Category: Winter Crafts

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time required: 1 hour plus drying time.
Age range: 10+

Things you will need:
Glass Jar
Aleene’s True Glittered Snow
White Extra Fine Glitter
Flameless Flickering Tealights
Bottle Brush Trees
Krylon Glitter Blast Clear Sealer Spray
Epson Salt

Things to do:
Here are a few options on how to make your own faux snow jars.

1. Brush the Aleene’s True Glittered Snow onto the glass jar.

2. First option: Before the snow dries, generously pour the white fine glitter on top of the snow glue, over a paper lined container. Shake off excess glitter.

3. Fold the paper in half and pour the excess glitter back into the container.

4. Second Option: Over a paper lined container pour some Epson Salt over the Aleene’s Glittered Snow. Then, shake off excess Espon Salt.
5. Fold paper in half and pour excess Epson Salt back into the container.

6. Third option: Do both. First, pour on the Epson Salt over the Aleene’s Glitter Snow. Pour excess back into container. Then, pour on some glitter on top of the Epson Salt. The third option gives the most coverage.

7. Spray glass jars with Krylon Glitter Blast Clear Sealer Spray to reduce the amount of faux snow falling off. Then set jars aside to dry.

8. Add a flickering flameless tealight into each jar and Voila! You now have your own DIY Snow Jar.

This is a great project for using leftover or scrap yarn. You can use one color, or mix it up and make a striped hat using multiple colors of yarn.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time required: 30 minutes
Age range: 8 and up

Things you’ll need:
Toilet paper roll
Pencil
Scissors
Yarn
Fiberfill

Things to do:
1. Measure 1″ from the edge of the toilet paper roll and mark it with a pencil.

2. Cut the toilet paper roll so that it measures 1″ tall.

3. Cut strands of yarn that each measure about 10″ long. The number of strands you cut will depend on the thickness of your yarn, but you can always cut a few to get you started now and add more as you need them.

4. Working with one strand at a time, fold the strand in half then insert the loop through the center of the toilet paper roll.

5. Bring the yarn tails over the roll and through the loop.

6. Pull the tails to secure the yarn around the roll. (If you’ve ever made fringe before, this is the same technique.) The knot should rest on the edge of the roll.

7. Repeat steps 3-5, sliding the strands of yarn close together as you work.

8. Continue until you have filled the entire circumference of the toilet paper roll.

9. Grab all the yarn ends together, then push them through the center of the toilet paper roll.

10. Cut an 8″ strand of yarn, then use your finger to comb the strands neatly.

11. Double knot the 8″ strand of yarn around the yarn tails, making sure all the tails are secured.

12. Trim the strand you knotted, as well as the yarn tails. The yarn tails should be trimmed short enough that they look like a pompom.

13. Stuff a bit of fiberfill inside the yarn hat to hold its shape.

14. Tie another 10″ strand of yarn around the pompom, then knot it at the top to use it as an ornament hanger.