How to make mason jar snow globes!

Easily create your own mason jar snow globes!

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Supplies

Open your mason jar

Open your mason jar

Take your figurine

Take your figurine

And add a few dabs of krazy glue to the bottom of it.

And add a few dabs of krazy glue to the bottom of it.

Then stick it on the lid of the mason jar!

Then stick it on the lid of the mason jar!

I got my figurines from Michael's and the dollar store. For the most part they're just those figurines people use as part of their Christmas village displays! :)

Now while we're waiting for the glue to set, fill your mason jar with water.

Now while we're waiting for the glue to set, fill your mason jar with water.

Then just a little bit of liquid glycerin.

Then just a little bit of liquid glycerin.

Liquid glycerin thickens the water and causes the glitter to fall slower. :)

Now for the glitter!

Now for the glitter!

Mine sat on the top, so I stirred it around with a pen. Heavier glitter might fix this problem?

Mine sat on the top, so I stirred it around with a pen. Heavier glitter might fix this problem?

Stir stir stir.

Stir stir stir.

Time to put the cover on your mason jar!

Time to put the cover on your mason jar!

Very nice, very nice!

Very nice, very nice!

Flip 'er over and give it a shake!

Here are some more examples! If your figurine is too big for your jar lid, glueing it to the bottom also seems to work well. :)

Just a little note, the little green trees tend to turn your water's colour. Coating them with a sealant might work to stop that? I haven't tried it myself to really say.

  • Mason jar
  • White Glitter
  • Liquid glycerine
  • Krazy glue
  • Small figurines
  • Ribbon