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Snow Globe Christmas Ornament

It’s day five of my 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Ornaments series.  Today, I’m sharing this snow globe Christmas ornament that I originally shared on Or So She Says…  Doesn’t it just make you want to light a fire, snuggle up, and listen to Christmas carols? Also make sure to take a look at all of my other homemade Christmas ornament tutorials!

I made it using a clear plastic ball ornament that I found at Hobby Lobby. Unlike a regular ball ornament, this one splits in half so you can fit bigger things inside of it. So many possibilities! The little house ornament and the fake snow came from Michael’s.

First I cut the string off the house ornament and jazzed it up by gluing some of the “snow” onto the roof. I was tempted to add a little person or something to the inside of the house, but I was going for sophisticated. Next time. 🙂

I needed some way to attach the flat surface of the house to the rounded surface of the ornament. I had some sparkly pipe cleaner, so I curled that up to make a base. Just hot glue that down on the bottom of half of the ornament.

Next, hot glue the front half of the house to the top of the pipe cleaner, and put some fake snow in the other half of the ornament.

Glue the ball back together to prevent any glitter accidents. Seriously, this stuff is all over my house! I suggest NOT using a glue gun to glue the ball together. It dried too fast, and then I ended up with this.

Oh well, nothing a pretty bow couldn’t fix. You didn’t even notice in the top picture, right? Get ribbon with wire in it if you want it to hold it’s shape.

Shake the snow around a bit to get it under the house and evenly dispersed, and you are done!


<<click here to go to day six of this series>>

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Andrea

Thursday 3rd of December 2015

I love that little house! This ornament is totally my style!

Andrea thebeautydojo.com

Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts

Thursday 3rd of December 2015

Thanks Andrea!

Bethany Lee

Saturday 7th of December 2013

Beautiful!

Jessica Anderson

Sunday 8th of December 2013

Thank you Bethany!

Ursula Rosien

Saturday 7th of December 2013

This is super cute and simple, which I LOVE! Visiting from Tatertots and Jello linky ;) come visit meUrsula @ kraft&mint {modern crafts}http://kraftmint.com

Jessica Anderson

Sunday 8th of December 2013

Thanks Ursula!

Brandyn | Southern Distinctions

Saturday 7th of December 2013

Such a cute idea! Love this!

Jessica Anderson

Sunday 8th of December 2013

Thanks Brandyn!

Deanna Robinson

Friday 6th of December 2013

OMG I love this!! I think I may try putting one of the 3-d silhouette village houses in here.. thanks for the inspiration!! :) - Dee @ From Wine to Whine

Jessica Anderson

Friday 6th of December 2013

Ooh! Great idea, you totally should! I want to try out some of those houses too. They are so cute!

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