Baby food jar snow globe craft

Craftaholics Anonymous® | Baby Food Jar Snow Globes Tutorial

Have a bunch of baby food jars hanging around? Here’s a great upcycle for all those cute little jars! Turn them into mini snow globes with a few household items. Baby Food Jar Snow Globes are easy to create and make a fantastic gift idea!

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My baby girl is just starting to eat solids, so I have a bunch of baby food jars hanging out. So I turned a bunch of them into mini snow globes and they turned out so stinkin cute!! I’m seriously in love with them! Oh, and I might just be handing these out to neighbors and friends. They make such a cute little Christmas gift!

I love it when I find a way to reuse and make it beautiful!

How to Make Snow Globes Tutorial

Supplies:

empty baby food jars {Stage 2 size is the cutest, in my opinion, but all sizes work just fine!}
mini fake trees
Goo Gone
Glycerin {I found it at the Walmart pharmacy}
Glass & Bead glue OR Epoxy
Glitter {colored chunkier glitter works best. Don’t use clear or fine glitter}
Gold spray paint
distilled water

Remove the labels off the jars and clean off the glue with Goo Gone.
Spray paint the lids gold {or desired color}.
Put a little glue on both the inside of the lid and the bottom of the fake tree. Allow to dry for 1-2 minutes and then press the tree onto the lid. Allow to dry for 24 hours.

4. Add about 1 teaspoon of glitter into each jar.

5. Fill with distilled water and add 5 drops of Glycerin. {5 drops seemed to work the best.} Screw the lid {with the tree} onto the top and you’ve got yourself the cutest mini snow globe ever!

And that is how you make Baby Food Jar Snow Globes!

Mini Snow Globes

What could you do with this tiny snow globes?

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Baby Food Jar Snow Globes!!

By Brooke Wilson, 7 years ago

Oh my goodness! Here is a completely adorable (and affordable) do it yourself idea to give to your family and friends this Christmas. Start saving those baby food jars, because you are going to be addicted to making these fun Baby Food Jar Snow Globes! I have yet to see a cuter way to upcycle all those old baby food jars laying around. Just a note, the glass jars will work much better than the plastic ones. I am actually not sure if the plastic ones will work at all. This tutorial is pretty simple, and there is lots of room for customizing your very own baby food jar snow globes. You will need to make a trip to your local Michael's Arts & Crafts or other craft store for sure. So keep your eyes peeled for fab Michael's coupons in our Bargainmoose forum.

So let's get started! I am so excited to make my very own Baby Food Jar Snow Globes. I love cute little things like this. If you love these, then you would probably enjoy the DIY Fairy Gardens idea I wrote about some time ago.

Here's what you're going to need to get started:

emptied and clean baby food jars
mini fake trees and other mini fake items you want to place inside
Goo Gone
Glycerin (found in the Walmart pharmacy)
Glass & Bead Glue OR Epoxy
Glitter (chunky coloured glitter is best)
Gold or Silver Spray Paint
Distilled Water

Your first step is going to be removing the labels and cleaning your baby food jars by using the Goo Gone. You will want to wash them again and rinse them well after using the Goo Gone. Then take the lid of the baby food jars and spray paint them whatever colour you want. I find gold or silver works the best, but you could go with Christmas colours like red or green as well.

Then you are going to add a little bit of glue to the inside of the baby food jar lid as well as the bottom of your fake tree and other items you are placing inside your little snow globe. Let this dry for a good minute or two so the glue is a little firmer, and then stick your tree to the baby food jar lid. Let this step dry for a good 24 hours before proceeding any further with the project.

Then you can take your glass portions of the baby food jars and add about 1 teaspoon of your chosen glitter into each jar. Once you have added the glitter, you can fill the jar with distilled water. Get the water as full as possible, but leave enough room so you can add a little bit of Glycerin. Then add 5 drops of Glycerin and screw the lid on (with the glued tree) really right. Then you have your very own super adorable (and super affordable) miniature snow globe that you made yourself!

I would get a little bit creative with this one personally. Michael's Arts and Crafts has so many different items you can glue to the lid. You will see all sorts of goodies when you locate the fake trees! There are little houses, horses, farm animals, people and so much more. This project has me giddy with excitement! Can you guys please show us the end result on our Facebook page? It would be super fun for me to see them all.

