Local dad builds permanent life-sized snow globe to surprise his family [Video]

SWAN VALLEY — A local man recently surprised his family by building a life-sized walk-in snow globe, and the giant decoration is here to stay in east Idaho for locals and travelers to enjoy.

Bryce Jurgy, a social media influencer who lives near Swan Valley, said his wife, Nellie, and their two daughters — ages six and four — have a love for snow globes.

The Jurgys document their family adventures and travels online, and decided they’d start collecting Christmas ornaments and snow globes from the places they travel to.

“As we were decorating for Christmas … I just had the thought, ‘How rad would it be to build a snow globe we could go in?’ … We can keep collecting snow globes but how cool (would it be) to build a snow globe we can collect memories in?” he wondered. “It was this what-if idea that started with some sketching on paper.”

Over the span …