Snowstorm in a jar

Use a few simple items to create magical miniature winter scenes in old glass jars. These make cute gifts for friends and family too.

Age group: 18 months+

What you need:

• Clean glass or plastic jar with a lid
• Water (boiled and cooled)
• silver or white snowflake or star table confetti
• silver and/white glitter
• plastic snowman/ Father Christmas/ Christmas tree etc. (use those available as cake toppers!)
• Glue gun (optional)
• food colouring (optional for colouring the water)
• PVA glue

What to do:

1. Glue your character/object to the bottom of the jar.
2. While it is drying, decorate the lid with silver paint or glitter.
3. Once the glue has dried, put about a teaspoon of glitter into the jar.
4. Sprinkle in a few confetti snowflakes
5. Fill with the water
6. Use glue around the thread of the jar and replace the lid. The glue will prevent the lid from coming off and spilling the contents.
7. Allow the glue to set
8. Shake your jar to create a sparkling snowstorm around your character/ object of choice

This idea can be adapted for any season.

• Spring: Use fake flowers and plastic chicks/ bunnies. Flower confetti/sequins and brightly coloured glitter. Colour the water pink or other pastel colours.
• Autumn: Use plastic Owls/squirrels or fake plastic trees. Use leaf-shaped confetti/sequins and bronze, gold, red glitter. Colour the water yellow or orange.
• Summer: Use plastic seaweed (for fish tanks) and small plastic fish/starfish etc with blue/green water, blue or silver glitter and a teaspoon of sand (like that used in sandpits)