How to make a glitter snow globe with your name or photo

A snow globe that sparkles when you shake it, with your own words in it - a name, a greeting, or a photo of someone you love. Here is how to make one in the Glitter Globe, and how to send it to a friend.

A glass snow globe on a silver base, with Let it snow in blue glitter letters, in front of a dark blue night with snowflakes — "Let it snow" in a snow globe, on a winter night.

1 Type your words

Open the Glitter Globe. On the right, under Your words, type a name or a greeting. Press Enter for a second line: two short lines fit a round globe best, like Let it and snow. Under the words are eight letters to choose from, from round and bold (Titan, Lilita, Fredoka, Sniglet, Bubblegum) to written (Pacifico, Lobster) and tall (Bungee).

The Glitter Globe: the snow globe on the left with the buttons Shake it and Save as GIF, and on the right Your words, Your photo and the glitter, base and room to choose — The Glitter Globe: the globe on the left, your words and the rest on the right.

2 Pick the glitter, the base and the room

Glitter: gold, silver, pink, purple, blue, rainbow, holographic or snow. It is the glitter of your letters and of the flakes that whirl around them.
Base: the foot of the globe, in gold, silver, pink, wood or black.
Behind it: the room the globe stands in: Cozy (warm lights), Pink, Night, Sky or White.

Not sure where to start? Under Ideas, one tap sets it all: Let it snow in snowy glitter on a silver base, on a winter night, Happy Birthday in rainbow colors on gold, Sweet dreams on a black base, or Love you, Best Friends and Happy Halloween. Then change the words to make it yours.

Three snow globes: Let it snow in blue on silver, Happy Birthday in rainbow glitter on gold, and Sweet dreams in blue on black — Three ideas: Let it snow, Happy Birthday and Sweet dreams.

3 Shake it

Tap the globe, flick it, or press Shake it: the glitter whirls up, swirls around your words and slowly sinks back. On a phone you can really shake it - Shake your phone lets the globe feel it. When the glitter settles, the picture gets sharper by itself.

4 Put a photo in it

Under Your photo, press Add a photo and pick one: it stands in the globe in a little frame, with your words under it. A photo of your grandchildren with Merry Christmas, of your dog with its name. Take it out takes it away again.

Your photo stays with you. The globe is made in your browser: your photo is not sent anywhere.

5 Save it as a GIF

Press Save as GIF. Your snow globe becomes a moving GIF: the glitter swirls and sinks, over and over. On a phone, Save to Photos or share opens the list of apps, so you can save it to your photos or send it right away.

6 Send it

A GIF keeps moving on Facebook, in WhatsApp and on Discord. On Facebook, add it to a post or a comment as a photo; on WhatsApp, send it as a photo too. More about it in how to post glitter on Facebook and how to save a GIF so it keeps moving.

Or pick a snow globe that is ready, like these two, and add a name to it with Personalize: add a name under the graphic: