These Salt Shaker Snow Globe Ornaments are a uniquely beautiful handmade Christmas ornament and holiday keepsake. This DIY picture snow globe ornament is perfect to make in the classroom as a take-home gift for parents or at crafting parties!
Salt Shaker Picture Snow Globe Ornaments
One of our favorite family Christmas traditions is an ornament making party. Ever year we create a simple DIY Christmas ornament — we especially love to make personalized ornaments with photos, handprints, etc.
Growing up, my family never had a picture-perfect Christmas tree. It was a hodge-podge of homemade ornaments, paper ornaments we brought home from school, and vintage ornaments handed down through the generations. I absolutely loved it!
Now that I have my own family, I want to have a Christmas tree just like the one I did as a kid. I love that we are building our own unique collection of ornaments!
These salt shaker snow globe ornaments turned out even prettier than I imagined! Though they are homemade, these salt shaker photo ornaments are beautiful enough for ANY Christmas tree!
Related: Click here to see all of our favorite easy Christmas crafts for kids!
What You Need to Make Snow Globes with Salt Shakers
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- Salt shakers – We used simple glass salt shakers, you can paint the lids Christmas colors if you like.
- Child’s photo
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Artificial snow – This fake snow we found on Amazon is lightweight and sparkly, perfect for this snow globe christmas ornament!
- Copper craft wire – You’ll want something in the range of 18-20 gauge so it is bendable.
- Wire cutters
- Red and white cotton twine string
How to Make Salt Shaker Snow Globe Ornaments
First, watch this quick (1 minute) video demo to see how we made snow globes with salt shakers. Then, keep reading for photo step-by-step directions and a printable copy of the instructions.
Click video to play:
Cut child’s photo into the shape of your salt shaker. We traced the salt shaker itself so that the photo will be a little larger and will stay in place without glue. Open the lid and curl the photo slightly to slip inside the salt shaker – the photo will pop into place.
Put a pinch of fake snow into the salt shaker so that it is about 1/2″ deep on the bottom. Put the lid back on the salt shaker.
Cut a piece of craft wire, about 6″ in length. Wrap one end of the wire around the neck of the salt shaker and twist to secure. Take the other end of the wire and make a loop over the top of the lid, then secure the very end of the wire to the piece that is already around the neck of the salt shaker. This will make a sturdy loop with which to hang your ornament on the tree.
Add Christmas decorations and decorative string bow to complete your salt shaker ornament.
Snowglobe Ornaments – Printable Instructions
Salt Shaker Snow Globe Ornaments
Equipment
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Wire cutters
Ingredients
- Salt shakers
- Child's photo
- Artificial snow
- Copper craft wire
- Red and white cotton twine string
Instructions
- Trace and cut child's photo into the shape of your salt shaker. Open the lid and slip photo into salt shaker - it should pop into place and stay put.
- Put a pinch of fake snow into the salt shaker so that it is about 1/2" deep on the bottom. Put the lid back on the salt shaker.
- Cut a piece of craft wire, about 6" in length. Wrap one end of the wire around the neck of the salt shaker and twist to secure. Take the other end of the wire and make a loop over the top of the lid, then secure the very end of the wire to the piece that is already around the neck of the salt shaker. This will make a sturdy loop with which to hang your ornament on the tree.
- Add Christmas decorations and decorative string bow to complete your salt shaker ornament.
Video
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Stefanie says
Hi there! This is such a cute idea. Thanks for sharing!
What did you use to
Paint the lid of the shaker? Thanks!
Stacey aka the Soccer Mom says
The ones in the photos came with red lids already, but if you can’t find those you can use spray paint because it sticks to metal. Hope this helps!