It’s fair to say that we are not a crafty family. I can’t cut straight, I’m slightly allergic to mess and although things always look great in my mind’s eye they do not always translate that way in reality. My husband likes to tinker with building stuff and owns every tool in the world and his happy place is Bunnings. Still, that doesn’t qualify as craft. Little Pencil is convinced (rightly so) that he is “bad at art” and so is quite hesitant to do anything too crafty. Plus he’s a 12-year-old boy and craft is not cool enough for him.
But recently he was given a major (and pretty awesome) assignment at school. He had to create his own country complete with a government, religion, infrastructure and active population. He had to design the flag, create the map, write extensively about the history of the country and do a shit load of work! After all the hard work was behind him he had to create a stall at which he gets to show off his country at a World Expo next week. He was to make souvenirs for all the kids to take home after visiting his country (which he has called Paraíso Nevado).
Paraíso Nevado is a very cold place where it snows much of the time and so we talked endlessly about what he could give as souvenirs. A snowflake bookmark? A flag? A stamp? But Little Pencil had high aspirations. He wanted to give everyone a snow globe! And he was going to make them.
My friend Kerri would laugh a lot at me as I told her I was busy shopping for glitter and glycerine. And stuff. “Who’s project is it?” she would ask me as she went on national TV talking about the importance of allowing kids to fail, to make mistakes and for their parents not to do their homework. But Little Pencil can’t drive YET and the only thing I did was the shopping. He did ALL the rest and I feel mighty proud of him because AWESOME SNOW GLOBES.
Check them out
We bought 20 small jars from the $2 shop for $20 in total. He filled them with water
We got some glycerine to ensure the snow “floated” not sank
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He added a few drops of glycerine to the water (his favourite bit)
And then he added a teaspoon full of white glitter
And voila – a snow globe!!!
Seriously how cool is that? A craft project that actually worked. And the whole thing cost less than $30 for 20 snow globes
Well done Little Pencil.
Now if anyone can tell me how the hell to get glitter out of EVERYTHING WE OWN that would be great!
This is awesome!! Love it… except for the glitter being everywhere. I hate glitter for that reason! Maybe it would work with coconut? Fi x
Good thinking Fi! Very good thinking
I am still wondering why, in the first picture, he was filling the jars with whiskey. (For the record, I would applaud that sort of parental involvement.)
Shit! I didn’t think anyone would notice that level of detail. We are very into recycling in the Pencil Case – what was once whiskey has now turned into water. Sad but true
Actually pretty cool, and, when Paraíso Nevado is nothing but a forgotten make believe country, snow flakes will appear for years and years to come…
Good luck at World Expo, Little Pencil. The snow domes look great!
Thank you!
The only worrying thing is that glitter will also still appear for years and years to come. On my kitchen floor and table
Wow! That’s some freaking assignment. I’m feeling anxious just reading this. What happened to just drawing a map, with labels for extra marks?
Such an awesome idea, they look gorgeous.
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