DIY Gumball Machine Snow Globe

I’m so glad I held on to this little empty toy gumball machine — I turned it into a gumball machine snow globe!

It had been sitting in our kitchen cabinet after Landon received it as a birthday party favor a few years ago, and I was tempted to throw it out many times.

But I have a hard time throwing out anything I might be able to use or reuse or repurpose at some point.

Remember when I used the twist ties from bread bags I had been saving for our container garden fencing?

I turned the gumball machine into a snow globe with just a few supplies, and in literally 5 minutes!

Gumball Machine Snow Globe

This wasn’t my idea — I saw Kathleen’s post on Charm Bracelet Diva about it, and then she linked it up to my “Thrifty & Vintage Finds” link party.

She was inspired by Rebecca’s post on The Crafted Sparrow. Thanks, Kathleen, for sharing this idea!

I couldn’t grab my little gumball machine fast enough to make this. I still had all of the supplies sitting around for it after making this pie tin & bottle brush tree centerpiece.

Kathleen’s tutorial is longer than mine because her gumball machine was larger, and she had to unscrew the parts.

That’s not needed if you have a little plastic gumball machines like mine. Making the snow globe took just a minute once you have all of the supplies together.

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DIY Gumball Machine Snow Globe Supplies

• little plastic gumball machine

• fake snow (I bought mine at Target)
• mini bottle brush trees
• glue dots
• optional: holiday sticker

I unscrewed the top part of the gumball machine, added a glue dot to the sticker, and stuck it into the inside of the glove to cover the Dubble Bubble logo.

Then I added glue dots to the two little bottle brush trees and stuck them to the base of the globe.

I had wanted to use one of the smaller trees, but it was too tall and would’ve taken up too much space in the globe.

I added just a bit of the fake snow and then screwed the globe back on, but this time so the logo was on the back and the sticker visible from the front.

Voilaa — that’s all it took to make this gumball machine snow globe!

I’m so glad I found a cute way to repurpose this little toy gumball machine!

It fits perfectly next to my mason jar snow globe you saw in my Christmas home tour.

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 Upcycled Gumball Machine Snow Globe