Whatever one may say, the best gift is the one made with your own hands. Snowball will be an excellent present for a friend on the eve winter holidays and unique New Year's decoration Your room.

Create a small Christmas miracle with your own hands and give your friends a festive mood. And I will share with you the secrets of making a snow globe.

Are you ready to surprise everyone around you with your rich imagination and talent as a wizard? Then go ahead!

For work you will need:

• a small glass jar with a tight-fitting lid,
• any plastic or ceramic figurines and a small artificial Christmas tree,
• good glue(ideally epoxy),
• artificial snow and sparkles,
• distilled water,
• glycerol,
• Oil paint white enamel (optional),
• polymer clay, foam (optional).

Instead of artificial snow, you can use: coconut shavings, small foam balls, grated paraffin, etc.

1. From foam plastic or other material that is not afraid of water, we make a platform for the figure (snowdrift), glue it to the lid. We paint in White color. Leave until completely dry.

2. Lubricate the platform with a thin layer of glue and generously sprinkle with glitter. Carefully shake off those that do not stick.

3. On the “snowdrift” we glue a serpentine tree and a figurine of an animal or a favorite fairy-tale character. By the way, you can make a unique figurine from polymer clay.

4. It’s time to fill our jar with distilled water and add glycerin (it should be a little less than half of the total liquid in the jar). You can find glycerin in any pharmacy. It is needed so that the glitter slowly and beautifully sinks to the bottom of the jar.

Pour in enough liquid so that the jar comes out complete with the figures. Do you remember Archimedes' law?

5. Add sparkles and artificial snow. Buy glitter in a large size (or even in the shape of stars), then they will not float up, but will spin, smoothly descending “to the bottom” of the jar, like real fluffy snow.

6. Cover the jar with a lid and screw it tightly, having previously lubricated outside neck with glue. This must be done, because over time, water can leak out.

Look how beautiful you and I have turned out! Shake the jar, turn it upside down and enjoy the magical snowfall.

Look what else your snow globe can look like:

How do you like the version of a New Year's ball with snow without water? To make it, in addition to traditional figurines, a jar and a serpentine Christmas tree, you will need fishing line and cotton wool.

Hi all! And again we will create! Today my little one and I are faced with the task of making a snow globe with our own hands. And you know, we are already rubbing our palms with pleasure in anticipation of a miracle! And we will do this Miracle ourselves! I invite you all to be witnesses and accomplices. Let's create everything together!

What will we talk about in the article? First, I will voice some details regarding necessary tools and material. Then the subtleties of making the ball. And at the end I have prepared a master class for you. The program is extensive and designed with the help of little ones in mind! It seems that everything is so serious that there is nothing to trust them with. But I think that you and I will find something that the kids can do too! Here we go?!

Necessary material for making crafts

When you hold this ball in your hands, it seems that the only thing needed to make it is magic. They shook it a little, and suddenly everything crumbled into a charming snowy day. A real mystery! And really, this riddle can be done at home? Yes! Can! And it is necessary!

For this we need:

• Jar
• Water - 5 parts
• Glycerin - 1 part
• "Snow"
• History in the plot

Will any jar work? Will any material become snow? And which story to choose? Let's answer these questions!

Jar. We need everything in the bank to be clearly visible. Therefore, plastic or a jar with any design, pattern, sticker or edges will not work.

Water. Of course, without water everything will be much easier. But our goal is for the snow to swirl and fall slowly. Therefore, water is needed. Can’t do without her! But how can we prevent the snow from floating on the surface and settling slowly? This is why it is worth making a solution from glycerin.

Glycerol. There should be a lot of it, then the snowflakes will swirl. Ideally, the proportions of glycerin and water should be 1 to 5. Without glycerin, you can make a ball, but the snowflakes will quickly fall to the bottom. From quantity glycerin The speed of rotation of the snowflakes will depend; the more there is, the slower they will spin. Many people are interested in the question Can whether do snow ball without glycerin just on the water? We answer, no, without glycerin snowflakes will immediately fall to the bottom.

"Snow". What's suitable? Glitter, cut pieces of thin plastic or foil, artificial snow.

History in the plot. This is something worth thinking about. Firstly, what should the plot be about? It's best if it's themed. After all, the ball can be made for any occasion as a gift. You can take plants as decorations, figurines as heroes, etc. The ball with a photo inside looks original. But the photo should first be laminated or covered with tape.

