12 DIY Day’s of Christmas: Day 5

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To celebrate the Christmas season, I’ve asked some of my closest(and most creative) friends to share with us their favorite holiday DIY projects. I’m excited to introduce you to my friends as well as their great ideas! They will be sharing recipes, decorating ideas, projects you can do with your kids and more. Stay tuned for the next few weeks, and hopefully we will all be inspired to be creative this season. Make sure to leave them a comment letting them know you loved their project!

Today’s project, I actually did myself. I’ve seen these snowglobes on Pinterest several times, so I did a little research and found a great DIY on Martha Stewarts website. I’m pretty sure I was just as excited to make these as Posey was. Who doesn’t get excited working with Glitter! I used jars that I already had at home, but you could get creative and use any size or shape jar.

Homemade Snow Globes

Item’s you’ll need:
any type of jar
sand paper
glycerine(found this at Walmart by the Bandaids & Neosporin)
distilled water
glitter
tiny figurines
waterproof glue

1. Sand the inside of the lid of the jar. This will help your figurine adhere. I found my little trees and figurines in the Christmas section of Wal-Mart where they have all the tiny villages. You could use anything that will not rust in water. I chose a Tinkerbell ornament because I knew Po would love her.
2. Glue your figurine to the lid of the jar and let dry. I used E-6000.
3. Fill your jar almost to the top with distilled water.
4. Add about 3 pinches of glitter. I chose white and silver so it would look like snow.
5. Add 3-4 drops of glycerine. This helps the snow to fall slowly when you shake it up.
6. Screw the lid on the jar(figurine upside down).
7. Turn it upside down and you have a beautiful snow globe!

10 comments on “12 DIY Day’s of Christmas: Day 5”

hminnesota on December 9, 2011 at 9:31 am said:

very thorough instructions. I might just try to do it:).

courtney on December 9, 2011 at 9:35 am said:

What a cute idea! Now I have something fun to do with my girls this wkend! Thanks so much!!

Melissa B on December 9, 2011 at 9:53 am said:

Those are awesome! I love the idea!

Leighellen Landskov - pbl photography on December 9, 2011 at 10:29 am said:

Kelly –
Thank you SO much for all of the creative, fun ideas. My family is having SOOOO much fun making all of our gifts. It will be such a joy to pass these home made crafts as teacher gifts, neighbor treats, and for our special friends. We appreciate it so much!!

So far we have made the ribbon wreath. Tonight we tackle the trees. Snow globes next week!

Phyllis Knight Burt on December 9, 2011 at 11:57 am said:

Kelly, I’m really enjoying your 12 days of Christmas. Great idea and so fun!! Thank you. Also wanted to let you know that I love my purple MiMi. I get compliments on it everywhere I go!! Thanks again.

Aurora on December 9, 2011 at 8:26 pm said:

I will be trying this with my wee one this weekend! Thanks for sharing.

Heather M. on December 15, 2011 at 8:54 pm said:

I love the snow globes! Definitely want to try it out this weekend!

Phuoc'n Delicious on December 22, 2011 at 10:15 pm said:

This is just the cutest and greatest DIY idea EVER! I’m so going to try it out one day. Loving your 12 days of Christmas DIY posts

Pilahi on December 21, 2012 at 4:34 pm said:

I tried these snow globes but all the glitter just stayed at the top there was no falling snow. Is there something missing or anything or is there a special glitter?