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By Meg Hemmelgarn on December 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

Make Snowmen from Glass Jars

Craft Ideas· Home Decor Ideas· Seasonal Ideas

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Learn how to make snowmen from glass jars using empty food containers, spray paint and a few craft supplies. It’s an easy DIY craft for Christmas or winter.

Hi guys! I’m Meg from Green With Decor. I’m excited to be back at Kenarry today!

I love upcycling and reusing things around the house. It does lead to me keeping almost every glass jar or bottle from food we eat, but sometimes the jar shapes are just too perfect to toss in the recycling.

For my most recent glass jar project, I made these cute little snowmen.

How to make snowmen from glass jars. What a fun winter DIY project!

I love them because they can stay out after all the Christmas decorations go away. The house always seems a little bare after all the festive holiday decor goes away, so I’m glad we can leave these out a bit longer.

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Supply list:

  • Jars (Mine are from Marzetti salad dressing. I love their shape!)
  • White spray paint
  • Black spray paint
  • Black permanent marker
  • Orange permanent marker
  • Rubber cement
  • Buttons
  • Red ribbon

How to make snowmen from glass jars:

1. Spray paint the jars and the lids.
I flipped the jars upside down so I could get the bottom of the jars, too.

How to make snowmen from glass jars. What a fun winter DIY project!

Spray the lids of the jars black to look like the snowmen’s hats.

You can probably get away with one coat of spray paint as long as you’re careful to cover the entire jar and lid.

How to make snowmen from glass jars. What a fun winter DIY project!

2. Draw the faces.
I laid the button on the jar for placement before I drew on the face.

I did the eyes and mouth first, then put the orange nose in the middle.

How to make snowmen from glass jars. What a fun winter DIY project! 3. Tie ribbon around the jars.
I picked red ribbon to give a little Christmas flair. I love how it looks like a little scarf.

How to make snowmen from glass jars. What a fun winter DIY project!

4. Glue the buttons to the jar.
Use rubber cement or a hot glue gun. Since this project needs such a small amount of glue, I went with rubber cement so I didn’t have to deal with heating up the glue gun. (It’s a busy time of year!)

Do you decorate for winter or does everything seasonal go away after Christmas?

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Thanks to Carrie for having me today!

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Craft Ideas· Home Decor Ideas· Seasonal Ideas

About Meg Hemmelgarn

Meg is the blogger behind Green With Decor. She loves home renovating and decorating – and the color green. Meg is a fan of white woodwork, throw pillows and knocking down walls to make a space better. She believes everyone can make their home into a space they love, even on a budget, by getting creative in how they use the space, shopping around and tackling some DIY projects. Meg and her husband are renovating, decorating and landscaping their 1950s fixer upper into their dream home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she’s not painting furniture or watching HGTV, she’s probably hanging with her puppy Oakley.

Meg shared her great ideas on Ideas for the Home by Kenarry® from October 2016 - May 2017. Follow Meg on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus and Instagram.

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