We were contacted several months ago by Real Simple to do a holiday craft for their blog. Sara had this snow globe idea. I think it’s perfect for a teacher or a co-worker (someone with a desk). Everyone likes a gift card, but sometimes it’s hard to make it look like a thoughtful and clever present.
Simple Gift Card Snow Globes
Supplies: a jar with a lid (we used empty salsa and olive jars), a gift card, a small embellishment (we bought ours at a local craft store), a hot glue gun, glitter, some ribbon and water
How To:
1. Wash the lid and jar. Remove any stickers.
2. Spray paint the jar lid if you would like a different colored lid.
3. Glue a thick line of hot glue onto the base of the gift card. Stick it to the inside of the lid.
4. Glue the embellishment onto the inside of the lid, in front of the gift card. Let the glue set for an hour.
5. Add some glitter to the jar and fill with water.
6. Tightly screw the lid back onto the jar.
7. Tie a ribbon around the base of the jar, if desired.
*We tested these gift cards after a week and they still worked. However, we don’t recommend leaving the gift cards in the water longer than a week.
All photos by Nicole Gerulat.
17 Comments
Very unique. Love it!
Genius!
This is quite cleaver! I love it! May have just figured out what to do for the co-workers and my bestie.
So clever. I always hate giving gift cards, but this makes them so adorable!!
That’s such a neat idea, and it looks easy enough to execute!
I’m really loving all the adorable gift card holder crafts I’m seeing out there =)
Very fun!
Love this! What a great idea.
Ooh what a fun and fabulous idea! Love it!
so, so darling!
Girls, you seriously amaze me…gonna save this one for next year! WOW!!!!
This is really cute! Did you know that a bunch of retailers also lets you customize the giftcards if you order them online (I know Borders and Macys do)? You can upload pictures, write text, etc. I’ll bet if you put a picture of a snowy village on a card and put that inside the globe, it’d look really cool.
Gorgeous….Love this idea!!
What a fabulous idea! I’m totally going to do this with my gift cards this year! I’m doing a 12 Days of Christmas DIY on my blog, so I’d like to feature it there as one of the projects too!
Such a great idea!
Ooh, that’s so clever and pretty!
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fun! that’s great that the gift cards still worked, i was wondering about that
This is such a clever idea. I bet the kids would have fun helping with these too (a bonus!).
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