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Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar

November 27, 2013

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 Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!

 As a child I loved snow globes. It’s like a little magical place inside of a jar. To this day, I have an admiration for anything glass with something cute or beautiful inside it. And it’s not only the glass and the scene inside. . . if it’s lit, it’s even more magical.

Today I’m going to show you how you can make your very own illuminated snow scene right inside of a mason jar. I have to say that when I thought of this, I thought it was pretty brilliant and I bought some ice cream that day to celebrate. I’ve never seen a tealight used this way in a DIY project. Maybe you have. If you have, don’t let me know about it. It will completely burst my bubble.

Here’s what you need to make your own magical scene inside of a jar:

  • Wide mouth mason jar with lid and cover (Kerr brand is the best because one of the sides of the jar is clear)
  • Battery-operated tealight
  • Button magnet
  • Glue
  • Faux snow
  • Ribbon
  • Whatever you’d like to place in your jar (I found the snowman and tree in the Christmas section at Walmart and both were under $1)
The first thing you want to do is grab your mason jar and put the faux snow inside. Put in just enough to be able to cover the bottoms of your figures. I did this part outside because I didn’t want snow all over the house. This stuff can get a bit messy.
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!  
Now place your figurines or items in your jar. If you really want to secure them well, you could glue them to the bottom of the jar before you add the snow, but I like to reuse my jars so I left my penguin and tree free-standing.
 
I mentioned earlier in my post that I scored both of these items for under $1. That is the total to gosh truth and I was ecstatic about it.
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!
 
Now you can come back inside. Brrr. I should have worn a jacket.
 
Pick up your tealight and adhere the magnet to the back with glue. Position it so you can still open the back to remove the battery if needed. The button magnet fits perfectly to allow access to the battery.
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!
 
Now, place your tealight on the inside portion of the mason jar lid. I turned my tealight on to make sure it was working properly, as well. Turn the lid upside down and give it a good shake. Does the tealight stay attached to the lid? If so, it means your magnet is strong enough. If not, you may need to try and find a stronger magnet. My button magnet seemed to work just fine.
 
All you really need to do to turn your tealight on and off is to unscrew the top of the jar and flick the switch on the back of the tealight. Now, if you have a remote-operated tealight, that would be even better, but I promise you, it’s not a ton of work to turn this baby on.
 
For this part, I went outside again. Why? Well, not because this step is messy. Just because I love natural lighting and want the best photos for my readers. You are welcome. This part is easy. Just put the lid with the tealight back on the jar and then screw on the top.
 
If you really wanted to, you could paint the lid black or dress it up a bit. I’m going to be putting my jar on a shelf so you really won’t be able to see the very top of the jar anyway.
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!
 
Then I tied a bow around the top of the container just to dress it up a little more. The ribbon I used is white iridescent so it kind of picks up whatever color is around it. It actually looks a little purple below.
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas! 
And this is my favorite part. . .seeing how it lights up in the dark. The little light casts just the right amount of glow to light up the scene inside the jar. You have to make one of these this year. It is so simple and so much fun. What are you going to put in your jar?
 
Illuminated Snow Scene in a Jar - An LED tea light illuminates a decorative winter scene inside of a mason jar. Such an easy and beautiful decoration for winter and Christmas!
 

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  1. Karen Crenshaw says

    December 7, 2013 at 1:02 am

    Love this! Such a great present for my children’s teachers!

    Reply
  2. Sara says

    January 18, 2014 at 9:24 am

    Karen, hope your childrens’ teachers enjoyed the gift! They’re so fun to make!

    Reply
  3. sylwia chamera says

    March 10, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Such a wonderful idea! Do you also know how to preparea snow scene like this in the jar with liquid? As a child I loved to collect them.

    Reply
  4. Angela Beattie says

    August 11, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    I love this illuminated scene in a jar, I’m definitely going to be making some this coming Christmas, thanks for the idea.x

    Reply
    • Sara says

      August 11, 2014 at 9:13 pm

      You’re going to love them Angela! Good luck!

      Reply
  5. Tina Maria Ratzke says

    November 22, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    Wow, this is so simple and cute. When I was a kid my mom would have us do a version in a baby food jar with distilled water and glitter. This is so much better. Thanks for posting. Happy Holidays!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 22, 2014 at 10:37 pm

      Tina, I love the DIY snow globes, too, but what I love about this project is that it’s lit. Happy Holidays to you as well!

      Reply
  6. Susan Boop says

    November 24, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    Love this project and I’m still giggling about celebrating your brilliance with ice cream!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 24, 2014 at 8:47 pm

      Susan, thanks! LOL I celebrate the little things in life. Honestly, any excuse to have cake or ice cream. . .I’m in.

      Reply
  7. Sarah says

    November 25, 2014 at 11:26 am

    I love this idea? Quick question – what size mason jar did you use??

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 25, 2014 at 12:52 pm

      Hi Sarah! I used a quart size mason jar with a wide mouth.

      Reply
  8. Bonnie says

    November 28, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Thank you for the clever craft idea!

