Photo Snow Globe Craft

In today’s post: Kids can put themselves inside a snow globe with this adorable Photo Snow Globe Craft. This is an easy Christmas craft for kids you can complete in under half an hour.

Easy Christmas Craft

Kids love snow globes. Kids also love looking at picture of themselves. Today’s projects combines both of those into a easy Christmas craft. I saw the idea to use a clear plastic plate to make a snow globe on Fireflies + Mud Pies and thought it was so cute! I figured my kids would like it even better if we put pictures of them inside the snow globes. So I designed a couple free printable snow globe backgrounds so you can do this craft with your kids too!

Photo Tips

This craft works best with a photo of your child standing up. When taking a picture of your child for this craft, remember you want them to be about four inches tall in the printed photos. If you are taking a photo vertically, leave room above and below the child, then print the photo as a 4×6. If you take a horizontal photo, do NOT leave any room above and below the child. If you are using an old photo, crop or resize it so the child ends up about 4 inches tall when the photo is printed.

Print the Snow Globe Backgrounds

There are four options for snow globe backgrounds: plain black, plain red, black w/Merry Christmas, and red w/Merry Christmas. You can use a white paint pen to write the child’s name and the date on the plain backgrounds. Download the pdf you’d like, then print it out at full size on 8.5×11 card stock.

Black Snow Globe Background

Red Snow Globe Background

Black “Merry Christmas” Snow Globe

Red “Merry Christmas” Snow Globe

Supplies

To make a photo snow globe, you will need:

• Printable Snow Globe background printed on card stock or other heavy paper: there are four background options available in the blue box above
• 4×6 photo of your child (child should be about 4 inches tall in the printed photo)
• 7 inch clear plastic plates: I used dessert plates from Dollar Tree
• Epsom Salt: this the the “snow” in the snowglobe. You can use fake snow if you prefer, but I love the sparkly look of Epsom Salt and it’s inexpensive at the dollar store. The salt will likely erode the photo over time so if you want to make this a craft you can keep long term fake snow may work better.
• Snowflake Stickers: found at Dollar Tree

You will also need a gluestick and a hot glue gun.

How to Make a Photo Snow Globe

Cut Things Out

To assemble, cut out the snow globe. Then cut your child out of a vertical 4×6 photo. NOTE: the photo will fit best if the child is about 4 inches tall once it’s printed, so be sure to leave some room above and below the child when taking the photo. Then use a glue stick or other adhesive to glue the photo of the child in the center of the snow globe background.

Decorate

Decorate with snowflake stickers or have your child draw in snowflakes or a snow day scene. Pour about 3 tablespoons of Epsom Salt over the photo, keeping the salt right in the center.

Glue on the Plate

It is easiest to use hot glue to attach the plastic plate to the snow globe background, but an adult *MUST* do this step if hot glue is used. (You could probably use Elmers glue instead but you’d need to make sure not to disturb the project while it dries.) Run a line of hot glue all the way around the raised outside edge of the plastic plate. Work quickly so the glue doesn’t cool. Immediately flip the plate over and press it down onto the snow globe background.

You want the edge of the plate completely sealed to the snow globe so that salt doesn’t fall out when you shake it, so you make want to go around the edge of the plate and add more hot glue. Once the glue has cooled, the craft is complete!