Is there anything more enticing to a young child than a snow globe? They're associated with holiday celebrations, with glitter and water, and most kids love them. Unfortunately, they're also expensive and delicate, a combination that often renders them off-limits to children. Here's a Christmas snow globe that your kids can not only play with – they can make it themselves!
What You Need:
- Clean jar with a water-tight lid (test it by filling it with water, turning it upside down, and holding it over your sink)
- Festive, waterproof figurine or holiday ornament that fits inside the jar
- Cork
- Knife
- Waterproof glue (such as superglue)
- Water
- Coarse glitter
- Ribbon
- Glycerin (optional: available at drugstores)
What You Do:
- Trim the cork so one piece is just taller than the jar lid. Discard extra cork.
- Remove the lid from the jar and set jar aside.
- Put the lid upside down and help your child affix the cork piece to the center with a dab of waterproof glue.
- Glue the figurine, bottom down, to the cork (if you're using a little person as the figure, glue the feet to the cork). The cork is a platform that will allow the figurine to show above the rim of the lid, and the lid will eventually be the bottom of the snowglobe.
- Let cork and figure dry completely.
- Have your child add a few dashes of glitter to the jar, along with a few drops of glycerin if you’d like the glitter to fall slowly.
- Help your child fill the jar almost to the top with water.
- Screw lid back on jar, so the figure is pointing down. Reverse the jar so the figurine is right side up.
- Tie a ribbon around the jar lid and knot decoratively.
- Have your child shake gently and watch the glitter fly! Watch carefully for leaks and store on a waterproof saucer, just in case.
Not only is this homemade globe a hit for kids, it also makes a great holiday gift for friends and relatives, so stock up and make several! Take a look at all of our Christmas Activities or Homemade Christmas Gifts.
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