Walgreens is my go-to store. It’s the store that I head to in the middle of the night when I need medicine or a prescription for my sick kid. It’s the place I go when I need a last minute gift, the hairspray I ran out of or if I need to print some photos to give to friends and family. It’s also my go-to store for creating photo projects.
I’ll never forget when my twins were born and my husband wanted to print some photos to keep up at the hospital and to share with others. He downloaded the Walgreens app and they were ready at the Walgreens down the street in less than an hour. I loved that he was so eager to have real pictures of our girls in hand and I love that Walgreens was able to provide that for him.
I’m a huge fan of making homemade gifts for the Holidays. I love having my son help me as we make gifts for the grandparents or Dad. I always think it just means a little bit more. Since my son was born 5 years ago, we always make sure to incorporate photos into our gifts. His grandparents love receiving pictures of him whether it’s in a photo calendar or an ornament. When I spotted a few different pieces of inspiration on Pinterest for a DIY Photo Snow Globe, I knew this would be the perfect gift for the grandparents – and also my mantle!
DIY Photo Snow Globe
Materials
– Empty Jars
– Glitter
– Liquid Glycerin {or Baby Oil}
– Packaging Tape or Laminator
– Embellishments for decoration
– Ribbon
– Super Glue {or hot glue gun if you already have one at home}
Directions
– If using a food jar, empty and soak it in hot water to get the label off.
– If you have a laminator, laminate the photo that you are going to put into the jar. If you have clear packaging tape, you can use that also to tape over the photo, but consider getting a laminator because easy lamination with Gfp or other top class laminators is more than accessible these days.
– Use scissors to cut out the photo you are going to use.
– Use super glue or a hot glue gun to glue your 4×6 print from Walgreens on the inside of the jar’s lid.
– Put a few drops of liquid glycerin into jar.
– Sprinkle some glitter into jar.
– Fill jar almost to the top with water and then slowly lower picture into jar and attach lid.
– {Optional} Use a hot glue gun or super glue to glue ribbon around the lid for decoration. Add embellishments if you want!
– Flip over, shake to see the “snow” and enjoy!
For our first DIY Photo Snow Globe, I decided to make it Holiday themed and featured this adorable picture of my son as a Gingerbread Man. It turned out so well, we decided to make another Photo Snow Globe that featured one of our family’s favorite sights – Cinderella’s Castle in Walt Disney World! We included glitter shaped like stars and my son proclaimed this to be a “When You Wish Upon a Star” Snow Globe.
My 5 year old son and I had such a fun time making our DIY Photo Snow Globe. He’s always been fascinated by snow globes so he loved having the experience to make his very own and was tickled to see his picture featured in it. The hard part is deciding who gets the Snow Globe – it might just stay in our home! The best part was discovering that we can create them for any occasion! We are already looking at old pictures to have printed at Walgreens for different themed Photo Snow Globes!
The next time you’re in Walgreens, check out the Photo Center. You never know when inspiration might hit for a new craft project!
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walgreens and Mom Spark Media. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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This is so nice! I like the little trees and the Cinderella castle with the glitter stars!
I saw these and thought that would be a great gift for my grandpa of his great-grandbabies.
The Snow Globe with your child’s picture is so cute! I think that this is a great idea to give to Grandpa or Grandpa for Christmas, or even to other family members.
What a cute idea! I love the Cinderella’s castle one! Great gift idea for my kiddos to make for their grandparents;)
When I was little I use to love the snow globes. I will make one for my kids they can put it in their rooms for the holidays neat idea
Walgreens is totally my go-to store as well. I love this gift idea!
Aw, this is so adorable! You can seriously do just about anything with stuff and services from Walgreens!
What a great gift idea. I know the grandparents will love it.
(FYI, we had a glitter bottle one time break/leak in the car with similar ingredients….it smelled terrible…so be very careful with it!)
What a great idea, I have never seen DIY snow globes! That looks like something special to give as a gift!
Mitch
I love how easy the Walgreens photo app is. I use it to print my instagram photos.
This snowglobe craft is adorable for the holidays!
That’s a great way to showcase good photos. Love the gingerbread one with your son.
Who would have thunk it would be quite that easy? Great gift idea for Grandma and Grandpa, I think!
OMGosh! Those are soo cute! My girls would love to make these! Where did you get the little trees?
I love snow globes and I love how you personalized yours with a photo. It’s so nice to have these special memories as your children grow.
What a precious gift! I love how the one featuring your son turned out. My grandparents love personalized gifts like this; maybe I’ll have to create one using a wedding photo of my husband and me as a gift for them next year. 🙂
I have always used clear packing tape to laminate things… what a great little shortcut to create the snowglobe.
Oh my goodness! I really like this. I am going to make one of these featuring each of my children!
i love the when you wish upon a star one!! that’s awesome– and what a CUTE way to remember a trip
I love this DIY Snow Globe idea. I think I am going to work on making more homemade gifts next holiday season. They seem more thoughtful and would make my holiday budget a little lighter.
Love this snow globe idea! The pictures from Walgreens are a great value too. Happy Holidays!
Such a cute idea!! I am definetly giving this to my daycare provider so she can do this with the kids!!
What a great craft to do with the kids! So easy too.
Those are such great crafts! And they are easy too!
That snow globe is so cute. What a great craft to do with my niece . I love it!!
I particularly love this idea because it’s not overly complex, and my crafting skills are most definitely lacking! But, this is perfect, and a great way to get the kids involved in some handmade gifts. I love the homemade photo snow globe idea for relatives!
My MIL collects snow globes. I normally buy her one each her but I think I might make one this year with the kids.
Very nice! I have had several snow globes over the years and I’ve never thought of making one of my own. Thank you for sharing.
i love the “when you wish upon a star” snowglobe – so pretty!
This is such a cute idea! I’ve always loved snow globes and own a few myself.
I also love Walgreens. Although I don’t shop there often, they are were to turn to for picture printing. I love the DIY snowglobe idea…very cute!
This is such a great idea for a handmade gift for any occasion! I am so un-crafty, but I think I can do this!
Soo cute! I like making handmade gifts for holidays, too, and this is one to make for sure! They came out great! and inexpensive, and you know they’ll be treasured!