Winter is coming and it’s going to get really cold, and when it gets really cold you may not want to go outside so much. So here is some crafts to help you beat the winter blues.

Mason Jar Snow Globe

What you need:

Mason jars and other jars of various sizes such as salt shakers, spice jars, jam jars, pickle jars
Christmas trees. I got a pack of 21 at Michael’s for sale 50% off
Other holiday items you may want to glue
Mini ball ornaments
Glue gun
Epsom salts

1) Glue the trees on the lid of the jar
2) Glue the little ball ornaments right by the tree
3) Put the desired amount of Epsom salts into the jar
4) Close the lid and turn it upside down

Wooden Snowflake

What you need:

4 wooden craft sticks (popsicle sticks),
Imitation snow (plastic flakes sold in a bag)
Paper plate
White pipe cleaner
Cord or ribbon for hanging
Glue

1) Begin by placing a drop of glue in the middle of one of the popsicle sticks. Place another popsicle stick on top of it perpendicular, to make a cross.
2) Place a drop of glue on the center of the cross, and lay another popsicle stick on top of the cross, lying at a 45 degree angle from the other stick
3) Add another drop of glue to the middle of the top stick, and add the last popsicle stick to finish making the snowflake.
4) Add a thick layer of glue to one whole side of the snowflake. Cover everything well.
5) Pour some fake snow onto a paper plate. Place the snowflake, glue side down, into the snow, then pick it up and turn it over to allow to dry.
6) If you want a thicker layer of snow, repeat the process by adding more glue on top of the layer of snow, and dip it again in the snow.
7) When the snowflake is completely dry, use a pipe cleaner to wrap a loop for hanging, on the top of one of the sticks. Just wrap the pipe cleaner around the stick a few times, then form it into a small loop, and finish by wrapping the rest of the pipe cleaner around the stick once again. You can secure it with a little glue, but in most cases this is not even necessary since the snowflake is so light.
8)Add a ribbon or cord for hanging.

Foam Snowman (2.99 kit from Michaels)

1) Using the photo as a guide, use double-sided sticky foam to attach the two balls together. Use double sided sticky foam to attach body onto the base.
2) Use double-sided sticky foam to attach black foam circle to the top of snowmans head. Use double-sided sticky foam marshmallow to foam circle.
3) Peel and stick stickers to characters.

Winter Hack!

Get some pinecones and some spray glue and glitter and spray the glue on the pinecome and then throw some glitter on there!