We found a glass blowing workshop and thought we’d give it a go. We’ve been up to the Corning Museum several time and love it. It’s well worth stopping in if you are in the area. Anyhow, this “workshop” was just some blow torches, insulation mats and glass tubes. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting but it seemed a bit underwhelming. After a lot of instruction and talk of technique and safety we finally got a turn. We put some frit into the glass tubes for color, heated them and blew into them. Then we just had to wait for the slow cooling between the insulation. Here’s what I ended up with:

Glass Balls

I’m not winning any sort of award but I did manage to get 3 to work nicely enough they could go on the tree.