Christmas Painted Mason Jars
These Christmas painted mason jars are a perfect quick holiday craft idea! Learn how to paint your own mason jars for Christmas they come together so fast but look super cute decorated with greenery and berries. Fill them up with pretty greenery and you have a simple Christmas table centerpiece that will look perfect with your farmhouse table or use them to hold candy canes, flowers, or even utensils.
Yield: 3
Equipment
- Foam paintbrushes
- Polyurethane or ModPodge sealer
- Sandpaper
- Rubbing alcohol
Materials
- 3 mason jars any size will work I like the pint jars
- White chalk paint
- Red chalk paint
- Twine
- Red berries
- Greenery
Instructions
- Wipe down each jar with rubbing alcohol to remove any grease from your hands.
- Then paint the jars white or red using chalk paint and set aside to dry. They will need 2-3 coats of paint.
- Using a fine-grit sandpaper scuff the edges of the jars and around the rim to give it an aged look. Then wipe off any dust that was left behind.
- Sealing the jars helps to protect the paint from scratching and makes it easy to wipe down later. Apply on a coating of your favorite polyurethane or ModPodge sealer.
- When they have dried glue some greenery to the front of the jars.
- Wrap some twine around the jars a few times finally tying a bow in the front.T
- hen glue a red bead just under the bow for a pop of color. Tiny pinecones also look very cute!
Video
Notes
You can also use burlap instead of twine to wrap around the tops of the jars.