    Reply
  9. Barbara says

    November 29, 2014 at 6:24 am

    How clever, cute and simple! Not to mention magical! As one who has become addicted to faerie gardening of late, this is a perfect extention of that hobby for me, especially since I’ve been looking for a way to add some soft lighting to our sunporch. I can scatter these little vingettes here and there, add a touch of whimsy and still have soft lighting in the evening hours = all i n all, a great idea, thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  10. Linda says

    January 31, 2015 at 10:42 am

    This is brilliant. I made ones at Christmas with little lights in it but always struggled to make the battery box hidden Since you still need to be able to turn them on and off I would leave it outside the jar and try to hide it behind the jar. This is a much better solution!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      February 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm

      I hope you try it, Linda!

      Reply
  11. margaret colby says

    October 26, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Hi having trouble getting magnets to stick to tea light any ideas

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 26, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Hi Margaret! You may need a stronger glue. Are you using a super glue?

      Reply
  12. Erin says

    November 4, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    How tall are the trees and figurines?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 4, 2015 at 8:45 pm

      Erin, maybe 2-3 inches or so? They were just mini figurines I found at Walmart in the Christmas section. I bet you could find some there today since all of the Christmas stuff is already coming out!

      Reply
  13. Amber says

    November 30, 2015 at 11:59 am

    I think I will begin a tradition of letting each child choose a trinket and make one of these each year. I love “yearly” crafts that can be displayed like this!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 30, 2015 at 8:54 pm

      What a great idea, Amber!!

      Reply
  14. Iris says

    November 30, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    What size button magnets did you use, half an inch or 3/4 of an inch?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 30, 2015 at 8:53 pm

      I believe they were 3/4 of an inch, Iris!

      Reply
  15. Pam says

    December 2, 2015 at 11:45 am

    I absolutely love this idea!!!! I have a ton of mason jars sitting around. Now I have a neat idea of something really awesome to make for my Grand kids!!!! Thanks!!!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      December 5, 2015 at 8:57 pm

      I hope you have fun making them!!

      Reply
  16. Sharon Bedard says

    October 15, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    I love the luminaries. I’m going to try it with angels as a table decoration for our church Christmas party.
    Thank you for the great idea.

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 16, 2016 at 9:20 pm

      I love the idea of angels!! Good luck!

      Reply
  17. Colleen McGaughey says

    October 20, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    This is such a cute idea. I would like to make these as gifts for co-workers, but I wouldn’t want to glue the figure into the jar. Is there a way to keep it from toppling over if the jar has to be transported?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 26, 2016 at 10:15 pm

      You could maybe try rubber cement? Rubber cement could be removed whereas glue could not.

      Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 27, 2016 at 12:23 pm

      I was thinking of using “blue tac” or something similar to secure the decorations and unless they pick up the jar and look underneath it, the snow would hide it. Also wouldn’t wreck the ornaments.

      Reply
  18. Marlene says

    October 27, 2016 at 5:02 pm

    Hi Sarah,
    I love your idea for this snowglobe! I tried making some last year and they really needed some light but I could not figure out how to get the tealight in the jar to turn it on. A magnet is perfect! I am usually very crafty, but I missed on that one lol! Thank you for this!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 29, 2016 at 6:49 pm

      You are so welcome, Marlene! Good luck with your snow globes!

      Reply
  19. Ruth Atkins says

    November 11, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Would a hot glue gun work for adhering the magnet or does it have to be Super Glue?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 16, 2016 at 8:57 pm

      I bet hot glue would work just fine!

      Reply
  20. Terry says

    October 3, 2017 at 7:39 am

    Wonderful decor for the holidays, cute gift idea also. Thank you.

    Reply
  21. Rhonda says

    October 17, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    Great idea with magnet! Thank you

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 18, 2017 at 8:46 pm

      Thanks, Rhonda!

      Reply
  22. Sherry Laemmle says

    November 4, 2017 at 4:50 am

    Use the tea lights that have the timer switch ! Set them so they come on at 6pm!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 6, 2017 at 9:37 pm

      I love that idea, Sherry!

      Reply
  23. Martha says

    October 14, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    I pick.ed up this idea from Pinterest just this year. I’ve been looking for some lighting ideas for my holiday table that will delight my grandboys and I think this is it! Thank you!

    Reply
  24. Jade Edwards says

    November 16, 2020 at 11:34 am

    Hi. Awesome craft! Are these 8 or 16 oz jars?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 21, 2020 at 11:08 pm

      This was a quart jar.

      Reply
  25. Carmen says

    September 3, 2021 at 11:54 pm

    I love your snow scene idea! I think I have all the materials to make my snow scene except the faux snow. Where would I find faux snow? I think I’ll make them and gift them to the ladies on my women’s ministry team! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      September 10, 2021 at 12:42 pm

      Faux snow you’ll be able to find in any craft supply store starting in the late fall season!

      Reply
  26. Juli-Ann says

    October 11, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    Got some ideas from this. First time trying to make Christmas jay crafts. I am struggling with how to use the wired mini-strand lights because of the battery pack. I don’t want it to show, but I don’t know how to hide them.

    Reply
    • Sara says

      October 11, 2022 at 2:39 pm

      Hi Juli-Ann! Read through the entire post again and take a look at the photos. I used a tea light with a magnet adhered to the back and it sticks to the inside lid of the mason jar. Good luck making your own!

      Reply

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