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Not only is this craft great for the holidays, it’s a really fun DIY science experiment for the kids. Students, preschoolers, toddlers and school aged kids will all love watching these snow globes go from water to ice. And the designs created from the food colouring is an added surprise! These ice globes are definitely a fun STEM activity.

What you’ll need:

• Balloons
• Water
• Food colouring
• COLD WEATHER!
• Battery operated tea lights (optional)

How to Make Ice Globes – Christmas Lights in the Snow

Firstly, add some food colouring to the balloon. The more you put the darker the colour will appear when it’s frozen and the more it will look like a Christmas light (using food colouring will be messy!!). Add the water next.  You will have to cover most of your tap with the balloon to fill it, otherwise there won’t be enough force to fill the balloon enough.  Fill them until you are happy with their size, remembering that they need to be carried outside when done. We found the size of two hands together is perfect. Tie them up when full.  

Secondly, bring them outside in the snow.  If they are small they will be easy to lift out and will remain round if placed in some powdery snow but if they are on the bigger side, don’t worry, they will stand out even more!  

Once they are frozen you can bring them inside and peel off the balloons, this is surprisingly easy, it’s amazing to see the patterns inside from the air and food colouring! 

Finally, give them a wipe with a wet paper towel to make them sparkle.  Your Christmas light ice globes are ready! Place them back outside and watch them shine.

We hope you liked our How to Make Ice Globes – Christmas Lights in the Snow. Don’t forget to add a battery operated tea light under each globe. This will certainly enhance your Christmas light ice globes, by making them ice luminaries. If you loved making these ice globes check out our Painted Christmas Trees Craft. Happy Crafting!

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This planter is not only fun and creepy, it’s easy to make. All of the materials for this DIY halloween idea were found at the local dollar store. We stocked up on a bunch of tiny and medium sized spiders for our planter, but you can definitely add some other creepy crawlies too!

DIY Outdoor Halloween Decor – Creepy Spider Planter

What you’ll need:

• Black or grey flower pot
• Tissue paper
• Cotten spider web
• Fake spiders
• Spider webbing
• Tall cylindrical vase (or similar to give some height)

Firstly, add some tissue paper to the bottom of the pot, this will give the glass cylinder something to sit securely on while filling in some space.

Secondly, place the cylindrical vase into the middle of the vase, this will help create some height for the planter.

Next, add some of the spider webbing, the type you find in the halloween section at the dollar store. Place it around the vase and covering the vase completely.

Next, add the cotton and regular spider webbing. When searching in the dollar store we found some cotton webs in grey and black, which looks great with the grey pot. Add the white spider webbing first, placing it into the cylinder with some tiny spiders thrown. Cascade it out of the cylinder and into the pot. Add the cotton webbing next, drape some around and on top of the vase, once again cascading down into the pot.

Finally, add the creepy spiders and other crawlers if you have them. Be sure to stick some into the vase and have them “crawling” out.

There you have it, a perfectly creepy halloween spider planter!! We hope you liked this dollar store DIY Outdoor Halloween Idea – Creepy Spider Planter!  Looking for more great Halloween crafting ideas?  Certainly check out our Paper Bag Tree Kids Craft or our Kids Rock Painting Fall Frame, a great way to display some of those amazing painted rocks!
Happy Crafting!

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