You can even give it as a gift - a keychain with flying snow.

Tricks to help you make a cool snow globe

Now I will continue the topic I started. I’ll just show you how you can make a “ball” in different versions.

First of all, who said that you need pot-bellied jars? They can be of any shape and size. The main condition is that in order for the toy to look beautiful inside the jar, the container must be either slightly convex, and/or must be 2-3 cm higher than the figure.

Our New Year's story assumes that there will be snow. I offered several options to choose from. But these are mostly ready-made products. How to make artificial snow with your own hands at home? Yes, you can cut, as I already said, plastic. But you can also grate a candle or hard soap on a fine grater. Only in one case or another the water will become cloudy very soon. There are 2 more options for making snow yourself: eggshells, which were dried and then crushed; or diaper filler. It should be taken out and moistened a little. And it is indistinguishable from natural snow.

And I will immediately answer a question that may have arisen in your mind. Is it possible to make a ball without glycerin? Easily! It is replaced with very sweet syrup or Vaseline oil. Some people take refined glycerin instead vegetable oil. Take note of this idea too.

And one more nuance. For complete sealing, you need silicone tape or thin rubber; you can use a medical glove cut into strips.

Without glue, the structure will fall apart! Find glue that is not afraid of water. And it is desirable that it hardens quickly.

Last thing. The lid itself does not look presentable or elegant. It should be “disguised”. How? Ribbon, bow, paper strip.

Let's prepare a New Year's craft together

Since the holidays are approaching, my baby and I decided to make a snow globe for New Year. At first we wanted to buy figurines of holiday heroes. But we went through everything we have and found everything we needed. Therefore, they did not postpone the creative process while there was time and the right mood.

A set of materials and tools for making crafts:

• Jar with screw cap;
• Figurine of a frog-Santa Claus with a red hat and on skis;
• Sprigs of Christmas tree and juniper;
• Rain;
• Glue "Moment";
• Silicone tape;
• Scissors;
• Water;
• Glycerol;
• Ribbon;
• Cork;
• Styrofoam;
• Foil balls.

First of all, we make neat holes in the cork of a 5-liter water bottle, and insert plant decor into the holes.

Afterwards, when we fill the entire lid with glue, the structure will become completely stable. But even now it’s worth trying to keep the holes small and the plants to fit deeply into them.

Fill the lid with glue and install the “Santa Claus” figurine, lay out “drifts” of foil balls. And in the spaces between them we glue pieces of foam plastic.

The structure is ready. We fix it on the lid of the jar. Apply glue along the bottom of the lid. And when we put it in place, we additionally fix it with drops of glue on all sides.

Cover the side of the lid with tape.

Let's prepare the water. First fill it halfway, then add glycerin. If necessary, add more water, but remember that our structure will take up some space.

It is not always possible to completely remove air from the jar. And there is no particular need to do so.

We cut the rain into “snow” and lightly crumble the foam. This last one - my little one really liked it. I liked it so much that without him noticing, I had to catch part of his “work” and remove it from the jar, otherwise everything would have been covered in snow up to the very beginning.

Before connecting the lid and the jar, we will take care of complete sealing. Cover the thread with silicone tape.

All! The last step is to screw the lid on and turn the jar upside down! And we really like him!

The snow is spinning

And it settles.

DIY snow globe

Before the New Year, as before any holiday, the first question that arises is what to give to relatives, friends and loved ones. Preparation and an original New Year's Eve are also important. The most relevant surprises are certainly considered. We will make just such a gift in this master class. Recently, so-called snow globes have become especially popular, which you can not only buy, but also make yourself and at home. DIY snow globe will bring a lot of pleasure to both children and adults.

"Winter in a jar." Materials and tools:

• baked white, brown, yellow, green, black, cherry;
• liquid polymer clay;
• white acrylic paint;
• glycerol;
• hard brush;
• foil;
• waterproof silicone sealant;
• epoxy adhesive;
• toothpicks;
• small scissors;
• knife for polymer clay;
• Toothbrush;
• universal stack;
• small capacity;
• glass jar with screw cap;
• sparkles.

Stages of creation work DIY snow globe:

1. Form a ball from foil, press it slightly towards work surface and cover it with a jar on top to check whether it fits in it freely. It is necessary that there be a distance of about 3-4mm between the edges of the ball and the walls of the jar. If the ball fits tightly into the jar, it may not fit there after we cover it with clay. And then ours will be doomed to failure.

