Jar Lid and Jar Candle Decoration
Create a personal look to your Jar candle and Jar lid.
By Expressive Candles
Supplies Needed:
Most items can be found around the house or in a craft store.
- Jar Candle with lid — with removable plastic
bottom
- Craft Glue
- Paint
- Scissors
Project Instructions:
Decorating Candle Jars and Lids is a fun and easy project for
all ages. You can use many different craft items to embellish your
jar and lid. If you are really creative, you could even make a
snow globe out of the lid. But we are going to go over a few inexpensive
ideas to turn your Jar into an attractive looking and still functional
decoration.
Most jar lids come with a plastic under cap, which can be taken
off by a screw driver. In this space you can add many different
things, from dried flowers to an elaborate scene.
One of my favorite things to do is to add fake flowers and greens
to my lid, typically using the same color flower as my jar wax.
Everything can be placed at the top of the lid and adding green
leaves to keep it secure.
Sand, Rocks or Marble pieces can add a different look to the lid.
One great idea is to use different layers of colored sand. Just
make sure you fill it to the top, because the under cap will
have a little bit of space. You'll get the same look as those colored
bottles
that you can buy at fairs. For rocks, try using some Aquarium
rocks, as they come in multiple colors.
 You can add a more personal touch by adding a picture or personal
message in the lid. Just cut the picture to fit the lid and put
some kind of background behind it. One idea is to use a nice piece
of colored felt or velvet fabric. By adding enough fabric, you
can be assured the picture will stay where it is. I do not recommend
using glue on the top of the lid, as it will be visible.
You can also just use a pattern fabric to place inside the lid.
A great idea would to use a pattern that is in your room, maybe
a leftover piece of wallpaper. Then you have a matching Jar to
your room. Don't laugh, but I cut off a small piece of fabric from
the underside of my chair to use in a lid, so that it matched my
furniture.
The jar itself can be decorated in so many ways, its impossible
to list them all here. So I'll show a design and some ideas that
I thought would be great to give as a gift to someone.
One of my favorite designs is to use my old Christmas cards or
a specific holiday card as a design on my jar. Cut the card it
to fit the jar, and then glue it to the jar using crafters glue
or glue dots. This is a great idea for a gift around Valentines
or Christmas time. You could even use the inside of the card with
the message. And to top it off, adding a picture of yourself on
the other side of the jar, will add a nice personal touch.
There are many things you can do to decorate your jar. Using some
of the ideas above, like the pattern in the lid, you can also use
it on the jar. Some other ideas are, painting a scene or message
on the jar, gluing ribbon strips vertically to add stripes, gluing
flowers to the base, adding your own custom label and something
as simple as red lipstick kisses all over the jar.
Your creativity holds no bounds. So have fun and try anything,
I bet it will come out fabulous. •
About the Author
This Article was written by Michelle
Gauthier 02/20/04. This article
is copyright by www.ExpressiveCandles.com.
Expressive Candles offers Scented Hand Poured Candles and a growing
collection of Candle Decorating and CandleScaping articles.
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