I've always thought the best crafts to make were the kind you could just rummage and find the materials already in your house. You know, the kind of craft that you say, "I am tight on money today, but want to make something FUN and CUTE with the kids".
Why not do it yourself SNOWGLOBES?! I made one of these in gradeschool and LOVED it! There are TONS of 'tutorials' for these bad boys online but NONE are as easy as mine I PROMISE you;) Not only that but I'm giving you step by step photo instructions to ensure you get it right. Please, if you use my tutorial and/or photos, PLEASE link back to my site. I WILL LOVE YOU forever and appreciate the feed back! Plus it will give me incentive to do TONS more photo blog tutorials.
Ready to make your snowglobe? Let's go...!!
STEP 1:
Collect the following materials (I found all of mine around the house):
* EMPTY, DRY & CLEAN GLASS baby food jar with lid
* HOT GLUE GUN w/ glue stick
* KRYLON (or other spray paint) make sure it is for metal/plastic!!
* BABY OIL (clear)
* water bottle cap (I have blue but would prefer clear or white for this project)
* GLITTER (I have fine, but prefer chunky glitter, it's your choice)
* Q TIP or Popsicle stick for stirring purposes
* Optional ribbon for embelishing (I will NOT use this today).
* Optional, CLEAR liquid nails or CLEAR tub caulking
* SMALL figure, I am using a littlest pet shop bobble head figure my daughter has, you can also get creative and pluck the heads/figures off of pez dispensers (they have sooo many different assortments, from tinkerbell, spider man, and everything in between. Trust me, I know, I have a collection of over one thousand).
STEP 2:
Gather your spray paint and baby food jar lid and place over a piece of paper:
STEP 3:
SPRAY that bad boy down and let air dry for 15 or so minutes (this covers the manufacturers logos and other things that makes it less pretty).
STEP 4:
Gather your figure, your bottle cap and your pre heated glue gun
STEP 5:
Load the bottom of the figure up with hot glue
STEP 6:
FIRMLY press the figure smack center atop the bottle cap as shown (allow 10 minutes to dry):
STEP 7:
Place glass jar atop figure to make sure it will fit.
(the reason I put the figure ontop of a bottle cap as opposed to directly on the jar lid is b/c the bottle cap raises the figure agove the jars ringed bottom enabling the entire figure to show not cutting it off at the ''ankles'' so to speak) My figure is tall but that's okay, also when doing this keep in mind glass will make the object appear larger than it is.
STEP 8:
Fill your baby food jar a little past the first ring on the screw on part with baby oil
Why not do it yourself SNOWGLOBES?! I made one of these in gradeschool and LOVED it! There are TONS of 'tutorials' for these bad boys online but NONE are as easy as mine I PROMISE you;) Not only that but I'm giving you step by step photo instructions to ensure you get it right. Please, if you use my tutorial and/or photos, PLEASE link back to my site. I WILL LOVE YOU forever and appreciate the feed back! Plus it will give me incentive to do TONS more photo blog tutorials.
Ready to make your snowglobe? Let's go...!!
STEP 1:
Collect the following materials (I found all of mine around the house):
* EMPTY, DRY & CLEAN GLASS baby food jar with lid
* HOT GLUE GUN w/ glue stick
* KRYLON (or other spray paint) make sure it is for metal/plastic!!
* BABY OIL (clear)
* water bottle cap (I have blue but would prefer clear or white for this project)
* GLITTER (I have fine, but prefer chunky glitter, it's your choice)
* Q TIP or Popsicle stick for stirring purposes
* Optional ribbon for embelishing (I will NOT use this today).
* Optional, CLEAR liquid nails or CLEAR tub caulking
* SMALL figure, I am using a littlest pet shop bobble head figure my daughter has, you can also get creative and pluck the heads/figures off of pez dispensers (they have sooo many different assortments, from tinkerbell, spider man, and everything in between. Trust me, I know, I have a collection of over one thousand).
