I have always loved gumball machines! All the beautiful colors of the gumballs and the brightly painted gumball machine is enough to make this girl’s heart skip a beat! Now, I have never been able to chew the gum (way too much dental work to mess with), but I do love the memory I have of it being the first thing to greet me in our small-town grocery store!
This little tabletop version is quite a bit smaller than the original gum ball machines and is just the perfect size to sit on my shelf and remind me of that little grocery store with the creaky wooden floors.
Make sure to wash the globe of your snow globe (a.k.a. gum ball machine) inside and out with your favorite glass cleaner.
Side note: Leave the styrofoam in the bottom as a filler so you won’t need so many gumballs
Remove the tops of your iridescent glass ball ornaments and set the tops aside. Squeeze a good amount of paint into the ball ornament. Place your finger over the opening of the ornament and shake the ornament vigorously making sure that the inside is coated evenly.
Take the top off the paint bottle and place the ornament upside down to let the excess drip back into the bottle.
Put the top back on and set the ornament back into the ornament holder top side up and let the paint dry for a few hours or overnight.
Place your new “gum balls” in the gum ball machine being very careful not to crack any of them.
