Crystal Balls

Elevator Pitch

Make a glittery, swirly crystal ball to gaze into!

This Craft Makes: 

This is the description of the craft (with pictures)

Supplies: 

Purchased Supplies:

  • Snow Globe Bottles https://packagingoptionsdirect.com/200-ml-clear-pet-plastic-round-jar-70mm-special-neck-finish is what we have
  • Cotton Balls
  • Glitter
  • Liquid Watercolors

Motley Kids Non-Consumable Supplies

  • Mess Trays
  • Squeeze Bottles

Steps to Make It

  1. Stretch and tear apart your cotton balls.
  2. Sprinkle a bit of glitter into your snow globe.
  3. Place your shredded cotton balls in your snow globe. You want to fill it to the top and you may want to add more after adding water so ensure you have plenty on hand.
  4. Add more glitter to your snow globe – you can optionally use a kebab stick or chopstick to push the glitter into other areas.
  5. Use squeeze bottles of dyed watercolors to add a bit of colored water at a time to the snow globe. Make sure to alternate colors so that you get nice swirls of color.
  6. Over a Messy Tray: Fill the snow globe to full – you may want to do this over a tray, container or the sink so that excess water can come out when you add the lid.
  7. Secure the snow globe lid. Place in the holder – you can optionally glue it in place if you desire.

Notes for Setup/Teardown