STEP 2:
Gather your spray paint and baby food jar lid and place over a piece of paper:
STEP 3:
SPRAY that bad boy down and let air dry for 15 or so minutes (this covers the manufacturers logos and other things that makes it less pretty).
STEP 4:
Gather your figure, your bottle cap and your pre heated glue gun
STEP 5:
Load the bottom of the figure up with hot glue
STEP 6:
FIRMLY press the figure smack center atop the bottle cap as shown (allow 10 minutes to dry):
STEP 7:
Place glass jar atop figure to make sure it will fit.
(the reason I put the figure ontop of a bottle cap as opposed to directly on the jar lid is b/c the bottle cap raises the figure agove the jars ringed bottom enabling the entire figure to show not cutting it off at the ''ankles'' so to speak) My figure is tall but that's okay, also when doing this keep in mind glass will make the object appear larger than it is.
STEP 8:
Fill your baby food jar a little past the first ring on the screw on part with baby oil
(optionally if you are short on baby oil fill it 80% baby oil to 20% water).
The reason you are using baby oil instead of plain water is that baby oil enables the glitter to fall much more slowly, where as water will make it sink really fast, defeating the purpose of a snow globe:
STEP 9:
Add a generous amount of glitter to your baby oil, stirring it with a q tip or popsicle stick to seperate. I used fine glitter but think the chunkier kind looks better:
STEP 10:
Collect your DRY spray painted baby food jar lid, your figure and pre heated glue gun
STEP 11:
COMPLETELY HOT GLUE the entire rim of the bottle cap and place DIRECTLY in the center of the baby food jar lid (allow 10 minutes to dry):
STEP 12:
THIS ONE is MESSY FOLKS! Collect a pile of napkins/a towel/or do it over the sink!
Submerge your figure into the water and screw on the lid TIGHTLY!!
IT WILL OVERFLOW..IT IS SUPPOSED TOO! if it doesn't it will have too large an air pocket!!
STEP 13:
RINSE and COMPLETELY DRY off jar, baby oil is ..well..oily;P BAHAHA!
OPTIONAL STEP 14:
**THIS STEP IS OPTIONAL PENDING HOW TIGHT THE JAR LID IS**
If your jar lid seeps, take the liquid nails, OR the clear tub caulking and caulk tight around the base of the jar where it meets the lid. I find that the beech nut brand baby food jars DO NOT spring leaks. But don't take my word for it, if you want to, better safe than having to re do it..personally they never leaked on me;)
FINAL STEP!!!
SHAKE IT UP BABY!! YOU'RE DONE!
STEP 9:
Add a generous amount of glitter to your baby oil, stirring it with a q tip or popsicle stick to seperate. I used fine glitter but think the chunkier kind looks better:
STEP 10:
Collect your DRY spray painted baby food jar lid, your figure and pre heated glue gun
STEP 11:
COMPLETELY HOT GLUE the entire rim of the bottle cap and place DIRECTLY in the center of the baby food jar lid (allow 10 minutes to dry):
STEP 12:
THIS ONE is MESSY FOLKS! Collect a pile of napkins/a towel/or do it over the sink!
Submerge your figure into the water and screw on the lid TIGHTLY!!
IT WILL OVERFLOW..IT IS SUPPOSED TOO! if it doesn't it will have too large an air pocket!!
STEP 13:
RINSE and COMPLETELY DRY off jar, baby oil is ..well..oily;P BAHAHA!
OPTIONAL STEP 14:
**THIS STEP IS OPTIONAL PENDING HOW TIGHT THE JAR LID IS**
If your jar lid seeps, take the liquid nails, OR the clear tub caulking and caulk tight around the base of the jar where it meets the lid. I find that the beech nut brand baby food jars DO NOT spring leaks. But don't take my word for it, if you want to, better safe than having to re do it..personally they never leaked on me;)
FINAL STEP!!!
SHAKE IT UP BABY!! YOU'RE DONE!
This is adorable! Thanks for sharing (:
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