DIY A Festive Retro Car Snowglobe and Other Creative Holiday Fun!

Dec 10, 2021

We’re getting ready for holiday break with the kids by collecting all sorts of fun creative projects over the wintertime season. To start things off, we’ve got an easy to customize DIY snow globe project! Following that, we’ve got other great crafts and plenty of coloring pages for everyone to enjoy. You’ll find lots of creative activities on today’s blog! Plus, as an added bonus, most of these make great handmade gifts for loved ones and friends!

DIY Your Own Water Snow Globe

What You Will Need:

Recycled or new glass jars with matching tight fitting lids or snowglobe containers
Optional: decoupage and paper, spray paint, or felt for Jar Lid
Hot Glue or E6000 Epoxy Glue or Super Glue (both to be used by adults)
Glitter and/or small sequins
A small container of glycerin
Miniature toy cars or miniature figures that fit on jar lids
Distilled water

How to Make It:

Paint or decoupage your lid if desired. Arrange your decorations on the jar lid, and secure them with the glue. Allow to dry fully (check glue container, tube, or glue sticks package for dry time.)

Once your decorations are glued and dry. Add your glitter or sequins to the clean, empty jar, add ½ teaspoon or so of glycerin to the jar, and pour distilled water into the jar until it’s just about full, leaving room for your decorated lid to fit inside.

Add glue to the edge of your jar lid, secure it tightly to the top of the jar and allow the glue to fully set and dry (yes, your decorations will be upside down until the glue is fully dry and sealed!) Add glue around the edges of the seal once the lid is applied.

Once the glue is all dried and fully sealed, flip your jar over, and voila!! It’s a snow globe you’ve made all on your own!

Great Decorations and Add-ins for Your Snow Globes

Micro Machines 20 Pack of Tiny Toy Cars via Amazon

Vintage Mini Figures via Etsy

Holiday Snowflake Glitter Laser Sequins Via Amazon

Holographic Chunky Glitter via Amazon

Mini Christmas Ornaments Resin via Amazon

25pcs Pull Back Metal + Plastic Tiny Toy Cars via Amazon

Superhero Mini Figures via Amazon

Plastic Toy Cars via Etsy

Miniature Snowmen via Etsy

Easy Wintertime Arts and Crafts for Families

This is a great list of preschooler friendly winter themed crafts to make together.
Here’s a great list of really easy Snowflake Crafts for Kids!
FreeKidsCrafts.com has an awesome list of 10 easy crafts to make with kids. You can find them all right here.
HomeMade Lovely has this adorable waterless snow globe craft idea. Great for decorating or gift giving.
Lean into the classic, vintage aesthetic of the holiday season with this vintage inspired car snowglobe.
Commemorate your family fun time with a photo snowglobbe craft! Fun for all ages and a great way to showcase a year of memories together.
Check out this adorable Christmas Light Snowglobe craft for some festive holiday cheer.
No need to be a trained fine artist to start painting! You can easily learn paint a snowflake in acrylics, watercolor, or gouache.
Start off making cut paper snowflakes with this helpful tutorial for Paper Snowflake decorations, and then get creative and design your own!
You don’t need piles of coloring books to have fun, you can print-on-demand with these great coloring pages depicting winter wonderlands!
Crayola has a great selection of wonderful Winter Coloring Pages on their site for more print on demand fun!