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Snow Globes From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-211L

By Use baby-food jars to make mini snow globes fro any occasion.

Let it snow--indoors and out, all year round! Fill old baby-food bottles with a water-and-glycerin mixture, add glitter and small figurines, and you've got some nifty snow globes!

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Snow Globes

Tools:

baby-food glass jar with a screw-top lid
small plastic figurine
glitter
1/2 tsp. glycerin
clear-drying glass epoxy
ribbon
spray paint to decorate the jar lid
decorative scrapbook paper
glue stick
scissors
distilled water

1. Wash and dry the jar and lid.

2. Paint the outside of the lid and allow to dry.

3. Trace the shape of the lid onto the back of the scrapbook paper. Cut out the circle shape and glue the paper to the top of the lid (figure A).

4. Attach the figurine to the inside of the jar lid with the clear epoxy (figure B). Allow to dry upright for 48 hours.

Figure A

Figure B

5. Pour the glycerin into the jar and add water to fill three-quarters full (make sure you leave enough space for the figurines). Sprinkle the glitter into the jar (figure C). You can use as much or as little glitter as you want.

6. Screw the lid, with the mounted figurine, onto the jar. You might need to add a bit more water at this point.

7. Uncap the jar and dry the inside rim of the lid. Apply a ring of epoxy around the inside (figure D) and tightly screw the lid back on. Keep the jar lid-side up for 48 hours; this will allow the epoxy to set.

Figure C

Figure D

8. Decorate the lid with a ribbon and any additional embellishments.