Find a jelly jar or those goofy little round jars that hold pimento's.
Actually anything clear will work. Heck, use a big ole peanut butter jar if you want.
Just make sure you've got a clean jar. 

All you need is imagination. This, of course usually goes on sale the day after Christmas.

I suggest getting the really wacky imagination as opposed to the intellectualist…it's more fun.
It may cost more, but trust me, it's worth the investment. 

Anyway, you'll need crushed egg shells for the falling snow and mineral oil works best as the atmosphere in which the snow falls. It's thick enough to make the 'snow' fall slowly and clear enough to see through. It's also awful tasting. 

Note: the best egg shell is from a hard boiled egg. This allows you to remove the shell from that thin, scummy lining that's inside the egg. Get that off and you won't have "floaters" in your snow scene. 

For the snow 'scene' you get to choose just about any small object to glue to the underside of your lid. The smaller the object the better. Costume jewelry parts work great, so do the clock works of old watches.

If you want human and animal shapes, I like to hand the kids plastic wire ties to make their figurines. 

The next step is getting that all important household appliance - the glue gun - out and start the glue-a-thon.

You certainly can use many other tube glues, but with a glue gun in five minutes you've created a masterpiece!

The glue gun is just as necessary as the refrigerator in my house. Why just the other day the bumper fell off my truck and walah! After about 25 tubes - I had her fixed good as new! 

Anyway, after glueing your snow scene to the underside of the jar's lid, just add the mineral oil and crushed egg shells and screw the lid back on.

Invert, shake like crazy and impress all you're friends.  :)

This one foot snowman uses glass graduated bubble balls lined with artificial snow. Your trusty hot glue gun is used for gluing the snowman into shape then the last step is gluing on the eyes, mouth, buttons and other clothing.

Materials:
Three sizes of bubble balls
Trusty glue gun
Elmer’s SPRAY adhesive or WHITE glue
Two quart bags of artificial snow
A pre-made hat that will fit the smallest bubble ball
Black buttons for eyes
Miniature carrots
Mini pons (for the mouth)
Felt scraps
Grapevine bow
Optional Candle ring and greens to dress the base

First, in a well vented room, use Elmer’s spray adhesive and spray the inside of the bubble balls and then fill with the artificial snow. Tamping the snow will leave a thin white layer stuck to the inside of the bubble ball.

Being careful to position the balls - spread the rim of the largest ball with hot glue and position the middle ball on top. Do the same with the smallest ball. If you prefer to use the white glue instead of the hot glue gun - you should let it set overnight to dry.

Glue on the hat and the eyes. Snip of the green on the carrot and glue onto place as the nose.

For the smile put the glue on the glass first then place the pons on the glue.

For the scarf cut the scrap of felt (or cloth) and glue into place.

Decorate the scarf with the premade grapevine bow or other decorations. Use small twigs under the scarf at the sides of the snowman for arms.

Set the snowman in the candle ring and surround the base with greens.
 

Fruit, especially shiny apples in the season's signature color, makes a fresh decoration for the dining room chandelier. 

 
Materials 

small red apples 
24-gauge wire 
eucalyptus and pine sprigs 
ribbon 
red berries ovines or stems 

Step 1: First determine how many apples you want to hang, based on their weight in relation to the chandelier. To prepare them, fold 18-inch lengths of wire in half, and push one through each apple from bottom to top. Place a sprig of eucalyptus and pine at the center top of each apple, twisting with wire to secure. 

Step 2: Cut the ribbon into 1 (29-inch) length for each apple. Tie each length in a bow. Wire a bow to each apple over the greenery. 

Step 3: To hang the apples, cut the remaining ribbointo strips that are twice the desired suspension length for each plus 6 inches. Wrap each ribbostrip over the top of the chandelier, and tie the ends in a double knot. Using the same end of the wire that holds the greenery and bow, wire each apple to the ribbon hanger at the knot. Push the excess wire back into the apple to secure and conceal it. 

Step 4: Place eucalyptus sprigs inside the tips of the ribbon hangers, and entwine vines or stems of berries around the chandelier as desired. 

Note: To ensure freshness, prepare this arrangement no more than a week to 10 days ahead of party time. You might even want to consider using artificial berries; they really work just as well, and they won't drop.