Learn how to turn mason jar lids into ornaments and gifts for Christmas. These 10 mason jar lid crafts will get you thinking of ways to repurpose your own mason jar lids into beautiful crafts. Mason jar lid crafts are quick, easy and inexpensive.
Today is Day 10 of our Craft a Day Countdown to Christmas so we are going to make 10 mason jar lid crafts for Christmas!
If you are looking for some cute gifts to make these mason jar lid crafts are perfect. Simple and beautiful, I hope you will find at least one of these 10 crafts that will inspire YOU.
You may just be amazed that you can make beautiful creations by using up old mason jar lids! These mason jar lid ornaments are great gifts for co-workers, teachers and other friends. They are also a nice tag for a present or a stand alone gift as well.
Please let me know if you will be trying any mason jar lid crafts this Christmas. Otherwise let’s get started on making some of these beautiful mason jar lid crafts for Christmas!
Watch 10 Mason Jar Lid Crafts for Christmas:
A full tutorial for all of these mason jar lid crafts is included in this step by step video. So grab a warm drink and let yourself be inspired to use mason jar lids for crafts this Christmas!
What can I make out of mason jar lids?
But you might still be asking c’mon what can I really make out of mason jar lids? Well I think you will be surprised! The next ten projects will show you some pretty amazing mason jar lid Christmas ornaments and crafts that you could proudly gift to anyone on your gift list!
So let’s get started in making these GORGEOUS mason jar lid crafts!
1.BEADED ORNAMENT MASON JAR LID CRAFT
Well they say save the best for last, but today I am going to share one of the best mason jar lid crafts first!
Aren’t these adorable? They are as pretty as can be and a unique and a high quality gift. I would highly recommend making these with a few of your mason jar lids.
These red beads were $1 at a Goodwill outlet and they ended up being perfect for this mason jar lid craft. You could also use pom pom ribbon (like the ornament on the right) if you don’t have any beads laying around.
Not a big fan of the red? You could also use natural wood beads and make more natural looking mason jar lid ornaments as well! But aren’t these amazing and so simple? it’s hard to imagine they are just made from old mason jar lids!
Here’s the supplies for making Beaded Mason Jar Lid Ornaments:
- Red mason jar lids that correspond with the beads
- Beads or pomp pom ribbon
- Black and white scrapbook paper
- twine
- mini pine cones or picks
- Hot glue and gluesticks
2. MASON JAR LID COASTERS
This next mason jar lid craft is also a favorite. How about making some mason jar lid coasters this Christmas and put them together with some coffee grounds or a cute mug?
These mason jar lid coasters were made by adding cork to the center of the mason jar lid. And then just stamping “JOY” in the center of the mason jar lid.
Super cute and so festive for Christmas! Another idea would be to add pictures in the center of the lids or to stamp a monogram letter in the center of the lids.
Here’s the supplies needed to make mason jar lid coasters:
- Mason Jar Lids
- Black Spray Paint
- Letter Stamps for “JOY”
- Black ink
- Hot glue and gluesticks
3. Picture Ornament Mason Jar Lid Crafts
This next mason jar lid craft is a great gift idea for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and everyone in between. Take mason jar lids and add an old ornament cap along with some twine.
Use school or everyday pictures for the center of the mason jar lid and then just dress them up like ornaments. We used gold glitter on the gold mason jar lids. Then added twine to hang the ornaments. Super simple and super cute!
Here are the supplies needed to make personalized picture mason jar lid ornanents:
- Mason Jar Lid
- Black Spray Paint
- Letter Stamps for “JOY”
- Black ink
- Hot glue and gluesticks
4. Mason Jar Lid Picture Magnets
This next craft with mason jar lids is pretty similar to the previous one but instead of making mason jar lid ornaments we are going to make mason jar lid magnets.
For this mason jar lid craft I dressed up the mason jar lids with lace and ribbon. Then I added the picture to the center of the mason jar lid. They turned out so precious and these can be kept up year round!
Here are the supplies needed for Mason Jar Lid Picture Magnets
- Mason Jar Lids
- Pictures
- magnets
- Ribbon and lace
- hot glue and gluesticks
5. Joy Music Sheets Mason Jar Lid Ornaments
These next mason jar lid crafts are probably my favorite! They are a mason jar lid ornament with the words “JOY.” The mason jar lid is going to pose as the letter “O” in the word JOY, with a wooden J and Y on the outside of the lid.
