Snow globes
We had this idea a few
weeks ago when we first got our Christmas box out of the attic. One of our
Christmas decorations (a very tacky ancient plastic snow globe that was
probably picked up in a charity shop but nonetheless Eilir loved) had cracked,
so I had promised we'd make a new one.
It took a couple of weeks
to use (and finish with) some appropriately sized jam jars to be washed out and
labels scrubbed off. We then rummaged for bits and pieces of broken Christmas
decorations that wouldn't mind being immersed in water, glitter, and some
polystyrene balls that had escaped a beanbag.
We did the Father
Christmas first, and realised the polystyrene floated on top permanently. Eilir
had to keep adding more water for it to be effective. Second came the yellow star
which filled the pot, (but that was how Eilir wanted it). He chose gold
and silver glitter for the snow. Last of all he decided that he wanted a
non-Christmassy one so that he could keep it all year round, which he filled
with lots of multicoloured glitter and some coloured beads to make a
kaleidoscopic effect when shaken. He was very pleased and has been turning them
regularly ever since.
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