This is a fun project which is cheap and easy to do, with most of the things you need being things you will probably already have in your home.
These coloured jars are perfect for display- they can hold jewelry, bits and bobs, fake flowers - anything you want! They are a pretty addition to the home and can be made any colour to match colour schemes in your house.
Rating: EASY
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 20 minutes
You will need:
- Glass jar/ Mason jar
- PVA Glue or Mod Podge Gloss
- Food colouring (this can be any colour of your choice)
- Cup
- Mixer or stirrer of some kind (I used a paintbrush)
- Baking paper
- Baking tray
- Sticky back plastic
- Scissors
- Pencil
Method:
Draw a heart on a piece of sticky back plastic, and cut it out. Then stick this heart on the inside of your glass jar. Make sure there are no air bubble and you have pressed the sticky back plastic down firmly.Mix some food colouring with the PVA glue in a cup.
Pour the coloured glue into glass jars. Swirl the glue around the jar until all areas are covered, then pour the glue back into the paint cup.
Leave the jars to drain upside down on baking paper for about 5 minutes.
Don’t worry if lots of glue drains out – that’s normal!
After 5 minutes move the jar onto a baking tray with a new sheet of baking paper.
Bake in oven for 20 to 30 minutes on low heat.
This will dry it completely and turn it translucent!
Leave the jar to cool for up to 20 minutes. Then reach inside your jar and peel off the sticky-back plastic heart. This should leave a little clear piece of the jar in the shape of a heart.
The glue which drained out while the jars were in the oven should easily peel off, and if not use hot water to clean it off.
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| They should turn out looking something like this, only with the heart cut-out of one part. [Image via here] |
Printable and downloadable instructions:
CAUTION:
These jars ARE NOT waterproof.
Make sure you put the jars in the oven on low heat, or this will not work.
Hope you enjoyed this craft tutorial! Please feel free to send in pictures of your jars to:
theholidayproject@rocketmail.com
Hannah xox
