Epsom Salt Ornament Tutorial - Epsom salts can turn powdery over time - see description. 

My aunt dipped the bottoms half of clear glass candle vases from the dollar store. Grouped together they were just beautiful! The candle light flickering through the salt was magical. Looked like ice!

If u weren't going for a see thru glass looking bulb, I have another option. Pour white acrylic paint, or whatever color u want, inside the bulb. Swirl it around until its coated, drain off excess n dry. That way, ur bulb won't b clear, but will look more like snow. A wooden dowel stuck in floral foam makes a good drying stand. Just an idea

The technique you present here is so much easier and less time-consuming than the one shown on another video I recently watched. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this method with us!

Just a tip for you put some mod podge in a small cup or bowl then pour in some Epsom salt stir it up the put some color in it ( cake coloring or water paint) then cover the bulb with the mixture then add some uncolored Epsom salt and let dry. It's beautiful.

I'm so amazed at what you keep learning when you look.

Love love love it! For the absolute beginner I recommend tutorials that are imperfect

I learn something new everyday...I am so glad I clicked on your channel. The finished ornament looked beautiful. 👍👍👍🤪🤪

Love the sense of humor you inject in your videos.

I just tried this last night but I did it on the inside of a Dollar Tree small fishbowl, I had a problem with the Epsom salt falling off in clumps I had to start over 2 times I watched so many tutorials on it and it seemed like it was going to be so easy but it wasn’t I finally used regular table salt and glitter mixed in and that turned out pretty good I also learned That spraying hairspray after it dries sets it pretty good! I felt like I had salt and glue from my head to my toes! Live and learn! And thank you so much for not being afraid of not looking perfect,makes me feel brave enough to try and try again! Love love love you!

Keep being you. And a big thank you for doing really great crafts.. I can't wait for more...

I go to a crafters club once a month and for our December meeting we're to bring a hand made ornament - this is a perfect idea - so glad I stumbled upon your channel (I subscribed too)

This is soooo PRETTY!!! I love Christmas!!!

I appreciate you doing this video. Whether you've done this before or not. I think you're quite the clever lady and could see myself enjoying doing crafts with you. I live your sense of humor and your moxy for taking something and enjoying it. I haven't given the 👍 in awhile. Thank you. I'll be following you... As well as looking for other videos you've done. Again thank you.

It's beautiful and you have a great sense of humor! Thank you!

omg...im dead over here with laughter...You are so funny. I love real people. Sending Holiday Hugs.

They also have scented epsom salts with lavender, very fragrant, would be nice to use as well!

I love your tutorials! You are SO real!!

You can spray it with a clear acrilic or adhesive and they would stay. This is beautiful. Thank you for the idea.

Loved this craft video 😂. Great craft, pretty and wonderful presentation. Loved it👏👏👍

Wow. Very impressive. I never thought of Epsom salts. Thank you 🎄

Live your video. Thanks. I had to share my love of freezer paper. I use it for everything but freezing - paint templates, just tried a folded Texas star with it to get size before using my one large board, and always underneath my crafts. Recently my grown daughters came over to make home made cheese-spinach-basil ravioli with me. I covered a large portion of my bar and countertops with it using clear moving tape. Then I could see any filling that escaped etc. my counters are earth toned granite and I also didn’t want to have to clean flour + water = glue off of them later. Lol. When my 29 year old was 3, I fed the freezer paper over the top of our rectangle coffee table (short side to short side) and she colored, painted, we used stamps, etc all on the paper side, and I was moving it off the table as we went so we had 20+ feet of this ‘art’. Then I used that to wrap our presents that Christmas. The plastic backing makes it perfect for paintings.

Im getting an early start at crafting some homade Christmas gifts /ornaments/decor and im just so happy i found this video!!! Thank you for sharing!!

Food coloring, great idea! I love how it turned out! Thanks for sharing! :)

This is a great idea. Reminds me of those lights from the 70s that were red, blue, yellow, green.

Old video but good idea. Glad I found it. Glad you made it for me to find.😀 HAPPY Holidays to you.

