With the right light, a Frosty Snow Globe can look like a winter landscape in a bubble. When it is made right, a hand-crafted snow globe is a work of art.
Made all around the world, snow globes can often cost hundreds of dollars or more. They are small wonderlands made of glass, water, and a special scene.
If you look closely, you can see small particles of “snow” so that when the globe is shaken off the particles will churn up.
Cool Snow Globe
Over the years, snow globes have changed over time and they are now made from reusable materials. My kids loved to make them out of simple items from around the house that would otherwise end up in the trash.
If your kids like to show their memories in a plastic bubble, then they will enjoy making this Frosty Snow Globe.
As they get older, they can make more complicated and sophisticated snow globes. And you can place them all on your Christmas tree as decorations.
What You Will Need
- a clear plastic cup
- a piece of white fruit cover foam
- ½ cm wide red satin ribbon
- a pair of scissors
- hot glue
- a cardboard
- a piece of big wooden bead
- 3 pcs. pipe cleaner (red, green and brown)
- a pencil
Directions For Snow Globe
Step 1: Gather all material needed
Step 2: Trace the mouth of the plastic cup to the cardboard
Step 3: Cut a short piece of brown pipe cleaner
This should be at least 4 to 6 centimeters long. This will serve as the trunk of the small Christmas tree.
Step 4: Cut short random sizes of the green pipe cleaner
This will be the leaves of the small Christmas tree.
Step 5:
Wrap the short green pipe cleaners around the trunk of the small Christmas tree. Apply a considerable amount of glue in the middle of the trunk to avoid the leaves from falling off.
Step 6: Hot glue small Christmas tree inside the circle on the cardboard
Step 7:
Create a small star from the red pipe cleaner and hot glue this on the topmost part of the small Christmas tree. You can also use a yellow pipe cleaner as an alternative.
Step 8: Make a reindeer from the brown pipe cleaner. Take note of the details of the reindeer like the body, the hooves, the legs and the head.
Step 9: Generously glue the reindeer beside the small Christmas tree just inside the circle of the cardboard.
Step 10: Cut the fruit cover foam into small bits of pieces. This will be used as the snow of the snow globe. Make sure that it is tiny enough to accommodate the size of the small plastic cup.
Step 11: Place a considerable amount of the foam snow inside the plastic cup. Place the small Christmas tree and reindeer inside the plastic cup. The trace should be aligned to the mouth of the plastic cup. Generously run hot glue around the mouth of the plastic cap to permanently seal it together with the cardboard.
Step 12: Turn the cardboard upside down and let the snow foam fall off the Christmas tree and the reindeer.
Step 13: Cut the excess cardboard around the mouth of the plastic cup. Make sure to leave at least 1 centimeter around it.
Step 14: Create some decorations from the outer excess cardboard.
Step 15: Cut at least 8 to 10 centimeters long red satin ribbon. Hot glue this from end to end. Place this in the topmost part of the snow globe and generously glue this. This will be used to hang the snow globe. Let it dry for some minutes.
Step 16: Insert the big wooden bead on the red satin loop. This will accentuate the snow globe further.
Finally done! You now have an amazing hanging snow globe ready for display.
This Christmas snow globe can be hung on your Christmas tree or even on the corners of the chimney. This is safe and child-proof since it is made out of plastic cups. You can also add some designs to the snow globe and make it more personalized based on your needs. You can also make one for your friend or family member as a holiday gift. Now you can make your own décor in a more affordable way possible. Enjoy! Happy holidays!
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