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This snow globe drawing from Art for Kids Hub starts with one big circle and ends with two snowmen hugging inside the glass while the snow falls around them. A dad and daughter draw it side by side with black markers, then color it with colored pencils. It takes about ten minutes, and the shapes are simple enough for young kids.
The best part is that the globe is a frame. Once the base and the snow are done, you can put anything you like inside it.
The circle is the hardest part, so the video offers a trick. Turn a bowl or a wide cup upside down on your paper and trace around it. Freehand is fine too. A slightly lumpy circle still reads as glass once the base sits under it.
The base is what sells the 3D look. Its bottom line curves down to match the bottom of the globe, so the whole thing looks like it sits on a table instead of floating on the page.
The creators stop before the snowmen and invite kids to pause and draw their own scene. Some ideas that fit the round space well:
Keep everything inside the circle. If a hat or a tree pokes past the glass line, the globe stops looking like glass.
A fine point black permanent marker gives the bold outline in the video. Plain printer paper works for practice. A heavier drawing pad holds up better when you color, and it keeps marker from bleeding through. Put a scrap sheet underneath either way.
The video colors the inside of the globe light blue and leaves the snow dots and the snowmen white. That one choice is why the snow shows up. The base gets red with green bands and yellow dots, and the hats get red. Colored pencils are easiest here because you can color around the small snow dots without filling them in. Washable markers work for the base.
Draw a small snow globe on folded cardstock for a Christmas card, or cut one out and tape it to a classroom window. A row of them in different colors makes a quick bulletin board. If your kids want the real thing after drawing one, try our guide to making a snow globe from a jar.
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Draw a snow globe in 10 easy steps: a glass circle, a curved base, two snowmen in Santa hats and falling snow. An easy project: about 20 minutes. Materials cost about $5 to $10. You need 4 things, including colored pencils or washable markers, black fine point permanent marker and bowl or cup to trace. The 10 steps start with draw a Big Circle for the Snow Globe Glass and draw the Curved Base Under the Snow Globe.
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Start near the top middle of your page and draw a big circle all the way around. This is the glass globe that holds the snow and the scene. Make it large, about half the width of your paper, so you have room to draw inside. If freehand feels tricky, trace around an upside-down bowl or a wide cup.
Leave space under the circle. The snow globe base still needs to fit below it.
From the bottom of the globe, draw two short lines going down and slightly out, one on each side. They look a bit like shoulders. Now connect them at the bottom. Do not draw a straight line here. Curve it down so it matches the round bottom of the globe. That curve makes the snow globe base look 3D, like it sits on a table.
Keep both side lines the same length so the base does not tilt.
Draw a curved line across the top of the base, right under the globe. Add another curved line near the bottom. Now you have a band around the base. Fill the middle with small circles spaced evenly across. You can swap the circles for tiny trees, snowflakes, holly, or the words Merry Christmas if you want something different.
Draw the middle circle first, then work out to each side so they stay even.
Inside the bottom of the globe, draw a line on each side that curves down and meets the globe near the base. Then draw a wavy line across from one side to the other to connect them. This is the pile of snow at the bottom of the snow globe. Your scene will stand on it, so keep it fairly low.
A gentle wave looks like drifted snow. A straight line looks like a shelf.
This is where you can pause and draw your own scene. To follow along, draw two U shapes for the snowman heads. Make one bigger and put the smaller one right next to it so they touch. They could be a dad and a kid or two friends. You could also space them apart if you want them throwing snowballs.
Keep the heads in the upper half of the globe so the bodies fit under them.
Draw two circles for eyes on each snowman. Add a small circle in the top right of each eye, then color the big circles in black and leave the little ones white. That makes them look friendly. Below the eyes, draw a sideways V for each carrot nose, pointing them toward each other, and close each one with a small C.
Two short curved lines across each carrot nose give it texture.
Under each carrot, make a smile out of small dots, like bits of coal. Add eyelashes to one if you like. For the Santa hats, draw a curve across the top of each head, then a fluffy band over it. Draw a big curve over the top that bends down to the side and finish with a round pom pom. Keep the hats inside the snow globe.
If you are short on room, let the hat tip flop down to the side instead of up.
Draw a curve down from each head to the snow ground for the bodies. If your snowmen overlap, the second body tucks behind the first. Add two little button dots down the front of each one. Then draw bent lines for stick arms on the outside, with a small V on each hand for fingers. One snowman can hold a snowball.
Arms that bend up at the elbow look like the snowmen are waving.
The last drawing step is the snow. Draw small circles all over the inside of the globe, around the snowmen and up near the glass. Spread them out so they look like they are floating and falling. Circles are the easy version. Older kids can turn a few into little snowflakes. Add a few dots to the snow ground too.
Vary the size of the snow dots a little so the snow looks natural.
Color the inside of the globe light blue and leave the snowmen and snow dots white. The blue is what makes the snow show up. Color the hats red and the carrot noses orange. For the base, the video uses red with green bands and yellow dots. Colored pencils make it easy to work around the small snow dots.
Press harder near the glass edge for a deeper blue. It makes the globe look round.
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What is an easy trick for a round snow globe circle?
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1.What is an easy trick for a round snow globe circle?
Answer: Trace an upside-down bowl or cup
Tracing a bowl or wide cup gives a clean circle for the glass.
2.Why curve the bottom line of the base instead of drawing it straight?
Answer: So it looks like it sits down
A curve that matches the globe makes the base look 3D and grounded.
3.What should you avoid when drawing the scene inside?
Answer: Anything poking past the glass
Anything poking past the circle breaks the illusion of glass.
4.How should the falling snow dots be placed?
Answer: Spread all around
Scattered dots look like snow floating and falling.
5.What makes white snow show up once you color?
Answer: Light blue inside the globe
A light blue fill around white dots makes the snow stand out.
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