I love this creation. I will give it a try. Hey you are very funny. You had me laughing several times. Thank you for the tip about the wax paper.

Love it looks great I never knew Epson salt could be so pretty🎄☃️

I absolutely loved this video :) such fun!!!

Great job never seen that before and some people just have bad comments to say but I like it

ps can it be sprayed with a clear spray to seal it.

You think this will work with the clear plastic ornaments?

Very nice! Can’t wait to check out more of your videos!

You are a hoot, so much fun watching your videos!!!

Hi Sandra just sat in the Sun and watched your grand opening video made just for us. It felt like I was there for a moment you did a great job filming. Love listening to your stories and I know you're busy right now getting ready for your big Grand evening can't wait to hear how it went but please please get some good rest. So sorry about your dog I know they are one of the family members.

could you put another layer or mod podge on it to keep the salts from falling off?

Can you go back and add more mod podge then more salt over the bare areas?

Great idea, I have used the DOLLAR TREE lavender bath salts on a glass bottle DYI and gave it a MOD PODGE coating on top of the bath salts. It turned out quite well.

Every time I use Epson salt it melts so how do I keep it from melting?

Would like to see it next to Christmas lights, to see how it picks up and reflects color from the lights. Nice!

Never seen this. Thank you for sharing!

I did some jars with tea lights inside and it turned out great!

HappyBirds Glitter Nest here on RU-vid uses Triple Thick Glass Glaze instead of modgepodge. Thicker material to hold the glitter-type materials. Will give you a thicker coverage with the epsom salts. Check out her Layered Snowflake tutorial. Creative Blessings!

Great job! That looks simple enough that maybe even I could do it... :)

I know when working with moss, to keep it from shedding you can spray it with hair spray. How do you think that would work with this?

Those are pretty specially with the color💞 my tip to make the color not to fade is spray it with clear coat sealer paint ☺️

Home and family's show how to make salt dough on one of their shows. They use plain table salt and the crafter Marie said that it last for years if you dry the item you made. Also she said use a clear coat plain spray paint to make the item last even longer.

thanks for the info as well as the nice ornament

Thanks! I'm going to use this for my tree branch centerpieces. This is way better than glitter!

very pretty it looks like ice sickles. Thanks for sharing

Loved this video, am going to give it a try. Even if it does eventually go powdery, just means I can do something different without buying another ball. (lol) You are a lovely person with a great sense of humor, I subscribed and looking forward to more crafting adventures with you.

If you spray it with clear gloss afterwards the salt won’t fall off as easily

A word of warning!!! I used this method to cover a mason jar and when it dried I decorated it and place it on my window ledge, above my radiator, the salt actually melted from the heat of the radiator and went quite flat and turned white. So just a word of warning, that heat actually melts the salts. Great tutorial, thank you. Jane

What do my modge podge epsom salt diy have water on bottom after drying? 3:46

Thank you I need a lot of ornaments and I will be making them your way simple and easy

what if you put the colored Epson salt inside the ball? it is pretty on outside never saw this idea. and I can always use a quick gift.ty

looks wonderful

Would you be able to spray it with clear coat so you don't loose the epsom salt?

Excellent project!

Can you seal it with more glue or a spray fixative?

the best way to color Epsom salts is to put an amount in a zip lock bag, us Wilton paste food color you can make it as light or dark as you like.. a little goes a long way. use a tooth pick to dip in to the color and place it on a small portion of the salts, close the bag and work it into the salts until you get the color you desire. Use a new tooth pick each dip into the color or have separate colors for crafts and cooking

I agree with Ms. Dey! I love real! Cute idea, too!

I loved this video , your down to earth and funny , and informative , greetings from England happy Christmas to you and your famil

Oooh I like the colored Epson salt

Such a gorgeous DIY Amy💖 thank you so much for sharing😉👌 xoxoNadia💋

Mod podge over top will set it or I've heard to spray hair spray on glitter to set it.

I saw a youtube video that used sea salt mixed with glitter. I think the epson salt looks pretty.

