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Pretty Handy Girl: Glass Jar Votive Holders

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Glass Jar Votive Holders

This has to be one of my favorite activities to do with the kids!
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Glass Jar Votive Holders

Start by saving jars for a month or more! Salsa, jelly, vegetable, and baby jars all work well. Soak the jars to remove the labels and scrub any excess glue off.

Materials:
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  • Clean Jars
  • Mod Podge (or diluted School Glue)
  • Brushes
  • Jar of water to rest brushes in
  • Tissue Paper (I limited the palette to whites and blues)
  • Magazine cut outs, sheet music, stickers, or decorative hole punches
  • Plastic tablecloth or sheet to cover your work area
1. Tear your tissue paper, sheet music, or other paper into small strips and/or cut magazine pictures into small pieces.
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2. Brush a coating of Mod Podge onto the outside of the jar.
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3. Lay down your first layer of papers. (You be the creative genius here! You really can't go wrong.)
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4. Coat the top of your paper layer with more Mod Podge and continue until the jar has been covered. It is okay to and encouraged to overlap layers. (Again, you are the creative genius!)
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5. Finish your jar by brushing on a final coating of Mod Podge. Be sure everything has been coated.
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6. Rest your votive holders on wax paper to dry. (Did you know that I never buy wax paper anymore? I use recycled cereal bags.) After an hour, flip your jars over to allow the other end to dry.
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Insert your tea lights or use flame-less candles and enjoy!

They are so adorable, that after the season has passed, I've been known to use these for pencil holders, for makeup brushes or impromptu vases for a bud or two. They also make a great gift from your child to an adoring Grandparent! 

What do you think? Are they gift-worthy?

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10 Comments:

At December 8, 2010 at 6:58 PM , Anonymous Brandy said...

Those look great and easy! I may have to dig in my recycle bin and get started!

 
At December 9, 2010 at 9:40 AM , Blogger Caitlin Campbell said...

Adorable and definitely gift worthy...shall I send you my mailing address :)

 
At December 9, 2010 at 9:51 AM , Blogger Paige @ Little Nostalgia said...

I love anything that involved Mod Podge. It's seriously the easiest thing to do and it's almost impossible to mess up! The ones with sheet music are my fave. :-)

 
At December 9, 2010 at 11:43 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

Pretty pretty! i love these.

 
At December 9, 2010 at 11:55 PM , Blogger a voice said...

love the colors, the blue looks perfect muted with the white tissue over it. next time my kids do these i may try limiting their color palette and adding some neutrals such as you did with the snowflakes and sheet music.
about the wax paper, hadn't heard of the cereal thing before, does it work when having to roll cookie dough logs, if it dosen't stick i shall have to try this. another question can you iron the pieces together like you can with wax paper?


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At December 10, 2010 at 9:03 AM , Blogger The Painted Cottage said...

Love these! What a great idea ... Would be great homemade Christmas presents too!

 
At December 11, 2010 at 2:29 AM , Blogger Anestazia said...

Hey there! I just wanted to let you know that I think these look awesome, and that I featured them on my blog! The post will be up in the morning if you would like to check it out!

Anestazia <3
http://yourworkistodiscoveryourworld.blogspot.com/

 
At January 12, 2011 at 9:03 AM , Blogger Heather at Willow Cottage said...

These are great! I can't wait until I have enough glass jars to make these. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for posting this.

 
At January 12, 2011 at 5:14 PM , Blogger Bonnie @ House of Grace said...

So sweet! What a great way to recycle too! Saw it on CSI project!
Bonnie :)

 
At January 13, 2011 at 1:33 PM , Anonymous Stacey said...

I think even I could make these! Simple but so pretty!

 

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