I love Mason jars! I am a canner so I have tons of them around my house. I wanted to do a craft with them. My friend had me make vinyl for girls camp with the YW torch on it and she put it on a Mason jar. My mind then went crazy with different ideas. Here are the ideas I came up with. This craft can be made under $5.00. The vinyl will be available at
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Attention: Jar Lantern
Directions
We have discovered that some of you are having problems
when making your jar lanterns. After much testing we have discovered the
problem.
1. MUST start with clean jar. DO NOT TOUCH THE JAR
WITH YOUR HANDS! We have discovered the oils from your hands can
prevent the etching spray paint to not stick correctly. If it is not on there
correctly the vinyl will peal the etching off. If you have to touch the jar,
just touch the rim of the jar. It sounds crazy but I tested lots of jars, and
this was the cause of the problem.
2. Please follow the directions on
the etching bottle.
3. Let the paint dry before you apply the vinyl.
(When I was testing the jars I used a blow dryer and it seemed to make the
process go quicker.)
I hope this helps anyone who is having troubles.
Items you need:
- Pint size Mason jar
- Wire 2 1/2 feet (heavy duty wire I got at a hardware store)
-Wire Cutters
- Frosted glass spray paint
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VINYL
-Tea light candle
-Ribbon, jingle bells... anything to dress up the glass
1.
- Place the wire around the top of the jar. One side should be longer than the other.
- Cross the wire and twist it so it will stay.
- Take the long side and loop the top to make a handle.
- Take the wire that just went over the top for the handle and thread it under the wire that went around the jar in the beginning.
- Now take the wire and bring it over to meet the other wire that you didn't touch.
-Now twist the wire together to make it stay
2. Spray your jar by holding your handle. I followed the directions on the the can. I sprayed my jar 3 times. It took less than 5 minutes to do.
3. Add fun decorations and twist the wire to make cute curls with a pen.
4. Add the vinyl
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5. Add a tea light and enjoy.
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