Love your Vid's your so down to earth !!!! Love you inspiration for all of us " Beginners !!!! "

That was hilarious! Enjoyed!!

Could I use plastic balls from the $store

Loved your tutorial...i have one suggestion...to keep salt from falling off after finished..i would litely spray with a sealant

Hi Amy. I made one of these after watching watching your wonderful video. Can't believe it's already been a year. I put hair spray all over mine and they have lasted. :) Also, you can use shellac in a spray as well and it will hold for quite awhile. :) God bless you and hope you are doing well. :)

Looks fantastic! I don't know if this helps, but you might want to use a sealer? Either spray or brush on, depending on personal preference...but might help with using food coloring method you suggested.

Would it be helpful to spray modpodge after you apply the salt

Very pretty! Have to try! Will give u kudos when i do! Tfs

I wonder if anyone put glue in the inside drained it out then pour the Epson salt in the outside and I left over pour out let it dry or to keep the same affect as if it was on the outside or not. Minus that’s all falling off of the outside festive me of some fat burning inside I won’t tried it yet.

I wonder if anyone put glue in the inside drained it out then pour the Epson salt in the outside and I left over pour out let it dry or to keep the same affect as if it was on the outside or not. Minus that’s all falling off of the outside festive me of Sam fact bunny inside I won’t tried it yet.

Ty for sharing.. Very pretty!

Absolutely AWESOME! Loved that you mess up just like me. Lol an Thank You! you inspired me to cover a few things with epsom salt. Another like& subscribe here.

Really pretty. I think that I may put homemade bath salts inside of these ornaments. I will then paint the outside white with just craft paint; then do Your AWESOME IDEA WITH THE MOD PODGE AND EPSOME SALTS!!! I LOVE YOUR IDEA! They are BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank You for sharing Your Awesome idea with Us.

I am just wondering if you put the glue/modpodge inside of the ornament and then pour in the epsom salt? That way you wouldn't have to worry about it being knocked off? I'm not sure if that would work but after i saw the end of this video i started thinking about this!! Either way Amy it was a great craft!!

Thank you for sharing your video you did a great job

really pretty...thank you

Use an old pencil ✏️ to stick in the hole so you can swivel 🎄🎄

Just a note I’ve gotten my bulbs from Wal Mart in a large box of 10-12 I think I haven’t bought any in a long time but they didn’t cost much at all. I suggest you check there or a similar store as the craft stores cost more. But beautiful ornaments.

For colored epsom salts, I would lightly spray with homemade alcohol ink in layers allowing to dry between

thank you Amy that bub is really beautiful....

These are So Beautiful!! I think a deeper colored fancy wider ribbon would look Great Too. If you use the food coloring you could try to seal it with clear krylon spray. It might work to stop it from bleeding. It might also work to keep the salt from falling off too. Ive used it to seal paintings.

You are by far, so far, my Favourite RU-vid Crafter. Why??? Because you are imperfect, you are are REAL and you are Hilarious. :) Thanks so much for the fun video and for the laughs. I Love how you kept it real and didn't try and edit the goofy bits out.

Thank you 😊 I’m having “craft night” for a get together ! And this will be a activity !

Confused... So I just had to respond to the "haters comment" below. Absolutely loved this... 😁

Use mod podge spray for a finished product to seal it

Genius!!! Thank you

I love it just the way it is ..great ...Love it

Happy work

Love it!🙀

very nice tutorial .. I subscribed! :)

I guess to colour the epsom salts you could glue it on plain then when the glue has set you could dab a coloured felt pen on to it . It would take time but the result might be fab

Thin mogpog down with water and put in a spray bottle. Once the epsom salts is dry lightly spray with the mixture. 2 or 3 coats drying in between coats will seal it.

THE COMEDY HOUR! OMG I'm cracking up laughing, you're hysterical💚

I never thought to use epsom salt but great idea...it really does look like ice. I bet if you coat the inside with a color, maybe typical holiday colors like red, green, blue, the color would reflect through the salt. Another idea is once it's dry, coat the outside lightly with more mod podge to seal it so that you can handle it wiout creating bare spots. Merry Christmas!