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These DIY Christmas Mason Jars are adorable and make great gifts! See How To Make Santa Mason Jars and check out More Holiday Jar Tutorials.
How To Make Santa Mason Jars
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More Holiday Jar Tutorials
I had so much fun making my Fall Mason Jars, I knew I wanted to make Christmas Mason Jars! And Christmas decor would not be complete without Santa 🙂 I thought a Santa Mason Jar would be a little tougher to make, but he is actually really easy. You just need one color of paint, red, black ribbon, and silver pipe cleaners. You can have your Santa Mason Jar Craft ready to be displayed or for gift-giving in under 10 minutes (not including dry time).
I have the tutorials on how to make all those adorable Christmas Mason Jars listed below, so be sure to check them all out.
Here’s what you need to make Santa Mason Jars:
- Red Spray Paint – I used Rust Oleum Semi-Gloss, you can pick up a can at Walmart for under $4 or on Amazon
- Mason Jars – I got a 12 pack at Walmart for under $9, or check on Amazon
- Black Ribbon – I used one with a bit of silver in it, I got it on clearance at Jo Ann Fabrics.
- Silver Pipe Cleaners – You can find these at any craft store, Walmart, etc. I happened to have a few at the house and you only need a partial one for each Santa you make
- Glue – I used hot glue, but super glue would work too
Here’s how to make your Santa Mason Jars:
- Take the lid off the mason jar, and then spray the entire jar red – I place my hand inside the jar partially while spraying
- Allow the jar to dry – mine was ready to go in about an hour or two. I let it dry outside, but I do live in Florida 🙂
- Using a hot glue gun, glue the “belt” onto your jar – measure out your ribbon before gluing it on
- Using scissors or wire cutters, cut a 2-3 inch piece of silver pipe cleaner – you may have to make your longer depending on how big your black ribbon is, mine is about 1/2 inch.
- Shape the silver pipe cleaner into a square, with one small twist, attach the ends together
- Using a hot glue gun (or super glue) glue on your “belt buckle”
- Fill with kisses if desired
Santa needs reindeer! So, of course I had to make Rudolph too 🙂
Here’s what you need to make Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Mason Jars:
- Brown Spray Paint – I used Rust Oleum Semi-Gloss, you can pick up a can at Walmart for under $4 or on Amazon
- Mason Jars – I got a 12 pack at Walmart for under $9, or check on Amazon
- Googly Eyes – Under $2 at Walmart
- Red Pom-Poms – Under $2 at Walmart
- Brown Pipe Cleaners – You can find these at any craft store, Walmart, etc.
- Glue – I used hot glue, but super glue would work too
Here’s how to make your Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Mason Jars:
- Take the lid off the mason jar, and then spray the entire jar brown – I place my hand inside the jar partially while spraying
- Allow the jar to dry – mine was ready to go in about an hour or two. I let it dry outside
- Using a hot glue gun, glue the eyes and “nose” (the red pom-pom) onto your jar
- To make the reindeer antlers, you will need 2 brown pipe cleaners. Twist the two ends together so you have one long pipe cleaner. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the top of your jar, starting at the front and ending in the back. Do one simple twist in the ends of the pipe cleaner so that it will stay up on the jar. Gently bend the remainder of the pipe cleaner on both sides to resemble antlers.
Here’s what you need to make Candy Cane Mason Jars:
- Red and White Spray Paint – I used Rust Oleum Semi-Gloss
- Candy Canes or Hershey Kisses if desired
Here’s how to make your Candy Cane Mason Jars:
- Paint the entire jar white
- Allow the jar to dry for at least 30 minutes
- Spray a red “line” on the top and bottom of the jar
- Allow jar to dry thoroughly
- Fill jar with candy canes or red and silver kisses if desired
I love decorating in snowflakes and light blue over the holidays, so I also made a simple light blue jar and attached a silver bow. You just need the light blue paint, mason jars, and silver ribbon to make this one. Simple and classy!
Fill it with silver Hershey Kisses and you got a fun gift idea 🙂
My Santa Jar and other Holiday Jars are easy to make and look adorable on my Dining Room table, my mantel, ad just about anywhere I put them! I will indeed be making several more to give to the kids’ teachers for their Christmas gifts too.
In fact, my friends have starting asking for them too! So, I will be definitely be making more Santa Mason Jars this season.
Need some supplies for your mason jar crafts?
Happy Holidays!
