Gingerbread Family Snow Globe Ornament

Gingerbread Family Snow Globe Shaker Ornament. Instructions, recommended materials, and fonts below.

This design is an ornament with 2 "pockets" - first pocket is the space for your shaker charms (made up of front cover, front seal, and middle spacer) and the back is for your glitter, gems, etc. (made up of middle seal, back spacer, back seal, and back cover). They're separate because I found glitter made the character charms hard to see when all in the same pocket. The pieces are placed together at the middle seal and voila, you've got a full shaker with everything visible.

1. Select which characters are needed (any duplicates needed can be copied and pasted in your laser program once you generate the file before you run your cuts)

2. Fill in desired text

3. Download SVG File

4. Cut pieces from the following:*

   • Front Cover and Back Cover: Craft Plastic, Flex, or Veneer of your choice with 3M or comparable on the back

   • Front Seal, Middle Seal, and Back Seal from Clear Flex (or patterned flex, like snowflakes on clear, but you want it to be mostly see-through) - keep in mind flex can be cut with vinyl cutting machines if you need something diode compatible!

   • Middle Spacer from 1/4" material of your choice with 3M or comparable on both sides. I like Clear Acrylic, but you can use wood to make this diode compatible.

   • Back Spacer from 1/8" material of your choice with 3M or comparable on both sides

   • Charms from 1/8" material of your choice (I like Eco-Birch or finished wood for easy cleanup) - be sure to cut duplicates of any characters you may need.

5. Assemble in the following order:

   • Front Cover, Front Seal, Middle Spacer (Place Charms inside this section before adding Middle Seal), Middle Seal, Back Spacer (Place Shaker Inclusions inside this section before adding Back Seal), Back Seal, Back Cover

6. Add Ribbon for hanging and you're all set!

If you do not want the glitter pocket, simply skip cutting the second spacer element (1/8) and one of the flex seal pieces. Video at end for more info.

Need to see it assembled to fully grasp the process? No problem. Here's My Assembly Video:

You can skip to the assembly at 3:50

Links to Suggested Materials:

• Craft Plastic – Custom Made Better

• Christmas Flex – Smokey Hill Designs

• Wood Veneer-Finished — Craft Closet (I like the Cherry best, but they have many styles!)

• Flex Material Clear – Smokey Hill Designs (I always use clear for the front seal piece at least)

• PatternPly® Scattered Snowflakes – Smokey Hill Designs - You want FLEX

• Crystal Clear Transparent Cast Acrylic, Laser Safe, 1/4”, 12”x19” — Craft Closet

• MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard), 12”x19”, 12"X12", 18"x24" laser / Glowforge ready — Craft Closet

• 1/8" EcoBirch – Smokey Hill Designs

• Inclusions/Embellishments:

  Chunky Glitter:

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R5S16BD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  Clay “sprinkles” - Christmas Mix:

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKZY5D87/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  Clay “sprinkles” - Snowflake Mix:

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BHYDWJM3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  Nail Decals - Holiday Mix:

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09G2G9815/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

• Markers and Paint Pens:

  Tooli:

  https://shop.tooli-art.com/

  Posca:

  https://www.dickblick.com/products/uni-posca-paint-markers/?gclid=CjwKCAjwseSoBhBXEiwA9iZtxmeyi5D4T7FCnulZQbj1xNt0M8vhDCssgLsIsX6LioPZh_FCvq4PUBoCgoIQAvD_BwE

  Sharpie:

  https://www.sharpie.com/markers.html