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I mentioned in my “Yeah, I’d Pin That” blog post that I really wanted to make Anthropologie Inspired Snow Globes like I pinned from this blog (WhipperBerry). The mason jar snow globes from Anthro are anywhere from $28 (small) to $40 (large) and that just seems crazy. Â I didn’t really see on WhipperBerry how much they cost to make, but I figured it had to be WAY less than Anthro prices right?
Every other Wednesday, the boys and I spend the morning at my moms and we always try to do a craft project. Â This week was the snow globes. Â My mom is a perfect crafting partner because she gathers all the supplies and gets everything all ready for us. Â Oh, and she cleans up the mess after we leave. Â Don’t you wish I came to your house to craft?
Let’s get started:
I started with a large tree and a large jar. Â I hot glued the tree base to the lid of the jar, but felt like the tree wasn’t tall enough in the jar. Â So we got some styrofoam out and I “unglued” the tree and then reglued it to the styrofoam and then glued the styrofoam to the jar lid (*tip*: Be careful because the bottom of the lid gets very hot which you might not think of – we didn’t).
The next step was to fill the jar with snow. I learned that a little snow goes a long way.
And then you shove the tree in the jar, screw the lid on (the lid had two parts) and boom, you are done. I ended up making four jars (I did two green tree ones and two white tree ones) and I think my mom did one?
Unlike some of the projects I do, it turns out that these really were easy to make AND cheaper than the original (Anthroplogie) version. The large Anthro jar costs $40. Mine cost $3.43 as follows:
~Glass Jar: $1.99
~Big Tree: $1.19
~Fake Snow: $0.25
If you do any crafting at all, you likely have a hot glue gun and you can find styrofoam everywhere, so I am not counting that either. Â My mom actually picked up all the supplies on “Senior Day” at Joann Fabric, which meant she got 20% off, so we really paid less than $3/jar. Â Amazing right?
This project gets a huge thumbs up from me. Â Easy. Â Cheap. Â Fun. Â Oh, and messy. Â Yeah, the snow gets all over the place, but that’s nothing that can’t be easily cleaned up! Â We used glitter snow, which I loved (even though I probably had it stuck to my face when I dropped L off at school after on in the day), but I am sure you can use any kind of fake snow.
So what do you think? Â Are you loving the DIY Snow Globes? Â I really like that I can leave these on display all winter since they aren’t overly Christmassy. Â Have you made any of your Pinterest pins lately? Â Tell me everything!
Love you when show off your craft projects ~ this one looks like a good one for my kids to make with friends! I know I have some old canning jars laying around and the tree and fake snow is cheap at Walmart. Thanks for the great idea!
l love this one. I might need to keep an eye out for the supplies to make for next year.
I love these, they’re so cheap and easy and they don’t look too messy either!!
I LOVE this!! So cute & I think I’m going to make one for myself!
LMAO at the “blizzard” Too funny!
I am totally loving this! I for sure want to make a few of these! They look like they make great gifts too!
Now this is a craft I may actually be able to accomplish! Not so crafty over here…. I even think my boys might be able to do this one and it sounds quick enough that they won’t lose interest before we are done! 🙂
They are super cute!
Your a little snow goes a long way picture made me laugh out loud. I’m still giggling : )
Another great and cheap idea, Jen. I love WB smiling in the background haha
I got a good laugh out of the blizzard picture.