Crafters Holiday Snowglobe

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Reported by Melissa Norris

As soon as I saw these alterable snowglobes at CHA this summer, I was hooked. I have loved and collected snowglobes for a long time, but when I saw I could make them the way I wanted, I knew I needed to get to making one. And best of all, they're affordable!

All the supplies you need can be found at Hobby Lobby, and a lot of stuff from your own stash of supplies. The snowglobe (made by Traditions Studio) retails for $6.99 and can be found in the holiday crafts section at Hobby Lobby. I also picked up the rubons there for $2.99, and then pulled ribbon and embellishments out of my stash. With the low cost of this project, it could be easily made and taken to a party where there are $10 limits on gifts.

The base is made of sturdy black plastic and the globe is made of acrylic, not glass, making it less breakable and easily alterable. The two also separate allowing access to the photo insert area.

The insert area is 1/2" wide, so that when you add your photos, you can add embellishments and there will be plenty of room.

I don't have any holiday photos to add to my snowglobe yet (we're going to visit Santa this weekend), so I added two buttons to the photo templates to demonstrate how you can add embellished photos.

The photos go in with this accordian like, plastic separator which pushes the photos right up against the window, so that all the details can be seen clearly, and everything stays in place.

I added rubons to the globe itself and to the base. Be very careful when adding your rubons to the globe because it is rounded and can make applying the rubons a bit more difficult. Just start from the middle and work your way out slowly. Also the base is curved as well. I used a "happy holidays" phrase, so I started in the middle and adjusted the rubon as needed so that the phrase came out straight instead of slanting downward.

All that's left is to tie on some ribbon and glue on any other embellishments you like. The finished product only took around 15 minutes! And what a perfect gift for grandparents, teachers, and all those snowglobe lovers! Happy crafting!