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Have you ever wondered how to make your own snow globe? Me neither!! Until… M had been desperate to make one so. We found out how to make one in this book Mummy & Me Craft in our local library, its full of fabulous craft activities, more of which we have and will be attempting in the future! To make a snow globe you will need a glass jar, a small plastic toy,  small stones, glycerine, felt. sellotape, superglue, aluminium foil, card and paper.

The LO’s made a background for their snow globes using the card and paper. They then wrapped sellotape around their background to ensure no water would reach the card and make it soggy. This worked well enough, some water did get through but the background stayed intact.

I glued the stones with superglue one on top of the other and onto the lid of the jar (the stones had to be the perfect fit!). I then superglued the plastic toy (pig) on to the stone. To ensure they were safely fixed I turned it over. The stones were put in place to give the toy some extra height in the jar.

I mixed a teaspoon of glycerine into some water, this would make the water a thicker consistency and make the snow flakes fall slower. Z put small cut up pieces of aluminium foil into her jar and filled it up with the water and glycerine solution, leaving some space at the top of the jar for the stones and pig to fit.

I put some superglue around the rim of the jar and then screwed the lid in place. We finished the snow globe off by sticking some felt around the lid of the jar. I used a hot glue gun for this though other types of glue would probably work. The children were happy with the end result. Here is Z’s.

Thanks for reading! Have fun if you attempt this, I’d love to see your creations 🙂 Share with me on social media!