DIY Mason Jar Snow Globe

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the first day of our Christmas Cheer in the Blogosphere link parties. Cassie, from Hi Sugarplum, is hosting today and we're kicking it off with a Christmas Craft.  

For my craft, I decided to recreate the Anthropologie snow globe for MUCH cheaper! 

Let's get started:

 1. Glue gun 2. Mason Jars 3. Fake trees {got mine from the snow city figurine section in Michael's} 4. Fake snow.


Mason Jar Globe #1:
1. Hot glue your fake tree onto the bottom of the mason jar lid.
2. Hot glue a little bit of fake snow to the bottom of the lid so you can't see the lid once the tree is in place.

3. Fill your mason with some snow:

4. Set your lid {with the tree on it!} in your jar and fasten with the mason jar screw-on lid.
5. Add some glitter to the bottom of the jar to make your snow look like it's glistening!

Mason Jar Globe #2

For this one I decided to frost the top and bottom of the mason jar.

1. Tape off the middle section of the jar.  Lightly mist the top and bottom of the jar {the spots that aren't taped} to give it a snow-fall quality:

2. Hot glue the tree to the bottom of the mason jar then fill the jar with fake snow:

After I saw the second version, I realized I liked it with the top painted, so I painted the first one, too! Here are both of the mason jar snow globes finished:

The working snow globe in action!

Here they are sittin' pretty in our window box:

I made both of these snow globes for only $11. Anthro's cheapest one is $25.  I think I win (:
What do you think?!


I'm linking this post to Hi Sugarplum's Christmas Craft Link Party.  I hope you'll join in the fun! I can't wait to see what you've come up with.


Here's the rest of the line up for our Holiday Link Parties {click here for more details}

Back for more Holiday Cheer on Thursday for Courtney's Holiday Vignette!
Love,

ps. I'm also linking up with Amanda at Serenity Now and Centsational Girl!