2. So, we have made sure that the foil ball fits freely through the neck of the jar. Now knead the white clay and make a cake 2mm thick out of it. Cover the ball with a flat cake, wrap its edges over the bottom of the ball and squeeze it well with your hands. We need the white clay to completely cover the entire foil. Now we place our snow hill on the center of the lid and cover it with a jar on top again. The hill should still fit easily into the neck of the jar.

3. Take the hill out of the jar and begin tapping its surface on all sides with a toothbrush.

4. Let's start making the house. To do this, mix white clay with brown to get a light brown color. We form the base for the house from light brown clay rectangular shape. Its size depends on the size of the house you want to make. IN in this case rectangle dimensions 2*1.5*1.5 cm. Using the edge of a knife, we make horizontal indentations on each side of the rectangle.

5. Cut off the corners from the top side of the house base with a knife.

6. Cut out the roof. To do this, roll out brown clay into a layer 0.2 cm thick and cut out a flat rectangle wide.

7. Place the brown rectangle across the edge of the knife and bend it in half.

8. We lower the roof from the knife and lay it on top of the house. From a small piece Using brown clay, we form a small pipe, apply it to the roof and use a toothpick or a thin glass to pierce it in the center.

9. Roll out the yellow clay thinly and cut out two small squares for the windows. We stick them on the sides of the house and in front under the roof. We sculpt a small door from cherry clay and also attach it to the house.

10. Mix light brown clay with a piece of cherry to obtain red-brown clay. Roll it out into a rope 1mm thick and lay out the contours of the windows from it.

15. Mix white clay with liquid clay using your hands until it becomes sticky. Then put it in a small container and add more liquid clay, mix thoroughly with a spatula until the consistency of a thick cream.

16. Insert the fence stakes into the recesses on the hill, and stick a snowman next to it. Apply the resulting “cream” of white clay on top of the house roof to make it look like snow, spread a little on the tops of the trees and on the side branches, as well as on the tops of the fence stakes. Now bake the product in the oven according to the instructions for the clay.

17. Now let's start assembling a snow globe with our own hands. Wipe the inside of the lid and the bottom of the product with cotton wool and alcohol. Mix both components of epoxy resin in the required proportion (see instructions for the glue) and glue the product to the center of the lid. Leave for several hours until the glue dries completely (from 2 to 24 hours, see the instructions for hardening time).

18. Once the glue has hardened, squeeze a small amount of silicone aquarium sealant under the rim of the lid. Wait until it starts to harden a little. And it won't stick anymore.

19. Meanwhile, pour water mixed with glycerin in proportions of 1 to 1 into the jar. Do not pour the liquid to the very edge. Pour glitter or crushed foam into the jar. Cover the jar with a decorative lid, screw it tightly, turn it upside down and make sure that no water leaks out.

20. Apply white to the bottom of the jar acrylic paint using a hard brush, tapping movements to make it look like snow.

21. Now all that remains is to decorate the lid to make our DIY snow globe even more elegant. You can wrap it with beautiful ribbons or rain, glue pine cones, Christmas decorations or anything else that your imagination tells you.

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Many of you have seen a souvenir in the form of a transparent jar or bottle, inside of which fresh flowers, petals and herbs are intricately arranged. Today we will tell you how to make such beauty with your own hands. You'll be surprised how easy it is.

Even children can handle this master class. By the way, in art schools they often learn this technique. And this is understandable: simple, harmless components and an absolutely amazing result.

Those who love flowers, care about them and always have a hard time parting with gift bouquets will especially like our tips. Now you have a chance to preserve the flowers dear to your heart for a very, very long time. Not in their original form, of course, but it’s still better than throwing the plants in the trash.

What do we need?

• clean transparent container (preferably glass - it’s more impressive)
• hot water
• glycerin (you can find this in craft departments or even at the pharmacy)
• petals, flowers, herbs
• wooden skewer
• water-soluble dyes (optional)

How to preserve flowers in glycerin?

The bottle needs to be thoroughly washed and dried. If the plants have stems, the ends should be split in half by a few centimeters (or millimeters if they are short). This is necessary so that the solution penetrates better into the flowers.

Tip: Do not use plants with damaged leaves. Also, do not take petals that are too thin, almost transparent.

In a separate container, mix water with glycerin in a 2:1 ratio (two parts boiling water, one part glycerin). Let the mixture cool until room temperature and pour it into our transparent container.