Looking for more Christmas Crafts? Well, you’re in luck!
Snowman Milk Jugs – Kids Craft
Paint Swirl Ornaments – Kids Craft
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This looks like a really fun project to do with my son.
These are so cute. They would make such wonderful decorations and my grandchildren would love them.
Those are adorable. I love glitter. It’s so festive looking and with the holiday lights, it makes me feel like a kid again.
These will be so attractive and kids will love doing it with me.
i love these ideas! i definitely want to do that Santa’s milk with my kiddos they would love that.
What a fun Christmas craft, this is something I’d love to try. Thank you for sharing this post.
My kids will love making Santa and Rudolph jars. Thanks fir the idea.
I cant believe how pretty these look. What a fabulous gift idea.
such a grea idea super cute
These are just adorable and looks like a lot of fun to make thanks for sharing this one.
You’re welcome, they are so easy to make and I am definitely giving them as gifts this year 🙂 I hope you try them too!
Such a clever idea! I have lots of Mason jars sitting around and now I know what to do with them!
They are so fun to make! Easy too 🙂
So pretty. Kids will love doing it.
Thank you! Be sure to come back and let me know which ones you make 🙂
Such cute DIY ideas for homemade gifts! I especially love the Santa mason jar!
Thank you! They are easy to make and a great gift idea!
These are so cute! and a great idea for the kids to do too.
I LOVE MASON JARS CRAFTS SO MUCH FUN AND CREATIVE, THANKS FOR SHARING THIS
I thought for sure you’d made the Santa plate set and the milk jug was a Starbucks Coffee bottle!
We do a pastel Christmas so I think the simple blue jar is very pretty. It would match our decor perfectly.
This would be a cute DIY Christmas project! Thanks for sharing!
I really like mason jar crafts, they are cute. What I like the most is that the majority can be made by kids. To me, there is nothing better than a gift a child has made. I have ornaments from nieces and nephews who have kids of their own now@
These are so cute. I like the reindeer one. So easy to make too.
That’s such a cute idea!
This is so nice looking! I think I will try this within the next few weeks so it will be ready for Christmas.
All of these are just adorable! Such a fun and easy way to add great holiday decor! 🙂
these are so adorable
These are so cute! My nephew and niece would love to help me make these.
Have done this for other occasions.That is a great idea!
These are some great holiday crafting ideas. I love the Christmas mason jars. especially the reindeer jar.
This would be a perfect project for our after school play group (for young kids who need a safe place to be /play until a parent is home /able to pick them up.)
It would be easy to find volunteers to help out and most of the supplies too. We could turn them into “goody jars”” as gift for the needy over the holiday. Thank you ~ you’ve just given a lot of good ideas that will benefit all!
this would be a cute idea and great craft idea for my kiddos:)
These are so CUTE that I had to pin this for my daughter. She loves making creative things out of Mason Jars. She buys them by the case. For Mother’s Day, she painted a jar with spring colors. Then she glued a picture of her family on the jar & used fancy fonts & different colors for each family member’s name. Finally she put a beautiful bouquet of fake flowers in the jar. The beautiful jar is on my kitchen window sill. THANKS!
These are really cute and easy crafting ideas! My favorite are the mason jars!
These are such cute ideas, I really love those jars you did, I was planning on thursday to spend sometime doing some of mine own, a little different but I do love the way yours came out..
@tisonlyme143
Simple, Easy and FUN! Those are great crafts to make for the season. Thanks.
This is the best idea for basically anyone/ any age and inexpensive
I so much enjoy using my canning jars. I think I like the blue jar that you posted above the best.
These jars are so cute cant wait to make them with the kids. I have seen these jars at the dollar store to .
These are soo cute, Kids would enjoy making them.
I’m in love with the Rudolf mason jar. 🙂 Awesome idea.
Diana C
Thank you 🙂
Very cute and creative! These make great gifts or to keep for your own decorating needs! 🙂
These are super cute, easy, awesome ideas! Thanks!
These are really cute! Happy Holidays!
Thank you…and to you!
I think these may be the cutest DIY Christmas decorations I’ve ever seen. And I love that you can fill them with candy to give as a gift.
Awwww, thank you! We love them too – and we do indeed give them as gifts 🙂
I love these ideas. Im gonna need some help with my grand children and I think they will have so much fun doing it. Thank you so much for sharing it.
My pleasure! Have fun creating!