The kids and I made homemade snow globes today. Here is a link to Martha's snow globes. Ellen gave me the idea when she saw some for sale in a little store in Portland, also handmade and local. So we gave it a shot and I have to say they turned out pretty well. Samuel and Eva were not, however, impressed. The main thing I would say is to make sure the little guys that you pick to put in the snow globes are tall enough to actually see. Some of our guys were too little to see properly. So it is basically just glitter. Also, on Martha's web page she suggests adding glycerin to slow the glitter's eventual fall. We did not do this because it would have meant a trip to the drug store, which I was not up for. So I cannot comment on that. It would be worth a try because the glitter does tend to clump.
The best part about making the snow globes was the shift in energy it caused. Both kids had been talking about boredom throughout the day and after the snow globe project they were refreshed and went off to play hitherto un-thought-of-games. A real re-fueler!
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Finally! A use (aside from good ol' play, of course) for the hundreds, if not thousands, of "little guys" we collect during our childhood!
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