Waterless Snow Globes!!!
Learn how to make waterless snow globes. These snow globes are easy to make even for kids.
Two weeks ago I visited See Vanessa Craft with a Waterless Snow Globes Tutorial for the 20 Crafty Days of Christmas. I just love how the Waterless Snow Globes turned out, that I figured I should show them off here too. Enjoy the tutorial my friends.
Waterless Snow Globes
With Christmas and winter approaching I can’t help but think about the snow that will be arriving in no time at all.
My daughters LOVE snow globes, they each own a couple of them. The only problem with snow globes is that they are heavy to carry because of the water.
My girls love to carry them around to play with them but each time I’m worried they will drop them because of their weight.
Since they love them so much, I decided that we would make waterless snow globes together. They will be able to carry them around as they wish.
We ended up making four waterless forest-style snow globes together.
We had so much fun creating our waterless snow globes. It’s such a quick and inexpensive project.
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How to make Waterless Snow Globes
Supplies:
- Containers or Mason Jars
- Shredded Snow
- Decorations (things to put inside the snow globes) – Bottle Brush Trees
- Hot glue gun
Instructions:
Step 1: Take off the lids from your containers and hot glue your decorations onto the lid.
Make sure you do not place your decorations too close to the sides otherwise you won’t be able to twist the lid back onto the container (it happened to Emanuelle’s snow globe and we had to pull off the moose.. which caused us to break its legs in the process.. thank goodness for superglue hehe).
Step 2: Pour some shredded snow inside the containers, as much or as little as you want.
Step 3: Twist the lid back onto the container. Now you can flip it over and enjoy your waterless snow globe!!
Here are all the steps together.
Easy enough right?
My girls LOVE them, they have been having fun moving them around as they please.
We are probably going to make some more too! They are just so fun to make!
How to add small items into a snow globe
If you have smaller items that you would like to add to a waterless snow globe, you can add little wood blocks to make the items higher in order to see them.
My daughter had little deer, a small sign, and a little feed bag she wanted to put in a snow globe. The items were too small to see them because of the lid.
To solve her problem, she painted small wood blocks in white. In white to match the snow.
Once dried, she hot glued them on the lid and glued her small items on them.
And voilà her new waterless snow globe with deer!
Isn’t it cute?
She was so proud of it that she entered it into a snow globe contest and won.
Have you ever made a waterless snow globe before? What things did you put inside?
P.S. If you are looking for more easy Christmas projects, I have a DIY Christmas section full of ideas!
Have a FABULOUS day!!
They’re awesome! I think I’m gonna steal the idea!
So pretty, Christine!
these are beautiful!! I love how they look without water! Thank you so much for linking up to Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings!
We love snow globes in our house. These are beautiful! Thanks for sharing today.
Donna @onceuponasewingmachine.com
Hi Christine, those are so lovely! I have to do them some day, easy to do, when it’s without the destillered water :-) thank you for the inspiration, you are awsome!
Those are so sweet I love them and I love that they don’t have water in them.
Lisa
Creative Raisins
these are definitely on my list of projects to do!
I love these! They look so simple but so gorgeous! I love the entire set up!
I love these and want to make some! What are those trees called and where did you get them? Thank you.
katy_lunsford at yahoo dot com
These are awesome! I plan on making these with my kiddos over their break. Thank you so much for sharing.
So cute and fun! I LOOOOVE them! I’ve got to get my act together to make them next year! : )
-Mel the Crafty Scientist
Absolutely sweet! Sharing at the party tonight~ thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!
Love this idea, you are so creative!!
Thanks so much for sharing them at Artsy Corner!
These are so pretty Christine and you got some amazing pix!!!
Thanks so much for linking up at last week’s Humble Brag. This week, The Better Half, along with a bunch of other awesome bloggers are hosting a link party to support the Sandy Hook area – $1 will be donated for every project linked up. Its up and running now. Hope to see you there!
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These look beautiful! I really wanted to make some of these this year but I guess I will have to wait again until next year! Thanks so much for sharing at Clean and Scentsible. I will be featuring these tomorrow. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Jenn :)
Just came from Skip to My Lou; I posted my latest project on Made by You Mondays, Mini Winter Terrariums, http://babbledabbledo.com/mini-winter-terrariums/, and thought it was hilarious that your Snow Globe post is literally the entry before mine! Gotta love terrariums/sno-globes!
Well, Christine, this post is timeless! Thanks so much for linking up at Tuesday Turn About. You will be one of my first features of 2020 tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
Such a cute idea!
How lovely! I am sure these were a lot of fun to make. #happynowlinkup
Merry Christmas Christina – your snow globes are So pretty!
I’m happy to feature you at this week’s Inspire Me Monday Party at Create With Joy! :-)
How sweet, and much lighter without the water – brilliant!