Halloween/ Fall Themed DIY

Mason jars, as you may already know from "100 Things I Like," are of my favorite things.  This week I decided to do my first DIY using mason jars.  All together it took me less than an hour to finish. I found everything I needed at Michael's for less than $15.  They almost always have coupons out! So if you're in need of a quick centerpiece for Thanksgiving or cute tea light candle holder for Halloween, read on. Enjoy!

 

Materials you will need:

-Three small mason jars

-Thick Sheer Black Lace

-Decorative Fall Leaves

-Black Felt

 

Tools you will need:

-Scissors

-Hot glue gun

-Creativity & Patience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one was my favorite jar to make.  I wanted to make something creepy yet sophisticated.  You can use it for Halloween or just a nice decoration through out the year if it fits your style.

 

 

 

 

 

I started by taking the lace and folding it in half so it would fit right under the lid.  Make a nice bow, and secure it in place with a hot glue gun right under the knot of the bow.

 

 

 

 

 

Pick where on the jar you want to consider the back and start the 'seam' of the lace.  This is where you will hot glue the start of each row of lace. As you wrap the lace make sure it says parallel to the ground.  You don't want crooked rows.

 

 

 

 

After the first row, I secured the top of the lace to the jar with hot glue so that there wasn't anything sticking up.  This is not a necessity, but it makes the whole thing look neater. 

 

 

 

Continue down the jar adding rows until you get to the bottom.  Trim any extra lace hanging off the bottom, then secure the lose ends to the jar just as you did to the first row.

 

 

 

 

 

Then you're done!

 

 

 

The next two are much simpler.  I don't have step by step pictures, because it is up to you how you'd like to do it.  For the fall leaves jar I simply glued down layers of different colored leaves until most of the jar was covered.  The one thing I would suggest is that when you're layering the leaves, do it in steps.  Make sure if you have a couple leaves overlapping, that the first one is glued to the jar securely, then the next one glued to the bottom one completely so that you don't end up with the leaves popping off the jar.

 

 

 

This last one is the easiest.  All you have to do is cut out shapes of Halloween themed animals or objects out of the felt.   I chose bats, but you can do spiders, Jack-o-lantern faces, skulls, etc.  I added a strip of felt the lid just to make it look more put together, but that's completely optional.

 

 

Here they all are!

 

 

And yet again.  I set them with the fall favorite pumpkin scented candle, a beautiful leaf from my yard, dripping red wax, and a paper skull that I also picked up from Michael's and painted black.