Football Party Mason Jars – Sports Themed Party Ideas with Masons There was one day last week that felt a bit fall-ish to me. You could just smell it in the air. The smell of turning leaves. And back to school. And sweaters and pumpkins and mums … and football! […]
Football Party Mason Jars
Football Party Mason Jars – Football Party Ideas with Mason Jars. Can we talk Super Bowl? Or, more accurately, Super Bowl parties … I’ll admit I’m not much for game watching. However, I do enjoy the ad watching. And the half time show antics and mishaps (can you say left shark?). And then there’s […]
Mason Jar Fairy Jar
Remember the days of catching fireflies in jars? It always sounded fun to me, right on up to the point where I had to touch a bug … Ugh! That part was not so fun. So I let my brother catch them for me while I held the jar. Some creative (and perhaps […]
Minion Mason Jar
Minions. You either love them or hate them. Though, I have to say, I see much more love than hate. With the exception of my teen daughter. For some reason or other, Minions rub her the wrong way. And once she expressed her anti-Minion stance I took it upon myself to surround her with […]
Tropical Sunset Mason Jar
When I was a young girl, I used to doodle. A lot. I was a day dreamer. And many of those dreams involved sun and sand and water and palm trees. And over and over and over again I would create a tropical sunset vignette. With a little island. And a palm tree. With […]
Baseball Uniform Mason Jar
I’m a Chicago Cubs fan. I know, I know. They have a sad track record. But I’m ever hopeful. We live less than a mile from Wrigley Field. And during baseball season, our neighborhood is bustling with Cubs blue-and-red-clad fans. All hopeful that this year will be our year. And all excited to spend […]
Mason Jar Crafts for Kids Book
It’s official. I’m a published author. A published author of a mason jar crafts for kids book. That’s right. That’s my name up there. On the cover of my new book. A new book that is currently available to order on Amazon.com and BN.com and Indiebound.org and Books a Million. Just click here … […]
Zombie Mason Jars
Just when I thought the blogging and crafting world had exhausted every way a mason jar can be used for Halloween crafts … my daughter handed me this brilliant idea. Zombie mason jars! I was washing off some acrylic paint from a jar in the kitchen sink and my daughter commented that it looked […]
Mason Jar Aquarium
Looking for a fun summer activity to keep the kids amused and entertained for hours? This mason jar aquarium might just fit the bill … Oh, and rest assured that no real fish were harmed in the creation of this project. You can find the tutorial for this super cute and clever mason jar […]
Mason Jar Easter Chick
This mason jar Easter chick is beyond cute … it’s truly, marvelously clever too! The use of material for the wings is ingenious … and I’m not going to tell you what was used. Nope. I’m going to send you to Shaken Together blog for the instructions. Oh, and while you’re there […]
Gold Dinosaur Topped Jars
My friend Elena at ‘a casarella’ was wondering if the whole painting of plastic animals was overdone in blog land. And to that I say no …. no, no, no, and no! I can’t get enough of this trend. Especially when said painted animal – or dinosaur, in this case – sits atop […]
Paint Drip Mason Jars
These paint drip mason jars are so easy to make. In fact, they’re so easy to make that they’re a perfect craft to do with your kids. I first made a set with my daughter a few years ago. Inspired by a display at our local Anthropologie store. How To Make Paint […]
Valentine’s Cards for Boys
I’m not a bug person. In fact, I run screaming in the other direction when I see one. But then again, I am a girl after all … But boys? Yeah, boys love bugs. It’s in their genes. So this fun idea for a love bug boys Valentine’s Day card and gift idea is […]
Snowman Mason Jar
My sister loves to decorate for the holidays with snowman … because the snowman decorations don’t have to come down after the first of the new year. They can satay put through January and February. So when Malia at Yesterday on Tuesday shared with me her super cute snowman mason jar, I immediately […]
Turkey Cookie in a Jar
My mother always told me not to play with my food. But then again she never made cookie turkey parts … and frosted them with appropriate cookie turkey parts colors … and packaged them up in a mason jars … for me and my siblings to play with before we gobbled them […]
Monster Pudding Jars
What kid wouldn’t love an afterschool snack in a monster jar … with googlie eyes. I’ve fessed up before my love of googlie eyes. Which seems to come to fruition at Halloween. I definitely lean towards more ‘cutsie’ Halloween crafts … versus the dark and spooky and gory. And this easy-to-make […]
Free Mason Jar Printables
Okay, I love chocolate … I love M&M’s … I love free stuff … I love mason jars … And I love free stuff that involves chocolate and M&M’s and mason jars … Like these free mason jar M&M printable lids from Printables from Colette … How fun. How […]
Gift Idea: Dinosaur Jars
How fun is this dinosaur-mason-jar-topped kid gift idea … especially since the jars are also filled with cookies that will fulfill a stegosaurus-sized appetite! It’s not a secret that I’m a fan of creature-topped mason jars. I love how fun the lids look when you take some cheap plastic animals and […]
Fall Crafts in Jars Ideas
It was just a matter of time, wasn’t it? It was just a matter of time before I put together a 15 Fabulous Fall Mason Jar Craft Ideas … although, with me sharing these with you on October 4 I feel a bit late to the fall crafting party. I should have posted this […]
Jack-O’-Lantern Jars
Who needs to carve a real pumpkin when you can make fun Jack-O’-Lanterns with recycled jars? I mean, who doesn’t want to skip that whole messy pumpkin carving part? You know, sidestepping that goopy stuff inside that’s all stringy and messy and just won’t go away … And then there are the seeds. […]
Spiders in Mason Jars
Do you see those spiders in mason jars? Yes? Well take a closer look at that spider in the jar on the left. You know, the one with a little bit of spider web stuffing in the bottom … The one with creepy crawly spiders along the lid … Do […]
Mason Jar Ghost Craft
These mason jar ghosts are so fabulous on so many levels … so, so many levels! What a fun kid’s craft idea for Halloween … Or how cute would these mason jar ghosts look at a Halloween party? Maybe even as a party favor for the kids … filled to the […]
Painted Mummy Masons
I shared these painted mummy mason jars on the other blog last week … and I just love how they turned out. I have them perched at eye level on an armoire in my dining room. And every time I walk past them – which is about a hundred times a day – […]
Ghosts In Mason Jars
Ghosts in Mason Jars – Halloween Craft Ideas with Mason Jars. Ghosts in mason jars. That’s the title I decided on in the end … but there were so many, many ideas to choose from. Seriously. I wasn’t sure what to call these … Halloween globes? Mason jar ghost terrariums? Halloween dioramas […]