I’m so excited to share what my students have been doing this week-They’ve been busy glitzing up their vocabulary by creating these glamorous snow globes. The best part? They were completely free to make (and will be for you)!
While visiting Pinterest, I saw these cute snow globes but needed an activity to go along with them. My students have already been working on synonyms, so this was the perfect activity to carry some of those skills over.
First, you’ll need a few Starbucks dome lids-the kind that you order with frappuccinos. Since you’re there, don’t forget to grab a grande Peppermint Mocha while they still have it =). At my amazing Starbucks, when I mentioned I worked in a school and needed these lids for a craft, they gave them to me for free. Yippee!!!
Then, gather your supplies:
These include:
*scissors
*markers
*glue
*hot glue gun (for Starbucks lids)
*snow globe base
*snow globe background
*snowman
*synonyms
Next, have the students cut out the snowman and glue it on the snow globe background.
Now for the fun part-have the students decorate their snowmen with markers, glitter, stickers or stamps. I brought snowflake stamps and the kids had a blast stamping and pour glitter all over the place. I’m sure people are still secretly laughing at me because of the amount of glitter on my face. =).
Next, lay out synonym words and have students try to find the words that match. There are five of each included. For example, if the student’s word is “hungry” they need to find “starving,” “craving,” “famished” and “ravenous.”
For more advanced students, see if they can arrange them in order of intensity.
Have your students arrange their words in the snow globe or on the base.
Last, you (not the students) hot-glue the dome lid onto the snow globe background. Bea…u…ti…ful!!!
They’re starting to fill out my winter bulletin board!
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Alison Weigand says
January 14, 2014 at 10:15 pmThis is an awesome activity! I will be hitting up my local starbucks tonight for some of those lids. Fingers crossed for freebees!
Nicole Allison says
January 15, 2014 at 12:39 amThank you! Yum…Starbucks sounds soooo good right now! I’ve been limiting myself to hot chocolates since I’m pregnant so I’m missing their coffee! I hope your Starbucks is as generous as mine was!
Denise says
January 14, 2014 at 11:15 pmLove this idea. Thank you for sharing.
Nicole Allison says
January 15, 2014 at 12:40 amThank you! I would love to see pics if you do the craft!
Felice Clark says
January 15, 2014 at 3:13 amVery cute!! I hope I can get my act together and do this with my language groups. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sharon says
January 15, 2014 at 1:29 pmThank you for a wonderful idea! I can hardly wait to do these!
Kim Staten says
January 16, 2014 at 6:20 amWhat a super cute version of a snow globe! How nice of Starbucks to give you the lids for free. I love that you didn’t just do this as a craft, but as a learning activity. Those are my favorite kinds of crafts! Thanks for the the great idea! Kim from Life Over C’s
Miss DeCarbo says
January 18, 2014 at 6:51 pmI love, love, love your snow globes! My kids stare at them every time we pass them in the hallway. So cute!! 🙂
Miss DeCarbo at Sugar and Spice
SLP Gone Wild says
January 27, 2014 at 12:15 amHow did I just now see this????? I LOVE IT! These are wonderful! Thanks Nicole!
Emily says
December 10, 2014 at 7:37 pmI LOVED this project (and so did the grad student I’m supervising) She modified it a bit making the students earn each piece to put their snowmen and snow globes together for correct artic words/sentences. They turned out so cute! We also used foam snowmen from Michael’s – a kit a found for less than $5 that made ALL the snowmen + accessories that I needed. I tried to attach a picture but it won’t let me! Anyway, super cute! Thanks for the activity and the snowy inspiration!