Moosers, what are you going to add to your Baby Food Jar Snow Globes!?

A big thank you to Craftaholics Anonymous for this beautiful idea.

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New Year's souvenir - do-it-yourself snow in a jar. How to make a glass ball with snow

How many times have you had to turn the ball over to see how the snow falls in a small world? Today we will tell you how to assemble such a ball with your own hands step by step.

Christmas ball with snow inside always evoke a sense of celebration, joy and awaken childhood memories. Watching the falling flakes is a pleasant experience, isn't it? And the created snow globe with your own hands will add magic to the interior, plus it will charge the whole family with a Christmas mood. Start the master class and enjoy the process!

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Christmas ball with snow: video instruction

Christmas ball with snow: 4 easy steps

What you need:

- glass jar with screw cap
- artificial snow
- spruce / animal figurines
- glue / double-sided tape / glue gun
- paint
- brush
- decorative star

Bear, deer, bunny, penguin are suitable as animals. Also in the ball you can hide a snowman, Santa Claus, a nutcracker, a gingerbread man, a symbol of the coming year.

Step one: The colored rim of the screw cap will be noticeable, so in order not to break the magic, it should be painted. By the way, this can be done not only with the help of paint and brushes, but also with the help of an aerosol can. It seems that the second option is simpler and more convenient. Leave the lid alone until completely dry. Apply an extra ball of paint if necessary.

Step two: Animal and spruce should be glued on the inside of the lid. This can be done with glue, double-sided tape or a glue gun. In the video, the master uses a special glue that resembles chewing gum. If you know where to buy one, let me know in the comments, suddenly someone will come in handy.

Step three: Our glass ball with snow is still without the most important component. You can find it in large stores that sell New Year's decor or order it online. Artificial snow should take up about a quarter of the can.

Fourth step: Screw on the lid, turn the jar over and enjoy. The composition of several cans looks more interesting and bewitching.

How to make a snow globe so that the snow slowly descends?

Pour glycerin, which is sold in pharmacies, and water in equal proportions into a container. Make sure that there is nothing foreign in the water, otherwise it will be difficult to catch this particle later.
Mix well and sprinkle snow and glitter on top.

Important: When calculating the amount of water and glycerin, keep in mind that there should be room in the container for figurines and decor. Of course, if your eye is not accurate, which happens 98% of the time, when you close the lid, water will flow out. There is nothing wrong with that, the main thing is to substitute the plate in advance. If there is not enough water, turn the jar upside down, unscrew it again and add the required amount.

Making your own snow globe is easy with these instructions! And it won't cost much. You will have to spend money on decorative figurines, although, perhaps, your child himself will want to enclose his bear or deer in a ball? Or do you have souvenir Santa Clauses or snowmen at home that are covered with dust?

We offer you some ideas on how to make a snow globe without glycerin with your own hands. This New Year's craft is suitable for or as a task for the advent calendar, but also as, for example.

The legend associated with this toy is quite interesting. To everyone who saved Christmas, Santa Claus gives a magical snow globe - a gift in honor of resourceful decisions and clever actions.

Create your own snow globe - and present it for the New Year 2020 to those who you see fit.

To make a snow globe without glycerin and water you will need:

jar, plastic cup, cardboard or foam base,
thin plastic or heavy cellophane,
figurines or photos to be inserted inside the snow globe,
synthetic winterizer, foam balls or cotton wool.

How to make a DIY snow globe without glycerin

Such crafts will brighten up everyday life not only for children, but also for adults.

Canned snow globe without glycerine

For this craft, it is not necessary to take a glass jar, you can also take a transparent plastic cup with a lid.

Making such a snow globe without glycerine is as easy as shelling pears: pour filler (snow) into a jar. It can be small foam balls, cotton wool, synthetic winterizer or even coarse salt. Then we install the figures (you can also put a safe candle in such a jar). And cover the jar with a lid.

In the case of a plastic cup, we build the whole composition on the lid, and therefore it is better to attach all the elements to the base with glue. When the snow and figures are mounted, cover the lid with a glass and glue them together. Here is the snow globe.

Photo gretasday.com

Glycerin-free foam snow globe

To make such a snow globe with your own hands, you will need a three-dimensional base: a circle of foam or foam. Also useful fabric to decorate the base, foam balls, New Year's figurines, plastic circles around the diameter of the base (you can use transparent plastic folders, for example) and hot melt adhesive.

