Gouda, Inc. designs and manufactures custom snow globes made in glass, plastic and resin.

Gouda designs and molds custom scenes for fully custom snow globes. Custom painted scenes and custom floating elements including stars, glitter and even fog. One of our most famous snow globes is actually a fog globe we made for a client in San Francisco. Instead of the effect of snow, we wanted to create the effect of fog. We modified the material used to float in the water to be a smaller grain size that would remain suspended longer and look like fog on the skyline of San Francisco.

Glass snow globes for the best quality

We offer two standard size glass globes. Some complex sculptures benefit from the larger globe size, to have a larger sculpture with more detail. This will depend on your project.

How do I get started?

Our designers create the initial visual concept and shape of the globe interior and base using your guidance and imagery. Once the concept is approved, we create the first sculpture in clay to confirm the details of the design. The clay models are made by hand and are very small. Once the clay model is approved, we make a painted resin sculpture to check the painted details on the sculpture. At this point in the process, we can change anything on the paint effect to create the right look.

What kinds of things can be inside a globe?

We create sculptures from things like a college campus, specific buildings, a cityscape, mountains, animals, cartoon characters, or even a vehicle can be made into a custom snow globe.

What kind of detail can we have in the sculptures?

To see more examples of molded resin sculptures like the ones we use inside our globes, check out this post about our custom molded resin ornaments at the link here: Custom Ornaments

Frequent Questions:

What is the minimum for custom snow globes? 500 units in glass
How long does it take to make custom snow globes? 50 days production after sample approval
What kind of art do I need to provide to create the molds for the globe? We can work from drawings, photos, videos or 3d objects like models, etc.
Are the sculptures 3d inside the globe? Yes, they are small sculptures
Can I have glitter in my globe? Yes
Can I have a musical component to my globe? Yes
Is the base custom molded too? Yes
Can I have a logo on the base of my snow globe? Yes
Do you have different size globes? Yes, 3″ and 4″ are the most popular
Do you provide an approval sample before bulk production? Yes, we make approval samples as part of the production process
If I need a unique shape globe, is that possible? Yes, contact us to discuss