Name: DIY Snow Globe | Sea Lemon
Uploaded: 2017-03-11T13:24:18.000Z
Duration: 6 min 33 s
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Today, I will show you a few different ways to make your own snow globe.

I wanted to go a more non-traditional route with these, and with the exception of the more winter-looking ones, these can be displayed all year round.

Before we start, I wanted to give you some tips.

Almost anything can be used as the object inside.

I think small toys are fun; just as long as it's waterproof.

And if it's not, you can paint or spray a protectant on it first.

To glue your object, I found that the glue gun works. But not on everything and not all of the time.

So if you want to make sure your object stays while it's in the globe, try a stronger glue and one that dries waterproof.

Adding a little glycerin to your snow globe will make the snow or glitter float around slower. It's a nice touch, but it's totally optional. And it is hard to find in local stores.

I'll put a link down below to where I found mine as well as a full list of the supplies I used.

For this first one, I'm using an empty baby food jar

I like the small size, but of course you can recycle any of your food jar of your choice

For the object, I saw this Yeti or snowman in the toy aisle and I thought yes, I need this cool guy in a snow globe

I thought this lid would look better in a different colour so I spray painted it in Aqua Blue

After a couple of coats and some drying time, this Yeti is ready to stand on the lid

So I added some glue gun to the feet, and put him in place

Next, I added some glitter to the jar, then pour in some distilled water

You can use tap water if you want to, but distilled will make your globe a lot more clear because it has no minerals in it

I thought the Yeti would look good with some snowballs in the jar

So I  use this really tiny 5 milimetres pom-poms

But in order to make the pom-poms float around with the glitter, I had to kind of squeeze them in water like a sponge

so that the water soaks in and they have weight to them

Otherwise they will just stay at the top of your globe

And then I added those to the jar, along with a dollop of glycerin, and top it off with more water

Put the lid on, and now this Yeti is just chilling in his disco blizzard snowglobe

For this next one, I wanted to try a clamp jar

you can leave the clamp on, but I will show you what it looks like with it off

I'm going for some cactus plant life in this one

and to raise it up a bit in the globe, I'm using a bottle cap

I glued it down with some E6000 and you can do this bottle cap thing with any of the globes

if your object is just too short for the entire container

While I let that dry for a bit, I remove the clamp from the jar with a pair of needlenose pliers

If you leave the clamp on, it will make this globe more water tight but I wanted to go for a cleaner look so I took it off

And for this glass lid to sit easier on the tabletop, I trace it on a piece of cork, cut it out

And I think the cork actually goes well with the plant life because it looks more like dirt

Now I'm using the same strong glue to glue the bottle cap to the inside of the lid

Then add some glitter to the jar, I'm going with gold because kind of matches the dirt and the cactus

Add the water and also I'm going with some snowballs in this one too

And now that the jar is ready, I'm going to prep the lid

Flip up the gasket so you can add some strong glue on the bottom of it and on the top

This will seal the lid to the jar so the water doesn't leak out

Add the lid to the jar and make sure that it is sitting evenly

And you can go around to seal with the strong glue to prevent any leaks

Let this whole thing dry overnight and then you can turn it over to see your snowglobe

I live in a desert and I rarely see snow so this snowy desert globe is the closest thing I'm going to get to it

This next globe idea makes a great personal gift, and I'm using a mason jar for this one

You can make the globe more personal with a letter of the person's first name, or last name

I found this wood letter which I painted black, to make it waterproof

You can also add some colour to the lid with some spraypaint or some arcrylic paint

I took this outside to spray this neon pink

And while I let that dry, I'm gluing the letter down

But first, I recommend sanding the inside of the lid a little so that the glue has some texture to stick to

Glue the base of the letter down, and now the outside of the lid is dry, I'm going to add the glittery contents into the jar

I'm using star confetti, with more glitter to add a shiny celebration inside this jar

Add distilled water, glycerin, and the lid.

To be honest, I think I went a little overboard with the stars because they are a little heavier than the glitter so they fall to the bottom very fast

but I still think this globe makes a fun, personal gift

This next globe is probably my favourite and the easiest

I found this plastic water globe at the craft store and it's basically container made for you to make a custom snow globe

I thought it would be fun to add this guy because dinosaurs are awesome and this one came already glued onto this green round base

This water globe comes with an interior seal which makes it even more waterproof and this is what I'm going to glue the dinosaur to

Then add green glitter, and some starburst confetti

Add distilled water to the globe, and then glycerin, then the interior seal with the dinosaur on it

As an extra step to decorate the lid, I'm cutting a strip from this pattern paper which is the same height as the lid

And now this fun dino globe is ready to go!

And it's really cool how the round globe magnifies your object

The dinosaur looks a lot larger than it really is

I really like how all of these turned out and I hope these gave you some ideas on how you can customize your own snow globe

If you try any of these methods out, I would love to see your project pictures

so share those on any of my social links and follow me while you're there

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And you can check out more fun projects right here like a DIY shaving cream marble project and for another jar project check out these DIY lava lamps

You can find all of these links in the description below and I will see you guys next time