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Snow Globe with Wood Base Makes a Fun Project For Do-It-Yourselfers (Pkg/2)

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This comes with two snow globe kits. Each kit has a glass sphere, rubber seal, and a wooden base. You need to purchse separately some silicone sealer, like you'd use to seal the bathtub or a fishtank.

You can use the silicone to glue an item to the rubber seal. I was just putting some small seashells and beach sand from a recent trip in mine, so I didn't do this.

Add water to the globe. The instructions recommend some alcohol to prevent bacteria, and some glycerin to break surface tension. Then push the rubber seal in the globe, being careful to get out all the air bubbles.

I put some water into a bowl, and held the globe underwater while pushing on one side of the seal to let the last few air bubbles escape. I also found that more bubbles appeared overnight, probably air trapped in the shells or sand, so you might want to let things soak for a few days to make sure there are no bubbles inside your globe.

After the rubber seal has had time to completely dry, apply some silicone sealant, and let that dry. Then you can use silicone sealant to glue the whole thing in the wooden base.

My finished globe looks great, and is a nice reminder of my trip.

I bought this kit for my daughter as she loves snowglobes. She made a little polymer clay figure and we glued it inside. It works really well, although it is a bit tricky getting the rubber stopper right up inside. I had thought they would be big snowglobes, but they were really only about 3 inches high inside the glass. If you are making them, track down some glycerin first- helps to slow the fall of the snow inside the water. Although this came with a bag of snow, we added some glitter too.

My girls began collecting snow globes just before Christmas and this was a creative way to have a unique and personalized addition.

This globe looks nice, but I am really looking for a larger DIY one. Never tried making one before so I'm looking forward to it. I too would like to gather some sand and shells this Summer. I'd also like to add a polymer clay seahorse, if I can find one.