First you need to decorate the base. You can not sheathe it with fabric or just wrap it with a beautiful bright flying one. Then you need to glue a plastic circle on one side around the perimeter of the hole. Put a transparent plastic strip (the width should be equal to the depth of the base hole) to divide the interior of our future snow globe into two parts. And fill in the smaller part of the foam balls.

Glue the figurines on top of this strip, pour some foam balls. And we glue this whole composition on the second side of the base with plastic.

To make it look prettier and the glue is not conspicuous, we glue a neat canvas around the perimeter of the plastic circles. That's it, the snow globe without glycerin is ready.

This craft can be used as a New Year's wreath to decorate doors before the holiday.

Photo www.createcraftlove.com

DIY paper card "Snow globe"

Another way to make your own snow globe without glycerine is to make it out of paper in the form of a postcard. Such a card can then be presented to grandparents for the New Year.

Take a sheet of white paper and fold it in half. Cut out a circle on the front.
Open the card, stick the photo on the whole half of the card so that it can be seen in the ball.
Cut out two circles from the paper files. which are slightly larger than the hole in the postcard. Put confetti, glitter or sequins between them. Glue the plastic circles together along the edge.
On the inside of the half with a hole, glue a construction of plastic circles with sparkles inside.
We glue sheets of paper together.
Coloring and decorating the Snowball card outside.

Photo by thebestideasforkids.com

Glycerin-free snow globe from disposable plates

Take a white or blue paper plate and a clear plastic plate. On paper - glue: Christmas tree, sengovik, Santa Claus. Fill with paper confetti (you can even make your own with a hole puncher). And glue a plastic paper plate on top.

Photo iheartcraftythings.com

Gift box - snow globe

To make such an unusual snow globe box, you will need the box itself, a sheet of colored paper, a sheet of transparent film, confetti (glitters), an image of your favorite character, glue and scissors.

First, cut out a circle on the lid of the box. From the inside, we glue a transparent film to the lid, pour confetti, and on top of the confetti we glue a sheet of colored paper with a figure of our favorite cartoon character glued to it.

Photo handmadecharlotte.com

Now you have some ideas on how to make your own snow globe without water and glycerin.

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Do you want to have fun next weekend with your kids (or parents) doing something together? Then you can make a snow globe! The snow globe looks cute and interesting and can be made using common items that are in every home. Alternatively, you can buy a ready-made kit online or at a craft store to make your snow globe look truly professional and enjoy year after year. Whatever you choose, read step 1 to get started.

