season, but since Valetine's is around the corner....it seemed like a good plan.  All you need is a jar, foam (if your object isn't flat on the bottom), and twinkle flakes (glitter or confetti would work as well-I chose this b/c it clings a little to the side).

 I took a piece of foam and glued it to the top.  If you are using a flat bottomed object, just glue it directly to the base.

 I cut down this little plant pick (found this guy at Hobby Lobby for a buck-I usually wait for a sale-these go on 30-50 percent off almost every other week, but I was under a time crunch).

 I poured some of these twinkle flakes into the jar (about 1/8 cup) along with some little heart confetti I found.  I found this 80 percent off at Hobby Lobby near the Christmas stuff, but they also sell stuff like this near the tissue paper etc).

 I decided to wrap some twinkle grass around the foam since it was green.  They have all sorts of colors of this on sale right now near the Valentine's 'stuff' in the craft store.  I also added a foam glitter heart...

 I screwed the lid on and shook it up-the flakes sort of cling to cupid and the walls of the glass.

 I added a ribbon and another little heart around the base.  If I can hold something still for more than 21 seconds I think a ribbon makes everything better.

Edible Snow Globe

This Christmas I saw a snow globe made out of cookies.  I decided to adapt that to candy...and Valentine's day.  I used this little heart ring, some sprinkles, and a baby jar.

 You could cut off the bottom of the ring to hot glue it directly to the jar lid, but to raise it up a little I used a little piece of foam that I glued to the jar lid, and then pressed the ring down into the foam.

 I added some sprinkles to the jar.

 Ta da!

You could adapt this for any holiday-little foil chocolate Santas, bunnies, or lollipops.  I'd have a baby just to collect more of these little jars-the possibilities are endless.  I have two more snow globes coming up this week...