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Festive DIY: Make your own make Christmas snow globes
These snow globes, which you can make with your children, add a festive glow to your Christmas celebration, and also make great pressies.
Sometimes the best gifts don’t cost a fortune! If you’re looking for a fun festive DIY gift idea, why not get the kids together and make snow globes?
The history of snow globes dates back to the 1920s when the first snow globe-related patent was granted to Joseph Garaja of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Fast forward two decades later and snow globes were popular across the world.
Homemade Christmas snowglobes make for a fun, personalised Christmas gift, double as unique Christmas decorations, and are a great way to give your home a festive cheer. Here’s how to make them…
What you need
- Empty glass jars with lids
- Small Christmas figurations or miniature Christmas trees
- Water
- Glycerine
- Glitter
- Superglue or a hot glue gun
- Washi tape
- Oven bake clay
How to make snow globes
In the following video, actress/model and mom Molly Sims and Nicola Vruwink, founder of Poni, shows us how to make snow globes.
