DIY Christmas Ornament Snow Globe for Memory Keepsake
Do you have photos that you love but can’t find a meaningful way to display them? We got the perfect project for them. Make your own Christmas ornament snow globe for a memory keepsake. Learn more here.
Equipment
- Hot glue gun + glue sticks
- Scissors and craft knife
Ingredients
- Faux snow – to make it look like a winter wonderland scene.
- Jingle bells
- Clear plastic ornament {those that open in half size of your choice I used 3inchesornaments}
- Printed photos
- Glitter {snow-like and gold}
- Twine
- Wooden mini frames {usually scrapbook supplies and make sure fit into the crystal balls}
- Clear elastic Nylon.
Instructions
MAKING THE INNER FRAMES
- The first step is cutting your photos and testing them on your frames to have them in the right size.
- Once you have all your photos ready, apply some hot glue on your frames and glue your photos right face down.
- Do this on both frames, front and back.
- Cut a strip of clear nylon thread {about 2 Inches}
- Glue it to the back of one of your frames.
- Apply hot glue all over the back of your frame and photo and glue it to the other frame.
- Double-check that your frame fits in your crystal ball.
- Repeat the process with the rest of your frames. Mine look like these front and back:
ASSEMBLING THE SNOW GLOBE ORNAMENT
- Pour some fake snow into one half of your crystal ball.
- Then add glitter, I used snow-like white glitter, gold and some cute stars.
- To make sure the frame won’t slide free, insert the nylon through the ball hole. make sure it will be hanging without touching any ornament walls.
- Put back in place the other half of your clear ornamen
- Repeat with the other Christmas balls you want to make.
- Cut some strips of twine for a more rustic look, 2 for each ball. One for hanger, the other for a bow.
- For the bow, slide a bell on the piece of twine strip until the middle.
- Then make a bow keeping the bell in the middle.
- For the hanger, slide the twine through the Christmas ball’s hole and make a knot with both ends.
- Finally, leaving the knot right in the hole, apply small dabs of hot glue and glue the bow.
- That’s it! There you go, one adorable Christmas ornament snow globe!
Notes
Quick tip: You can add a tiny dab of hot glue to make sure it won’t easily open or a tiny piece of clear adhesive tape on the bottom.