In the center of the mason jar lid I mod podged music sheets and then embellished them with a small evergreen and pine cone.
Supplies Needed for Mason Jar Lid Joy Ornaments:
- Mason Jar Lids
- J, Y Wooden Letters with antiquing wax
- Black Spray Paint
- Black Velvet ribbon
- Music Sheet paper
- hot glue and gluesticks
6. Mini Nativity Wreath with a Mason Jar Lid
Another idea to turn a mason jar lid into a cute ornaments is to wrap the mason jar lid with an evergreen pick. You can wrap the lid completely like the lid on the left, or just partially like the one on the right.
Then embellish the little wreaths with a baby Jesus, wooden stars and rusty bells or a small Joy to the World banner.
Supplies needed for a Mini Mason jar Lid Nativity Wreath
- Mason Jar Lid
- Evergreen pick
- Scrapbook paper
- rusty bells, pine cones or wooden stars
- hot glue gun gluesticks
- twine
7. Mini Mason Jar Lid Pine Cone Wreath
I am not sure if you saw the mini pine cone wreath I had made awhile back but these little pine cone mason jar lid wreaths are an even smaller version of those pince cone wreaths. These adorable little wreaths are so simple and can be made in just a few minutes.
Supplies needed for a mini mason jar lid pine cone wreath:
- Mason jar lid
- mini pine cones (I found some frosted ones at the Dollar Tree)
- hot glue gun and gluesticks
- twine
8. Mason Jar Lid Snowman
For this next mason jar lid craft you are going to need two different sized mason jar lids. Start by painting the mason jar lids white. Then attach them together with some twine or wire. Fill the inside of the mason jar lid with an old sweater.
Then use the bottom of a glove or sweater for the top of the snowman’s hat. Add chunky yarn around the neck for a snowman’s scarf and add two sticks on the sides for arms. Embellish the snowman with buttons and pom poms as you want.
Supplies needed for a snowman mason jar lid ornament:
- Large mason jar lid, smaller mason jar lid
- Old sweater or other fabric
- bottom of an old glove or sweater
- buttons, chunky yarn or other embellishments
- sticks for arms
- hot glue sticks and glue gun
- twine or wire
9. Nautical Christmas Mason Jar Lid
These mason jar lids are easily dressed up with some of this nautical rope from the Dollar Tree. Hot glue it around the outside of the mason jar lid. Hot glue some bottle brush trees in the center of the mason jar lids.
Then add some artificial snow around the mason jar lid metal to make it look whimisical. Use some ribbon to hang the ornament. Easy peasy but so PRETTY!
Supplies needed for Nautical Christmas Mason Jar Lids:
- Mason Jar Lids
- Nautical Rope
- Mini Bottle Brush Trees
- Artificial Snow
- Hot glue and glue sticks
- Ribbon
- Scissors
10. Chunky Yarn Mason Jar Lid Wreath
This mason jar lid is disguised with this beautiful chunky yarn. Just wrap the chunky yarn around the mason jar lid making a little wreath. Hot glue it into place. You can fill in the wreath with scrapbook paper behind it or just leave it as is.
Use bottle brush trees or other Christmas looking embellishments to make a perfect little Christmas wreath.
Supplies needed for a Chunky Yarn Mason Jar Lid Ornament:
- Mason jar lid
- chunky yarn
- Hot glue gun and gluesticks
- Scrapbook paper
- twine
- other embellisments
I hope you enjoyed these mason jar lid projects! If you are looking for more crafts re-purposing every day items for Christmas like mason jars and tin cans be sure to check out these videos as well!
If you missed any of the other days of Christmas you can see them below:
1: Dry Out Oranges for Garlands and Ornaments
4: How to Make a Star Wreath out of Chunky Yarn
5: How to Make Christmas Trees out of Yarn
6: How to Make an Ornament Wreath
7.How to Make a Star Ornament out of Beads & Strings
Day 8: Free Gift for Email Subscribers
Day 9: How to Make an Outdoor Planter
Take care and Happy Crafting!
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