So I am taking part in The Pintester Movement and And if you don’t know about the Pintester check out her YouTube channel and website because it’s quite funny.
http://youtube.com/sonjafoust
http://pintester.com
So for the Pintester movement I am to pick one of the things that she has tried to do and do it myself. So I chose the DIY snowglobe.
Why I chose this one? Well, some kids carry around teddy bears and blankets and such. I used to carry around a snow globe! Then one sad day my preschool teacher dropped it and it broke she didn’t even say sorry. JERK teacher lady! 😦
Anyway – here’s the original post on how to do this
http://blog.modcloth.com/2011/12/23/let-it-snow-globe-how-to-make-your-own-diy-snow-globe/
And here is the Pintester’s attempt at the DIY snowglobe.
http://pintester.com/2011/12/snow-globe/
And now here is my process in pictures.
So I got all my supplies … And in true Pintester fashion … I just used what I had on hand.
Then Henry the cat checked out the progress.
Meh. Is the result. Elmer’s Glue probably would have worked if I waited a little bit longer but alas I have no patience, so my disco ball floated about. But the lid did stay glued on and the water stayed inside. But since the disco ball came off the lid, it made the water all cloudy. Ick. I do think that this would work if I had my other clear good glue but I’m all out so this is the end results we have.
I should have followed the exact instructions and been patient … Doh!
CraftyFunnyYummy 
Bravo for trying to make your own snow globe. I’m a snow globe artisan (yes, there REALLY is such a thing, although we are a tiny tiny little collective), and I can give you a few tips.
1) Elmer’s Glue is water soluable — this means even if you let if dry for days, once it’s put in water, it would have slowly melted away. Rule of thumb: the harder a glue is to get off your fingers, clothes, the table, etc, the stronger it will be as far as holding up in a liquid. It the glue is “washable” it’s not going to work in your snow globe.
2) when using the “glass jar with lid” design, and glueing something to the lid, add another piece to raise your disco ball (or other figure/design element) higher than the lip of the lid, so it shows well. This can be a bit of baked polymer clay, or a small plastic lid from a soda pop bottle, just something to raise it up half an inch or so, in order that the viewer sees all of the design piece.
3) if you are ever making a special snow globe (and I KNOW you said you have no patience, but … ) it’s always wise to put some of the glitter into the liquid you will be using and see if the color will hold up in liquid before you make the final globe. Many commercial party glitters will turn the water colors or (worse, if you ask me) simply bleach out over time, so it becomes invisible. A little pre-soak test will give you an idea if that glitter will hold up.
Enjoyed your article. Take a look at my snow globes and water globes if you ever get a chance. Your teacher sounds like an old meanie! And if you need someone to FIX a broken snow globe, I recommend Snow Globe Central in Denver … they do all of my technical work and I can’t say enough about the repair quality. Superb!
Snow Globe Central can be found at http://www.snowglobecentral.com but I didn’t want to include a link in the original reply in case that made you wary. Cheers and happy shaking!
Thanks for the tips. 🙂 I made one of these before, something similar when I had actual all good items and it worked great. But this one was just what I had on hand and if you check out the pintester site that is for real the true Pinterest fashion. Lol. 🙂
I understand. It’s just that using Elmer’s Glue instead of a “super-glue” type adhesive is like substituting grapes for raisins in your oatmeal raisin cookies… 😉
Hehehe. And nom nom nom
Good job! We tried something like this and well…maybe patience would have helped.
Oh yes. It would. Hehehe
It’s better when they fail, more funnies 😉 My pin actually worked, so I had less room for giggles. Now I really want to try to make some Christmas snow globes though!
Lol do it! Do it! Do it!
Aww, I can’t believe your teacher did that! Don’t feel bad, we had to make a snow globe almost every year as a project when I was little. They were always less than stellar.
Yeah pretty ticked at my teacher still. Boooooo I her!
Love that your cat was involved!
Henry is so silly. Hehehe
Haha! Let it DOH. Love it. 🙂 Thanks for participating!
Hehehe. It was great fun!!!!
(completely unrelated to Pintesting, but your cat is adorable =D)
Pity that your disco ball came off, I loved the idea of including that in your snow globe =)
Heheh thank you. Henry says Paw5!
Not gonna lie, totally digging the fact that it’s a disco snow globe (possibly plus a few cat hairs, compliments of Henry).
Oh yes! Lol. Henry was trying to get the star glitter pieces.
Haha, love it. I have a Henry cat too! He’s a big Russian Blue. Your Henry is quite cute.
Henry is quite the helper! And he wanted his 15 seconds of fame hehehe Meow
Looks better than the ones I tried to make many moons ago (or the ones that I tried to repair from my collections.) I usually ended up with a foggy dome of cloudy water and glitter.
The store bought ones I had growing up also ended up all foggy. I bet using white vinegar would work to keep them clear but it might make the chockies inside dull. Meh. lol
Haha my cats always have to be involved too (and I always make sure to include those pics in my posts because kitties are so darn cute!).
They make things more fun. Hehehehe
I’m eventually going to try this pin, since I collect snowglobes. I’m sorry about your snowglobe trauma from childhood *hugs* Several of mine broke when I moved from Florida to Montana… who knew that leaving boxes of glass filled with water would explode when left out in subarctic temperatures.
Thank you for the hugs I have been searching for that snow globe everywhere for years. It was small and plastic, it wasn’t even glass and it had just a blonde little ice-skating girl.
I used to love snowglobes until I kept one too long and it got all stringy and yucky looking. Great idea for making one for kids, though.
It got stringy? Eeww lol lol
I have tried this before and even got my glue gun out. Phew – too much work and too little patience. I will stick to store brought snow globes I think. I love the way Henry supervises your work 🙂
Hehehe. Yes the Henry is a marvelous assistant.
I really like your DISCO INFERNO
I’ve had this disco ball for so long and it’s been used for so many things. Hehehe
Oh well, you had a go! I remember making globes like this at school for Christmas, and they always ended up a soggy mess by New Years!
– Lyn
Lol if I ever come across a cute chockie and cute jar … I might try it again.
Super adorable! I kinda wanna try it, but I’m weird and would probably make the water red or something.
Great job 🙂
Hehehe well Sonja The Pintester accidentally made her water red. So it’s not so weird. 🙂
Ahaha! I have to try that!!
It was fun! Try it on out!
sorry, I’m with the glue purists. Elmer’s Glue is water soluble, so it will never work. Rule of thumb – any glue they give to little kids won’t work for grown up crafts.
Lol I figured that would happen but I wanted to stick to the Pintester way and use what I had on hand. Hehehe