Steps

Making a snow globe from household items

Find a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Any size will do, as long as you have the right figures to fit inside the jar.
- Olive, mushroom or baby food jars are good - as long as there is a tight-fitting lid; just look in the fridge.
- Wash the can inside and out. To clean the label if it doesn't come off easily, try rubbing it under hot soapy water using a plastic card or knife. Dry the jar thoroughly.
Think about what you want to put inside. Anything can be placed in a snow globe. Cake figurines or small winter-themed children's toys (such as a snowman, Santa Claus, and a Christmas tree) that can be purchased at craft or gift shops are good.
- Make sure the figurines are made of plastic or ceramic, as other materials (such as metal) may start to rust or turn over funny when submerged in water.
- If you want to get creative, you can make your own clay figurines. You can buy clay from a craft store, shape it into any shape you want (snowmans are easy to make), and bake them in the oven. Paint them with water-repellent paint and they're done.
- Another suggestion: take a picture of yourself, your family or pets and laminate them. Then you can cut out each person along the contour and put their photo in a snow globe, it will turn out very realistic!
- Even though it's called snowy balloon, you don't have to limit yourself to creating only winter landscapes. You can create a beach scene using seashells and sand, or something playful and fun like a dinosaur or a ballerina.
Decorate the inside of the lid. Apply hot glue, super glue, or epoxy to the inside of the jar lid. You can first rub the cover with sandpaper - thanks to this, the surface will become rougher and the glue will hold better.
- Place your decorations on the inside of the lid while the glue is still wet. Glue your figurines, laminated photographs, clay sculptures, or whatever else you want to put on there.
- If your piece has a narrow base (such as laminated photographs, a piece of garland, or a plastic Christmas tree), it may be best to glue some colored pebbles to the inside of the lid. Then you can simply clamp the object between the pebbles.
- Keep in mind that the decoration you are making will need to fit in the neck of the jar, so don't make it too wide. Place the figurines in the center of the lid.
- Once you've created your story, set the lid aside for a while to dry. The glue must dry completely before you can submerge it in water.
Fill the jar with water, glycerine and glitter. Fill a jar almost to the brim with water and add 2-3 teaspoons of glycerine (found in the bakery section of the supermarket). Glycerin "compacts" the water, which will allow the glitter to fall more slowly. The same effect can be achieved with baby oil.
- Then add glitter. The amount depends on the size of the jar and your tastes. Just add just enough glitter to compensate for the fact that some of it will get stuck in the bottom of the jar, but not too much or it will completely obscure your decoration.
- Silver and gold sequins are great for a winter or Christmas theme, but you can choose any color you like. It is also possible to buy special "snow" for the snow globe online and in craft stores.
- If you don't have glitter on hand, you can make pretty realistic snow out of crushed eggshells. Use a rolling pin to crush the shell well.
Carefully put on the cover. Take the lid and fasten it firmly to the jar. Close it as tightly as you can and wipe off the displaced water with a paper towel.
- If you are unsure if the lid will close properly, you can make a ring of glue around the rim of the jar before closing it. You can also wrap some colored ribbon around the lid.
- In any case, it will sometimes be necessary to open the jar in order to touch up loose parts or add fresh water or glitter, so think about this before sealing the jar.
Decorate the lid (optional). If you wish, you can finish your snow globe by decorating the lid.
- You can paint it in bright colors, wrap it around with decorative ribbon, cover with felt or stick on holiday berries, holly or bluebells.
- Once you're done, all that's left to do is give the snow globe a good shake and watch the glitter gently fall around the beautiful decoration you've created!
Create a snow globe from a store-bought kit
- Add glitter, beads or other small particles to the water. Anything will do, the main thing is that they do not obscure the main decoration.
- For a quirky effect, try adding a few drops of food coloring to water before adding glitter, beads, etc.
- An object inside a snow globe can look more fun with glitter or artificial snow. This can be achieved by first painting the object with clear varnish or glue, and then pouring glitter or artificial snow on top of the wet glue. Note: This must be done before the item is placed in water, and the glue must dry completely. Otherwise, this effect will not work!
- Small plastic dolls, plastic animals and/or elements from board games such as Monopoly and a set of model trains can be used as the main item.

With a figurine and falling snow inside, a Christmas souvenir known all over the world. It is believed that the French were the first to make such crafts back in the 19th century. Today, on the eve of the New Year holidays, you can buy a similar product in any store, but it is much more interesting to make a snow globe with your own hands.

Preparing Materials Needed

To make this Christmas craft, you will need: jar with lid, any waterproof glue, decorative figurines, glitter or styrofoam, glycerin, water. You can make a snow globe with your own hands from almost any container. Jars from baby food and other food products are excellent for this purpose. Remember, the more interesting the shape of the container, the more original the finished craft will look. Any figurines can be placed inside the jar: factory-made souvenirs, small children's toys, decor can be made independently from polymer clay. Rinse and dry the container well before proceeding with the manufacture of crafts.

Making interior decorations

A homemade Christmas snow globe can be placed on the lid or bottom of the jar. Decide in advance how you like it best and start decorating the part that will become the bottom.

Option one: Glue your chosen figures directly onto the lid or bottom. Pour the remaining space around with glue and sprinkle with foam shavings or sparkles. Leave the decor to dry for a while. It is believed that a do-it-yourself snow globe will look most impressive if you install the interior decor on a slight elevation. The easiest way to achieve this effect is using a piece of plasticine. Blind a cake that is suitable in shape and size and glue it to the lid or bottom with glue. Next, install the decorative figures by drowning their base in plasticine, and then mask the base with foam or sparkles.

The magic begins

As soon as the blank with the interior decor is dry, we can start filling our container and assembling it. at home? To fill the container, you will need glycerin - you can buy it at a pharmacy. Pour into a jar of distilled water - 2/3 full. Fill the remaining space with glycerin. Don't forget to add sequins, sequins, beads or other small elements that imitate falling snow. If there was nothing suitable at hand, you can make "snowflakes" from finely chopped rain, foil or waterproof confetti.

