diy ball jar ornaments
There are 5 of us girls in our family of 9 children and each year we trade gifts. Since we’re all married now and 4/5 being busy moms, the past few years have ultimately turned to gift cards. Don’t get us wrong, we love gift cards buuuut, they’re not as personal as a handmade gift. This year we challenged each other to make a gift and if you know anything out us, we are crazy for glass jars! With gold being so “in” right now, we partnered with Ball brand, snagged some cute 4 ounce jars + battery operated tea lights, and created a simple DIY Mason Jar Ornament that will add the perfect amount of rustic flare to our sisters trees!
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So, want to see how we put these little cuties together?
Supplies:
- 4 oz. Ball canning jars
- regular mouth daisy lid
- Rust-oleum gold metallic spray paint
- glittered gold battery-operated tea light candles
- gold sequin elastic ribbon
Instructions:
- Spray paint daisy lids gold.
- Once dry, loop elastic ribbon and tie in the center of the daisy lid.
- Place glittered tea light candle in ball jar, (add a bit of washi tape to secure the candle in place.)
- Screw lid on and hang from tree!
Note that these are a little heavier than standard ornaments but oh so cute! Hang on a thicker (strong) branch. 😉
You may have spied some of these DIY ornaments from last year like our spindle ornaments, deer head clay ornaments, glittered acorn ornaments, yarn wrapped candy canes or glitter-tipped feathers.
We realize sticking feathers or mason jars in a Christmas tree isn’t very traditional but it is dang cute! 😉
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Love this use for mason jars, these are SO creative!!!!
I like your tree décor! With my tree the jars would be too heavy, great idea! I like your wood icicles, did you make them. Do you have a diy for them? I collect icicles and my tree is covered in them. I have my icicles from when I was a child and they look so real , they are 60 yrs. old.
Merry Christmas
Thank you, Linda! They are hefty little things so I’m glad my small tree can handle the weight!! lol
Your iciciles sound so fun, we LOVE old pretties!! Here’s the DIY for our spindle ornaments, hopefully those are what you were referring to (:
http://lollyjane.com/diy-spindle-ornaments/
Hey girls, just have to say…I love the fix! Thanks for all the inspiration!