Sunday, January 30, 2011

How to make a snowglobe?

It's been a while since my last tutorial. Snowglobes are cool for any occasion but I thought it would be cool to make a valentine themed one.

Here is what you need:
A jar, Fimo, glitters, toothpick, modelling tool,
two component glue and cookie cutters (not on the picture)

Make the Fimo soft by kneading it.
Then make a shape you like, I'm making a bone...
Then knead the red Fimo for the heart.
Place it flat between 2 wooden sticks and then roll over it with a rolling pin.
Press the cookie cutter in there.
Now you have a heart.
Of course you can also shape it yourself but I was being lazy.

Then break a small part of a toothpick and make a hole in the heart and the bone.
Use the toothpick to connect the both.
Bake it in a preheated oven for 30 minutes at 110°C or 265 °F.
Apply a dot of two-component glue to the inside of the lid of the jar.
Stick the bone with the heart on there.
Fill the jar with water and add glitters.
If you have glycerin, add a few drops to makes the glitters move about better

Twist the lid on the jar and close firmly.
Now you can shake your snowglobe.
Add a 'I love you to the bones' message for your loved one and you're done!

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Fun! Thanks for the tute, I might get my older boy to make one with me soon.
This is fantastic, Mitsy! My girls will love this too - they've been asking me how to use Fimo properly and now I can show them :) Kx
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zsazsazsu · 738 weeks ago

wat een toffe 'plastische' vertaling van dit gezegde !
cute !
Cool!
Brilliant :) I love snow globes .. have to try this out some time.
This is so cool! Amazing!
Love, love, love snow globes!
how very cute!!
I love this, thanks for sharing :)
heel leuk idee, waar blijf je het halen!!!!!
Love it! Thanks for the tutorial :)
What a cook idea! I should make one with Eva~
This is such a fantastic idea! I´ll sure try it!
I shared it on tumblr: http://leelabijou.tumblr.com/post/3054379411/artm... :)
Oh how fun! I want to make one right now! Thanks so much for the great idea, I'll be linking.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How cool! You make everything look so easy :)
Nice project to do with kids!
Such a simple yet cool tuto! Wel done as always ;)
Such an awesome tutorial - would you mind if I nabbed a photo and linked to it on my blog? With full credit of course!
I featured this in my Weekly Favourites http://the-red-deer.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-f...
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What's fimo? Can you get it at like michaels?
Fimo is polymer clay, Emily. We don't have michaels but I'm sure it 's pretty common to find in US. :)
Ik heb een klein probleempje bij het maken hiervan, de glitters blijven samen hangen, zelfs met glycerine erbij....wat zou het kunnen zijn?.....
HI this is amazing but can we get the lay in India?

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