Sealing and finishing touches

Even if your jar's lid is tight, it's a good idea to coat it with glue before screwing it on. Handle the finished souvenir very carefully. Remember, if the glass snow globe leaks or breaks, you will ruin the textiles or stain the furniture very badly.

Your magical Christmas craft is ready, but you can add a few finishing touches if you like. Decorate the outside of the lid using foil, wrapping paper, or a pretty fabric. If the top of the souvenir is flat, you can glue a small decorative figure on it.

Can you make a ball of falling snow without glycerin?

A popular question among those who decided to make a snow globe for the first time with their own hands - is it possible to use plain water without additives to make this craft? Actually, this is not a good idea, as glycerin slows down settling to the bottom and extends the “shelf life” of the souvenir. Ordinary water will deteriorate faster, the interior decor may become covered with an unpleasant coating, or the liquid itself will become completely cloudy.

If glycerin is not at hand, but you want to start the creative process right now, you can replace it with refined vegetable oil or a very sweet transparent syrup. But remember, no matter what product you choose, in any case, after a few months it will go bad. This also applies to glycerin.

It is believed that the smaller the snow globe and the more interesting its shape, the prettier it looks. Whether or not you follow this rule is your own business, but do not use jars larger than 1 liter for this craft.

A souvenir with falling snow can also be made from a plastic container. The main condition is a tight-fitting lid, the transparency of the vessel and the absence of unnecessary edges and ugly seams on its surface. A glass jar is selected according to a similar principle. A container with smooth walls or a small number of edges is best for making this craft. But a complex cut will interfere with viewing the fascinating inner world of the composition.

Now you know how to make a snow globe, but still wondering what to put inside? Small houses, Christmas trees, snowmen, Santa Claus, figurines of animals or fairy-tale characters - if you create with your child.

Craft with "falling" snow can be not only New Year's. Try to make such a souvenir for March 8 or Valentine's Day. Accordingly, the interior decor should support the theme of the holiday, and only sparkles, multi-colored beads and confetti can fall in such a ball, foam chips are not needed.

Another interesting idea is to make a balloon with a postcard or photo inside. You will need a paper photo or a beautiful picture of a suitable size. Tape the blank with transparent tape so that it does not get wet. Next, as always, place the decor inside and mask its base, add glitter and finish the craft by pouring the mortar and sealing the lid tightly.

How to make a "Snowball" with your own hands step by step with a photo

Yunusova Alsu Rifkhatovna, teacher, Kindergarten No. 177, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan
Description: Master class of a simple "snow globe". A great option for Christmas crafts. Suitable for making by older preschool children. Useful use of baby food jars.
Purpose of the workshop: Do-it-yourself creation of a New Year's "snow" globe.
Tasks: to acquaint teachers and parents with the method of making a wonderful "snow globe". Show the steps and suggest the secrets of manufacturing.

New Year - a time of miracles and magic! Waiting for the New Year and preparing for it is probably even more interesting than the holiday itself. In kindergartens, teachers and children, in homes, children and parents are immersed in the process of creating a New Year's mood. They decorate rooms, watch movies and cartoons, buy gifts and toys, interior decorations such as snow globes... Snow globes have long been one of the main symbols of the New Year. And do-it-yourself snow globes are symbols of creativity, magic and New Year's mood at the same time!

To make a "snow globe" you need:
baby food jar, glitter and sequins, toy (this time my daughter and I chose Olaf the snowman), super glue, glycerin, water, rhinestones and ribbon or ribbon to decorate the jar, hot glue gun.

Ball manufacturing progress
First of all, you need to see how the toy will look inside the jar, whether it is too small.

The photo shows that the toy is less than half of the can, so I placed a lid from the hand cream under the toy, thereby lifting the snowman above the middle. You can choose toys higher, there will be less hassle.

Then I glued the stand and the toy with super glue. Glue used a lot, one might say, flooded the edges. I left the lid with the toy to dry overnight. Hint: Even though it's super glue, when it's thick it takes a long time to dry.

The next step is to prepare a liquid where sparkles and sequins will float. The proportion of water and glycerin is about 50% to 50%. I always pour by eye. Keeping the proportion exactly in milliliters is not so important. Sequins are light, they fall for some time even in water.

Before adding glycerin to the water, I added sparkles, sequins and stirred well so that they were saturated with water.