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Homemade Snowballs and A Christmas Lantern

November 11, 2012

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Today I am sharing with you a quick tutorial for making homemade snowball bowl & vase fillers. As you can see I used them in a Christmas lantern. Or you can hang them from your tree or garland too!

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Here are the supplies I used.

Old Christmas Ornaments {I removed the hangers since they were not going on the tree}

Mod Podge

Epsom Salts

Crafting Paint Brush

Cardboard/Paper surface to pour Epsom salts onto

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I also found some grapevine balls and pine cones in my crafting supplies and covered these in Epsom salts too!

The process is pretty simple. Paint your old ornaments with Mod Podge and then roll in the Epsom salts & let dry.

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The ornaments really look like snowballs and the grapevine balls & pine cones look as if they are covered in ice!

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I placed these in front of the wood stove and they dried so fast!

Then I mixed them with extra grapevine balls, pine cones and berries from the dollar store.

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I tied a simple holiday ribbon to the handle of the lantern and the look was complete!

Now I have a Christmas Lantern.

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  1. spacer Ann k says:
    November 11, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    These looks great! I bought some snowy items last year and would like to add more to eat this year. Your tip may be just what I need. Thanks!

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  2. spacer Judy Haughton-James says:
    November 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    Wow! These are so beautiful!
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  3. spacer Sarah @ Simply Albany says:
    November 11, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    I love it, Sarah! What a great project… I’m definitely going to be doing it this year! Thanks for sharing spacer
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  4. spacer Suzy @ Worthing Court says:
    November 11, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    These look so easy to make and look great mixed with the rustic/natural orbs.
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  5. spacer Winnie says:
    November 11, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    These are all look so wonderful
    Very nice job!!
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  6. spacer Linda says:
    November 11, 2012 at 11:48 pm

    Great wee tutorial. Love them!!

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  7. spacer Donna Wilkes says:
    November 12, 2012 at 12:09 am

    Thank you for this tutorial. I was thinking I needed something sparkly for a display and I think this will work.
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  8. spacer Shantalle says:
    November 12, 2012 at 12:57 am

    Very cute, love the snowballs!!
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  9. spacer Kathie says:
    November 12, 2012 at 1:02 am

    I have been wanting to try this method. Your snowballs look fantastic in your lantern. Love the icy look of the pine cones too. I also made some faux snowballs but used different materials.
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  10. spacer Megan says:
    November 12, 2012 at 1:43 am

    looks so beautiful, Sarah.
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  11. spacer Maureen says:
    November 12, 2012 at 6:17 am

    This looks a little more natural than glitter so I think I’d better give it a try. I start on Christmas projects this week!

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  12. spacer Sarah says:
    November 12, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    OOOO!!! I LOVE this idea! These look so cool and really effective! spacer
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