Does anyone have some tips for making a snowman in a globe?

[RamblezMarblez]

I got as far as making a snowman and making a globe, but how the hell do I get the snow man in the globe and have it all sit on a flat base marble. Some help please...:o:

[berning]

make a snowman on a maria, mkae the maria bigger around than the snowman

make a bubble/globe

pop hole in globe, slighty smaller than maria

insert snowman into globe

at least thats how i do it

[faded]

do you fill it with plain water and what do you use for snow?

thanks

[berning]

fill it ????.....huh , i was just treating 'em like ornaments.....

i guess i could fill 'em with water or mineral oil, and some lil pieces of mylar/flashabou type somethin.........

so reeally i'm makin ornaments not globes....... i think i have a snow globe project in the near future.......but what to use for snow???

[faded]

time to go to the craft store. ;)

[ALIEN!]

Do it like an inmate
http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/snow-globes

or do it the scientific way.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/a/snowglobe.htm

You decide.

[Uriel]

Ask Menty.. Im sure he'll chip in when he's see's this.
Ive got one of his globes and its rocks.. mines a glow zombie mummy..
I think he used glycerol mixed with water to give the liquid some 'body'.

[Emmett's Glass]

http://www.martin-munoz.com/recent/index07.html
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[Jeffs Pieces]

white frit = snow

[steven p selchow]

I got some premade globes with the rubber seal on the bottom and a wood base, don't know why I got them, had em for like 10 years.

steve

[faded]

Do it like an inmate
http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/snow-globes

or do it the scientific way.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/a/snowglobe.htm

You decide.

a mason jar. that's pretty funny. thank you for the morning smile. :D

fill it with hooch.

[glassdocnc]

I got some premade globes with the rubber seal on the bottom and a wood base, don't know why I got them, had em for like 10 years.

steve

Delphi sells em. I was looking last week but haven't purchased any.

http://www.delphiglass.com/search

[steven p selchow]

www.nationalartcraft.com paid maybe 4-5 bucks

[menty666]

I use aquarium sealant at the base of mine.

This is one that I made:

http://www.munkinarts.com/images/sglb_11032010_001a.jpg

http://www.munkinarts.com/images/sglb_11032010_001c.jpg


I used distilled water, glycerine and glitter. This one in particular has a little glow powder mixed in for an extra kick.

The only weird thing is I'm noticing some sort of white clumping starting to form in the past few days. Maybe I'll see if they glow; if they do it's glow powder. If not it might be some funky growth or a little of the sealant flaked off.

You want to be extra careful to make sure the lip on the bubble is clean (flat) and that your maria's not to far off either, otherwise sealing them is a pain in the tuckus.

I put egg shell in the one Uriel got (glad you like it :) ) but that didn't float that well, even with the glycerine.

I saw a neat article about creating snow from some chemical you can dissolve in the water and then grow like rock candy, but it really seemed like more than I wanted to deal with.

edit...it is glow powder and glitter...I wonder if I can kick a static charge into it to break it up, probably not thanks to the glass.

[menty666]

resized 'em