Homemade Gift Idea #91: Homemade Snow Globes!

Inspired by our first snow of the year last night, I decided to post this playful and whimsical homemade gift idea. Homemade snow globes are great homemade gifts that you can help kids could make. They are fun, easy, and easily personalized. You can help your kids to make a bunch of these as homemade gifts that satisfy their entire list.

What you’ll need

• Clear jars. Baby food jars work, as well as jam jars, or any mason jars. Just make sure that are clean, and sealable so they don’t leak.
• Figurines. Think of your gift-recipient for this one. Do they like Star Wars? Use an action figure. Into Legoes? Use a lego person. Just make sure that they are not water-soluble. Also check the size of the figurine so that it will fit in the jar when sealed.
• Aquarium sealant or any other waterproof sealant.
• Glitter or fake snow. You can find this at a craft shop.
• Glycerin. This will make the “snow” fall more slowly. You can find glycerin at a drug store.
• Distilled Water. You can also boil water
• Ribbon, paint, or other decorations for the lid, which will serve as the base of the snowglobe

Instructions

1. Place the lid face down.
2. Use the glue to fasten the bottom of the figurine(s) to the back of the lid. If you want the figurine to sit higher, glue a piece of plastic or smaller plastic lid to the bottom of the figurine first to act as a pedestal.
3. Let dry.
4. Fill jar with distilled water and a few drops of glycerin.
5. Add a teaspoon of glitter. More or less as desired. More might give you a nice bed of snow effect when all of the glitter has fallen. You might want to test this out first with a test jar to make sure you get the effect that you want.
6. Screw on the lid. Seal with glue if desired.
7. Decorate the base… and you are done!

Kids will love helping you make these homemade gifts, and I am sure they will have fun and creative ideas on what to place inside them!

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