Discover ways to bring out the creativity in your child and indulge in quality time creating unique keepsakes together with Seedling. Aiden picked out a snow globe for Christmas, and the best part - he gets to think up the scene and put it together from scratch (with me!) with Seedling Make Your Own Snow Globe.
It helped that all the materials you need are all included in the kit (except for markers, scissors and stickers for decorating the globe's base). We love how Seedling kits foster a child's creativity and help them learn new, rewarding skills. A tip on maximizing the enjoyment out of the activity is not to worry if you don't finish the project in one session. Pack it away for another day. We all know kids, they may not have the attention span to complete the entire activity in one sitting.
Here's our step by step guide and tips on making our own snow globe.
Note that this activity requires baking and cooling time of about 24 hours and an adult would need to help with the baking part.
1) Spend some time thinking about the scene you'd want to create before you start. Encourage your child to visualize or even draw out the scene he has in mind.
'Cars mummy! I want to make a car! Zoom zoom....' and off he went to get me a few examples of the vehicle he would like to make with the clay.
2) Get your clay ready. Break off small amounts of the clay and rub it between your fingers to warm it up so it softens, making it easier to sculpt. It is really hard at first so your child may need some help here. It helped that Aiden learnt about moulding different shapes at his art class and he knows the shapes he needs to make for a car.
3) Prepare your base by creating a little hill as a base for the snow globe. Do this by rolling a piece of clay and use the globe opening as a cookie cutter. After which, build a hill above this, about 2cm high. This mould needs to be in the same diameter as the globe so that it won't fall out or rattle around.
Before you bake it, slot it inside the globe so that you can check that you are happy and satisfied.
5)
Pre-heat the oven to 130 Celsius, line a baking tray with baking paper and place your sculpture on top and bake it for 30 minutes. Leave your sculpture on the tray to cool for around12-24 hours.
5) Design your snow globe base
While waiting for the sculpture to cool, design the cardboard base with materials you can find in the house. Aiden decided he wanted to cover the base with his favourite color green, and use his stickers to decorate it.
6) Make your cap
Using the plastic globe cap provided, press down onto the EVA sheet to make a visible dent and cut out the shape.
7) Assemble your globe
Fill the globe with water and sprinkle some glitter. Place the sculpture carefully into the opening.
And...... here's our masterpiece!
About Seedling
Seedling is founded in New Zealand in 2007, bringing in activity kits that sparked hours of imaginative play. The Pocket Money collection followed in 2012 and took the international toy world by storm, establishing Seedling as the go to brand for stylish, quality children's products. Their mission is to create beautiful, innovative family lifestyle products, and they are passionate about growing young imaginations and celebrating the parenting journey one moment at a time.
A selection of Seedling products are now available in store at PriviKids, Changi City Point #02-04 (Tel: 6443 8802).
Disclaimer: This blog post is in collaboration with Seedling. All opinions are our own.
Model your own figurines, add water, glitter and shake to make it snow!
This Seedling Kit contains: Plastic Globe, Make and Bake Polymer Clay, Snow Globe Stand, Glitter, EVA Sheet & Instructions
Recommended for Ages 6+ years - See more at: http://www.goodthingsforkids.com/product/90/#sthash.q39IBLjt.dpuf
Model your own figurines, add water, glitter and shake to make it snow!
This Seedling Kit contains: Plastic Globe, Make and Bake Polymer Clay, Snow Globe Stand, Glitter, EVA Sheet & Instructions
Recommended for Ages 6+ years - See more at: http://www.goodthingsforkids.com/product/90/#sthash.e6zUjdRw.dpuf
Model your own figurines, add water, glitter and shake to make it snow!
This Seedling Kit contains: Plastic Globe, Make and Bake Polymer Clay, Snow Globe Stand, Glitter, EVA Sheet & Instructions
Recommended for Ages 6+ years - See more at: http://www.goodthingsforkids.com/product/90/#sthash.e6zUjdRw.dpuf
Model your own figurines, add water, glitter and shake to make it snow!
This Seedling Kit contains: Plastic Globe, Make and Bake Polymer Clay, Snow Globe Stand, Glitter, EVA Sheet & Instructions
Recommended for Ages 6+ years - See more at: http://www.goodthingsforkids.com/product/90/#sthash.e6zUjdRw.dpuf
This is so fun! I want one for myself too!
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