Snow globe Coloring Pages

A glass ornament where snow dances when you shake it

A Snow globe is an ornament with a round glass dome. Inside, there is water and little figures like a small town or a snowman.
When you turn it upside down or shake it, tiny specs inside float down slowly, just like real snow.
They are very popular as Christmas and winter decorations.
In English, they are also called snow globes.

The history of the Snow globe

It is said that the Snow globe was born in 19th-century France.
People say they became popular at a world fair in Paris, where someone made a Snow globe with the Eiffel Tower inside.
In Vienna, Austria, there is a family workshop that has been making Snow globes for over 100 years.
It is said that the Snow globe from this workshop was invented while trying to make operating room lights brighter.

Why the snow falls so slowly

The water inside a Snow globe often has a thick liquid mixed in.
Thanks to that liquid, the snowflakes do not sink right away, so they look like they are falling slowly.
If you have a jar, water, and small decorations, you can even make your own at home!

3 Coloring pages

There are 3 coloring pages.
The 1st page is a Snow globe with a smiling snowman inside.
The 2nd page shows a big Snow globe with a tiny house in a snowy forest and a reindeer, sitting by a window next to smaller Snow globes with a snowman and a star.
The 3rd page is a detailed coloring page of a Snow globe with a European winter town full of houses with pointed roofs.
Try coloring lots of winter decorations along with the snowman and illuminations coloring pages!

Decorate and look inside

A Snow globe is a fun decoration to place on a shelf or window sill, so you can shake it and watch it anytime.
Watching the snow fall gently can make you feel calm and happy.
Inside the glass, there is a tiny winter world filled with snowmen, Santa Claus, reindeer, Christmas trees, and more.
Some people love to collect them as travel souvenirs.
If you line up Snow globes from different towns and countries, you can feel like you are traveling around the world!

The secret is not to color the glass too much

For the Snow globe's glass globe, color it with just a tiny bit of light blue, or leave it white.
If you leave the shiny shine lines completely white, the glass will look shiny and bright!

Color the world inside brightly

Try coloring the snowman, house, and trees inside the glass with regular, clear colors.
If you make the snowman's scarf red, the fir tree green, and the house window yellow, it will look like a light is turned on!
Leave the snowflakes white.

Make the base wood or gold

If you color the Snow globe's base brown, it will look like wood. If you use yellow and ocher, it will look like gold!
For the carved base in the 3rd picture, color the parts that stick out lighter, and the parts that go in a little darker. That will make it look 3D!

Colors around the glass

For the 2nd picture, if you color the curtains and window behind it with dark colors, the bright Snow globe will pop right out!
If you want to make it night, color the outside of the window navy blue and leave the falling snow white.

Keep the snowflakes white

Be careful not to color over the snowflakes inside the glass when you color around them.
If you color around the snowflakes first, and then color the big open areas last, the white flakes will stay nice and clean.
When you finish coloring, it is also fun to add more dots with a white pen to make it snow even more!

All Kinds of Snow Globes

Snow globes do not just have snowy towns inside.
Many souvenir Snow globes from tourist spots have famous buildings from those towns inside.
Some even have fish in the sea or summer beaches inside, with shiny glitter falling instead of snow!

Handmade Snow Globes

You can make a Snow globe with a jar that has a lid! Put a tiny toy on the inside of the lid, then fill the jar with water, thick liquid, and shiny glitter.
Close the lid tightly and turn it upside down, and you are done!
Be sure to make it together with an adult.

Your Very Own Winter World

Color the inside of the Snow globe on your coloring page with your favorite colors, and make your very own winter world.
If you make the sky outside the glass night or day, the mood will change too!

Handling Glass Carefully

Many Snow globes are made of glass, so be careful not to drop them.
Also, do not leave them by a sunny window. The round glass can focus sunlight like a magnifying glass. This can scorch curtains or even start a fire.