DIY Jar Crafts Guide
Deborah is a craft enthusiast. She particularly enjoys creating crafts with a special theme.
Jars are easy to find in the produce section of your local grocery store or craft store. Better yet, mason jars commonly store tasty ingredients. Jars can be reused to create DIY projects. These are three crafts that are easy to make and a lot of fun to put together. Plastic jars can be used for these crafts as well.
Rose in a jar!
Rose Jar
This is an ornamental jar that is lovely placed in a room or given as a gift. The color theme may be any color of rose you wish. I chose red!
You will need:
- Glass Jar (or plastic)
- Fake Rose
- Floral Foam Ball
- Party Beads
- Hot Glue
- Glitter(optional)
Step 1
Glue the foam ball to the inside of the lid.
Glue floral foam ball to the inside of the lid.
Step 2
Take the fake rose and stick the stem into the small foam ball.
Fake roses can be found at a dollar tree or craft store.
Trim off the leaves and cut stem, so that rose will fit in jar.
Stick the stem in the top of foam ball.
Step 3
Take the party bead necklace and cut each bead off into the jar. I chose red beads to match the rose.
Party beads!
Cut each ball off into the jar.
Step 4
Sprinkle glitter into the jar.
Step 5
Gently screw the lid onto the jar. Then turn it right-side up.
All done!
That’s it! Enjoy this rose in a jar.
Fairy Jar!
Fairy Jar
It inspires the imagination to create a fairy garden. Why not a fairy world in a jar?
You will need:
- Jar
- Hot Glue
- Little Fairies
- Floral Ball
- Glitter
- Rocks
- Green Paint
- Green Craft Felt
- Miniature Plants
Fairy figurines!
Step 1
Cut the green felt and glue it on the inside of the lid.
Cut green craft felt to fit inside of lid.
Glue the felt on the inside of lid.
Step 2
Paint the small floral ball green. Paint a river rock green as well. Let them dry.
Paint foam ball and rock green.
Step 3
Glue the floral ball and rock to the inside of the lid. Be sure to take into account that the jar must still be able to screw on the lid and fit over the objects.
Glue them to the inside of lid.
Step 4
Hot glue fairies onto the objects.
Glue fairy to the top of foam ball.
Glue fairy on to the rock.
Glue fairy on to felt.
I also hot glued a figurine mushroom next to foam.
Step 5
Place little plants around the fairies. Sprinkle with glitter.
I places tiny white plants around fairy. Sprinkle glitter.
Step 6
Screw the jar down over the fairies.
Screw the jar over the fairies.
That’s it! Now you have a fairy world in a jar.
Glitter globe!
Little Snow Globe
This little snow globe is relatively easy to make, and a popular DIY jar craft. I decided to craft the little globe when seeing a round shaped jar, but this craft can certainly be made with a regular mason jar.
You will need:
- Jar (I used a round one)
- Little Statue
- Glitter
- Hot Glue
- Lid
- Round Foam (I used gold foam from party scatter)
- Vegetable Glycerin (optional)
This is a small round jar. I decided to make this one a snow globe.
Step 1
Glue a round lid and foam to the inside of the lid. Be sure that it is the right size to fit into lid without interfering with the rim of the jar. The lid needs to be able to be screwed onto the jar.
I glued a lid to the inside of lid, to add height.
I added more height, gluing round gold scatter foam.
Step 2
Hot glue the small figurine to the foam.
I glued this little owl figurine on top. I also glued the tiny welcome sign behind it.
Step 3
Sprinkle glitter into the jar.
Step 4
Fill the jar with water. You may add a dash of vegetable glycerin if you wish to make the glitter sink slowly, but plain water works fine.
Fill jar with water.
Step 5
Carefully screw the lid on the jar. All done! Now you have your very own little snow globe.
All done!
Enjoy making these crafts out of jars!
Comments
Brittany Mayfield on April 13, 2019:
How cute! My niece had a Beauty and the Beast birthday party a while back and I made her an enchanted rose display.
Chitrangada Sharan from New Delhi, India on April 13, 2019:
Beautiful and creative ideas! I liked your craft projects and would love to make them, sometime.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas!
