If you have been following our blog for any length of time then you will know that we LOVE recycling glass jars and turning them into tealight holders. I love being able to bring them out each season and use them to decorate our home and the boys love giving them as gifts. Now that Halloween is over and we haven’t yet decorated for Christmas we had a need for something to fill the gap and we came up with a winter snowflake jar luminary.
The beauty of this is we can bring it out after we have taken down the Christmas decorations and are feeling like the house needs some sparkle again and we can use it to celebrate the Winter Solstice too.
How to make a Winter Snowflake Jar Luminary
Materials
Old clean glass jar
Snowflake sprinkles
Blu Tak White Glue
Ricrac, tape or ribbon
Battery tea light
Instructions
Start off by removing any labels from your jars. Lemon or any other citrus essential oil is great for removing sticky residue. Then coat the outside of the jars with PVA glue, we love Blu Tack white glue, it has a thick consistency ensuring the sequins do not slip off, but it also dries totally clear with a brilliant shine.
Add the sequins. You can use any but Maxi chose a selection of white and silver snowflakes and he places them pretty randomly around the jar. Allow the glue to dry.
To cover the rim at the top of your jar you can add ribbon, tape or even ric rac which is what Maxi chose. Glue it on with your PVA glue and allow to dry and then pop in a battery operated tealight and enjoy.
The brilliance of these are they only cost pennies to make. Our sequins were bought from the pound shop and we had the glue and ribbon in our stash.
They look lovely during in they come into their own at night when the tealight is lit up and reflects against the sequins.
So make sure you keep hold of any glass jars.
I love PVA glue. It’s so versatile, and dries clear, making it perfect for a project like this – the boys did a grand job!
Oh, finally I found something that is not so complicated. Looks easy and cheap. Definitely, I will try it!
It looks very pretty and fun to make too.
What a great idea and so easy. I love candles in jars too because they’re so much safer. This is really pretty, and I will do this with my boys 🙂
what a really pretty addition to the festive decorations! i love these 🙂
Oh that looks lovely. I have a cupboard full of jars and I love making luminaries, I will have to make a starry one, so pretty.
That looks amazing – Eliza has to be a snowflake in the school play – don’t suppose you have a costume tutorial?
This is so cute – I bet it looks gorgeous on a night x
These look fantastic – what an excellent idea! And so cheap too!
Oh, how pretty! I love the idea of making something that you can take out after the Christmas decorations have come down – it’s such a miserable time, otherwise. And aren’t pund shops great for crafty supplies?
How lovely! This is the time of year I startburning my candles to feel cosy so this is right up my street!
These are really pretty. They look lovely x
Delighted to feature this on #CreateMakeShare these luminaries are perfect for Winter. Thanks for linking up.