Let it snow…

Create an enviable snowy scene on your dining room table with these gorgeous snow-effect jars

You will need

2 glass jars or vases of different sizes
Length of scrap paper to protect your worksurface
A few handfuls of Epsom salts
Permanent spray adhesive
Glue gun
Twine
2 faux Christmas picks/faux berries and foliage
2 sets battery- operated fairy lights

1 Scatter the Eposom salts over the paper on your chosen worksurface (step A)

2 Cover your first jar or vase in spray adhesive and roll it across the layer of Epsom salts, making sure that its surface is fully covered (steps B and C)

3 Set it aside to dry for 30 minutes

4 Once the jar is dry, plug in the glue gun to heat up.

5 Take a length of twine and wrap it around the neck of the jar or vase. Tie it off in a bow. Glue the twine into place (step D)

6 Take a faux Christmas pick and use the glue gun to fix it to the front of the jar.

7 Set aside to dry then repear with your second jar.

8 Add a string for fairy lights to each jar and place in the centre of your table ready for the big day!

Extracted from Craft Your Year with Sara Davies by Sara Davies (Bantam Press, £20)

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