We immerse petals, herbs and flowers into the bottle. Using a wooden skewer, we “seat” them the way you like.

If you want to give the accessory some color, you can tint the water in advance using a natural dye (necessarily natural, since flowers do not tolerate chemicals). If uniformity of coloring is not important, but, on the contrary, you want a kind of fancy pattern, add the dye after you have mixed water with glycerin and poured the solution into a container.

Close the craft with a lid. In this form, it will be stored for at least a month (if there are only herbs and dried flowers inside - much longer). The solution will then become cloudy and will need to be replaced. To do this, simply pour the contents of the container into a bowl and carefully separate the plants from the liquid. Prepare a new solution, fill it, and you can leave the flowers the same.

Snowball- one of the most popular Christmas souvenirs around the world. Inside the glass toy there are usually some figures - snowmen, small Christmas trees, elegant houses or other traditional characters. As soon as you shake this simple composition, a fairy tale comes to life: artificial snow or sparkles slowly swirl and gradually settle. You can easily make such an interesting craft and a memorable gift with your own hands and at home.

How to make a snow globe?

To snowball It was bright, add sparkles, but not too small. If you are not sure about the quality of the sparkles, which may contain gold dust instead of small grains, then you can use regular tinsel, which is finely cut with ordinary scissors. You can also use artificial snow or beads.

You will also need:

• figurine (any suitable size and that does not dissolve in water, you can even a laminated photograph or picture),
• a beautiful jar with a well-closing lid (I used a half-liter one, but you can even use baby food jars, the main thing is to find a figurine that is the right size),
• universal glue moment,
• liquid glycerin at least 1/3 of the volume of the jar (the amount also depends on how slowly you want the “snow” to fall; the more glycerin, the slower. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the “snow” will hang in the air all the time ),
• water (either filtered, boiled, or distilled. If you take plain water from the tap, then over time your snow globe will become cloudy),
• glue gun

If you are decorating a jar or making a decorative stand, like me, additionally prepare:

• satin ribbons, decorative twigs, flowers, etc. for decorating a jar,
• cardboard (but not hard),
• scotch,
• scissors,
• self-adhesive film – gold,
• PVA glue,
• dry glitter - gold,
• thin brush,
• Well, and, already listed, a hot glue gun.

So let's get started!

Wash the jar, lid, figurine and all additional decorations well so that the water does not become cloudy over time. I treated everything with boiling water, as for preservation.

We fasten everything decorative elements to the lid with hot glue.

I have already used tinsel, sparkles and beads to imitate snow.

I'll tell you how to make a snow globe with sparkles, as there are some subtleties here. There are no such problems with tinsel and beads.

We take a clean jar, in my case a half-liter, and fill it with 150-250 ml of glycerin.

Fill the rest with water (we don’t fill the jar to the brim, because we still have a figurine that will fit in there, which will displace a certain amount of water).

Add glitter and mix with a clean spoon.

Even if the glitter is large, there are particles that did not settle to the bottom of the jar. We must definitely collect them, otherwise they will always float on top, and, frankly, it doesn’t look very good. This can be done with a small spoon or the tip of a clean waffle towel.

Now, very carefully, preferably over a plate, we immerse our composition in the jar, twist it a little so that there are no air bubbles anywhere. Screw the lid tightly. You need to try to close it so that there are no air bubbles left in the jar. Since we didn’t glue the lid inside, it can be remade if necessary.

When the lid is screwed on, for insurance, you can go over the joint from above with universal glue (if you have it, it can be waterproof). There have never been any problems with such jars, so the glue, in principle, only serves to secure the lid so that no one accidentally opens it.

Our snow globe is ready! Let's decorate it a little to hide all traces of the lid and jar.

You can make a durable stand from several strips of cardboard and cover it with gold self-adhesive film. The diameter is equal to the diameter of the cap. We decorate with all kinds of ribbons, twigs, it all depends on your desire and imagination!

I added a little sparkle curls and used them to hide the carvings on the bottom of the jar and all sorts of unnecessary numbers. To do this, dilute 1:1 water and PVA glue, generously add dry glitter to this mixture. I painted the curls with a regular thin brush.

And here's what I got!

And with flying sparkles...

This magical gift is sure to please both children and adults. Everyone will be mesmerized by the magic hidden behind the glass. Give each other joy and these wonderful snow globes, made by yourself, in which a piece of your soul and warmth is embedded!

I was glad to help!