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Lakeside Serenade

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2025-04-30 | By Cheyenne Chua

License: See Original Project 3D Printing Adhesive

As Christmas nears, Swan Lake enchants audiences as a timeless winter favorite. Its ‎‎"white acts" evoke serene, moonlit landscapes, where swan-like dancers mirror the grace ‎of falling snow. This snow globe music box, named Lakeside Serenade, has sweeping ‎melodies and delicate harmonies that capture the season's wonder and magic. Let’s grab ‎some materials and create our very own Lakeside Serenade 🦢❄️‎

Materials Needed

  • Base of Snow Globe

• Manual music box
• ‎3D Printer‎
• Filament (White PLA)‎

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  • ‎Decorative Materials

• DIY Fillable Snow globe (Diameter: 11cm, Height: 12cm)‎
• Polymer Clay
• Epoxy Resin
• Faux Snow
• Glue Gun
• Glue sticks
• Glitter
• Glycerin (30ml)‎
• Water

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Process 1: Create the base

  1. ‎Click Snow Globe Base_stl to download the Snow Globe base

  2. Open the downloaded file in Bambu or Cura to slice the model

  3. Adjust the 3D printer settings and print your base!

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Process 2: Building Swan Model

  1. Preheat the oven to 110°C

  2. Separate 57g of clay into 4 pieces. There should be 1 big piece of clay and 3 equally ‎small pieces of clay

  3. Mold the bigger piece of clay into an aerodynamic shape. That will be the main body ‎of the swan

  4. Mold the 2 smaller pieces of clay into cylinders. The cross-section area of the ‎cylinders is larger than the thickness

  5. Mold the remaining piece of clay (one of the smaller pieces) into a swan head and ‎neck

  6. Assemble the pieces of clay into a swan figure, and adjust the features if necessary

  7. Place the swan model on a baking tray placed with parchment paper and bake for ‎‎15 minutes‎

  8. Once the swan finishes baking, let the model cool down to room temperature

  9. Pour epoxy resin over the swan model and let it cure for 3-7 days so that the swan ‎model is waterproof

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Process 3: Creating “Snow foundation” for Swan

  1. ‎Plug in the hot glue gun and add glue stick

  2. Add a layer of faux snow on the lid of the DIY Snow Globe, while leaving 0.2cm of ‎space at the rim of the lid

  3. Add the hot glue to stick the faux snow to the lid

  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 by layering, until the faux snow is 3cm high‎

  5. Once the faux snow foundation is secure and the swan model is waterproof, hot ‎glue the swan model onto the faux snow

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Process 4: Assembly

  1. ‎Screw the manual music box onto the 3D-printed Snow Globe base

  2. Twist the lid of the Snow Globe onto the DIY Snow Globe for testing

  3. If the lid is secure, fill the DIY Snow Globe with water and 30ml of glycerin

  4. Add as much glitter as you want! ☺️‎

  5. Hot glue the outer rim of the Snow Globe lid and the rim of the 3D printed Snow ‎Globe base to secure the Snow Globe

  6. Shake away!! 🦢❄️✨‎

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Closing thoughts

Congratulations! You’ve built an aesthetically pleasing and auditory snow globe to ‎celebrate this holiday season. This project is a great way for you to learn 3D printing, the ‎mechanism of a manual music box, and the material science behind the chosen items. ‎Hope you enjoy this tutorial. 🦢❄️🎄

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