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.

Sampling Stage

Once the concept for your globe is approved, we create the first sculpture in clay to confirm the details of the design.  Clay models are made by hand and are very small. Once the clay model is approved, we cast a resin sculpture from the clay. At this stage, the resin is painted to check the details on the sculpture. At this point in the process, we can change anything on the paint effect to achieve the right look.

What kinds of things can be inside a globe?

We have made sculptures from bridges, buildings, cityscapes, mountains, animals, figures, cartoon characters, and even trucks and tractors can be made into a custom snow globe.

What kind of detail can we have in the sculptures?

Sculptures are quite detailed, but remember, everything is made by hand. 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
  • If I want to receive my globes by the holidays when should I start? Spring is safest to allow for sampling, production and shipping via ocean. Globes do not ship via air
  • 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

Contact Us

Call or EMAIL us to discuss creating your custom snow globes: 212-477-9373

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