My fondest memories of plastic wine glasses is New Year’s Eve at my grandma’s house as kids. She would make us crackers with salami and cheese on them as appetizers, and then we would carefully pick up the plastic glass full of sparkling grape juice so the bottom wouldn’t fall off mid-drink, and toast to the new year while my parent’s were out partying. The thing is as kids it seemed really special and grown up. I know my grandma did not trust us with the “good” glass wine glasses at all. As a grown up, I finally get to drink out of the ‘good” glasses, but there is actually another fun use for plastic wine glasses…adorable mini snow globe cloches!

These are not only so cute but are fun to put together, especially if you love miniatures like I do. There are so many fun Christmas mini’s now that the possibles are endless. This would be a fun supervised craft with the kids, but keep in mind it does use small items which are choking hazards. These can also be turned into ornaments by gluing ribbon to the top.

Supplies for Creating Mini Snow Globe Cloches From Plastic Wine Glasses

-Plastic wine glasses with removable bases.

-White craft glue

-Scrapbook paper and a circle cutter or scissors to cut a -circle the size of the mouth of the wine glass, a smaller 1-2″ circle in scrap book and also both in cardboard.

-Pencil

-Holiday Miniatures such as little deer, bottle-brush trees, wrapped gifts and more

-Faux snow

Trace and Cut The Circles For The Bottom Of The Snow Globe Cloche

Use the pencil to trace around the outside of the lip of the plastic glass on scrapbook paper and cut circles out. 2 the size of the mouth of the wine glass and 2 slightly smaller approx. 1-2″ wide.

Set aside. Glue to large paper round to the large cardboard round. Glue to the underside of the paper and let dry before preceding.

Glue to 2 smaller circles together and using white craft glue, glue the stem of the wine glass to the smaller circles, set aside and let dry.

Glue The Miniatures Onto The Base

Pick miniatures that will fit under the dome of the plastic wine glass top when turned upside down. Use white craft glue to glue the bottoms of the miniature onto the circle paper cut out.

Once they are carefully in place let dry before moving onto the next step. We had fun mixing up and stacking the little gifts, tiny deer and itty-bitty trees creating different scenes. Add a little glue and faux snow to the inside of the base, keeping the edges clean. Let the glue dry overnight until completely dry before moving onto the next step.

Add White Craft Glue To The Rim Of the Plastic Wine Glass

Add a steady bead of white craft glue around the edge of the glass. Just before placing the rim onto the circle, add 1-2 tablespoons of faux snow inside.

Assemble The Mini-Snow Globe

Turn the circle upside down and press onto the rim with glue on it. Tip it back up right and press to firmly. Let dry. Once dry, give the globe a gentle shake to distribute the  faux snow in the globe.

Once they are assembled, to create a cloche on a stand, glue the top and the bottom of the cardboard of the stem and base of the cloche together.

Display The Snow Globes

These are so cute on a windowsill or on a small shelf! These can also be turned into ornaments by gluing ribbon to the top and can be personalized to make fun and unique gifts.

 If you love crafting and creating with miniatures, try making this fun jewelry from dollhouse items  or try making mini-picture frame magnets with classic open source art.