DIY Snow Globe Candle

Transform a waterless snow globe into a beautiful snow globe candle that’s perfect for your Christmas decor or to give as a DIY holiday gift!

Stop in at any craft store or Dollar Tree around this time of year and you’ll find waterless snow globes. These are perfect for Christmas crafting!

You might be looking for ideas on what to make with these empty snow globes, and I’ve got an idea for you!

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I was inspired by the CUTEST Anthropologie snow globe candle. I’ll call my snow globe candle the poor (wo)man’s version of Anthropologie’s. 🙂

DIY Snow Globe Candle Supplies

These are the supplies I used for this Christmas candle craft. You can substitute with anything that works for you!

• Dollar Tree waterless snow globe (at $1.25 per piece, these are much cheaper than at the craft stores)
• Dollar Tree mini bottle brush Christmas trees
• Dollar Tree faux snow
• Dollar Tree small wooden snowman (the package of snowmen is not available online. Here are different Christmas wood shapes that are available)
• Small jar candle (I purchased mine at Aldi for $2.49)
• Wood letter
• Glitter paint (or glue and glitter)
• Paint markers
• Glue: hot glue and multi-surface glue
• Holiday ribbon
• Optional: spray paint – I spray painted my lids but you probably don’t need to.

Now listen, if you don’t own some of these supplies already (like the spray paint, paint markers, etc.), it may make more sense to buy the candle from Anthropologie than to make your own!

But, if you own several of these supplies already and/or are making this project with a group, the economics work out much better!

How to Make a Snow Globe Jar Candle

Get all of your supplies ready to go, and decide if you want to spray paint the candle jar lid and the snow globe lid. If you do, now’s the time to do it so they have plenty of time to dry.

If you have ribbon that’s thick enough to cover these lids, you could probably skip this step.

Paint the Wood Letter and Snowman

To make the unfinished wood letter look like the letter in the Anthropologie candle, I watered down some brown craft paint and applied it to the letter like stain.

Then I painted a strip of glitter paint on the diagonal at the top, and added silver polka dots with a paint marker on the rest of the letter.

I realized that the serif part of the “E” would not allow the snow globe to close around the lid, so I cut that off with a hand saw.

If you’re using another small wood embellishment (Anthropologie’s candle uses a house; I used a snowman), decorate those at this time. I used paint markers to give the snowman a black hat and carrot nose, and a ribbon to give him a scarf.

Glue the Lids Together

Next, using a combination of hot glue and multi-surface glue, glue the flat part of the snow globe lid to the flat part of the candle lid.

The reason I used two glues is because the multi-surface glue will provide a long-lasting hold, whereas the hot glue will keep the two lids together in the short term so you can work on the project faster (without waiting for the multi-surface glue to dry).

Add the Embellishments

Now, fasten the embellishments in the snow globe lid. I started with the wood letter and glued that in with the multi-surface / hot glue combo.

Then I added two mini Christmas trees, the tiny wood snowman, and faux snow all around the base.

Once those were set in place, I screwed the globe part onto the base or lid.

Watch this video for a waterless snow globe gifting idea!

Fasten Ribbon to the Lids

To help hide the candle jar lid and snow globe lid, glue festive ribbon around them. Make sure the ribbon you choose doesn’t make it so that you can’t unscrew the candle jar lid!

And that’s all it takes to make your own Christmas snow globe candle inspired by Anthropologie!

Happy holidays and happy crafting!