Our Hopeful Home: It's Not Too Late ~ Snow Globe Soap Tutorial

Okay, so I was trying to figure out what to do with my kids while they're home for the entire week before Christmas (and after, but that’s another story…) when I came across Alphamom’s post on snow-globe soap. I was sold on the absolute cuteness factor as well as its' relative ease on the kids’ crafting scale, so I decided to go for it.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Bar of white hand soap (3 for $1 at The Dollar Store)

Ice cube tray(s) (2 for $1 at the Dollar Store)

Small plastic toys that’ll fit into ice cube trays ~ I picked up little Santas and snowmen for 60% off at Michael's.

1 glycerin brick ($10 at Michaels’, I got it for $5 with my 50% off coupon)

1 bottle blue soap dye

1 bottle soap fragrance (I chose cinnamon ~ yum!)

Glitter

Vegetable peeler

Pyrex measuring cup or any glass bowl

Toothpicks

PRE-MELTING FUN

Here’s where the kids come in. Give them each a bar of white soap and a vegetable peeler. Have them “peel” the soap into curly-ques for later use as a snow floor.

I have to give equal time here to all three chickadees who were instrumental in the making of these snow globes!

In the meantime....

Step 1

Cut the glycerin into chunks, along the lines already provided in the brick itself. Our ~~best guess~~ scientific method proved that 4 blocks created enough melted wax to fill 5 ice cube tray slots. Place in Pyrex measuring cup or any glass bowl.

Step 2

Microwave on high for 1 minute. If it’s not totally melted, stir with a metal spoon and reheat for a few seconds until all is melted.

Step 3

Add 2 drops (AND I MEAN ONLY 2 DROPS) of coloring, and at LEAST 2 drops of scent to the mix. The more the scent-ier, if you know what I mean! I wanted a real strong scent so I just p-o-u-r-e-d it in! If you put in any more dye the globe will turn out REALLY blue. Like so.

Yes, I know Santa looks like the Abominable Snowman here. Needless to say we're keeping this one for us.

Step 4

Pour the mixture into each slot of the ice cube tray, leaving about a quarter inch open at the top. Sprinkle the glitter into each slot, and swirl with a toothpick to mix it around in the slot.

Step 5

WAIT 5 MINUTES. You should see the mixture starting to “gel” and getting thicker.

Step 6
Carefully place your plastic decoration into each slot, and make sure to place them UPSIDE DOWN (because the bottom of your cube will become the top later).

Step 7
Now sprinkle some ~~grated soap~~ “snow” as the next layer of the cube, but only a little, because if you use too much snow the cube will not stay together at pop-out time. I used it VERY SPARINGLY. Then use more melted glycerin to top off the cube.

Now place in the freezer for AT LEAST A HALF HOUR to solidify. Take the tray out of the freezer and pop the cubes out as you would real ice cubes. And VOILA! Pretty petite snow globe soaps!