Christmas in a Pickle Jar
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Christmas Crafting with Repurposed and Recycled Items...
Sometimes you have to find and save something for awhile before their purpose is revealed.
Like the base used on my Christmas in a pickle jar. (the inspiration for this project)
This past summer we had a new ceiling fan installed in my son's room. It was flush mounted to the ceiling, so, they didn't use all of the parts that came with the kit. I came across the unused parts in the garbage and decided to save them.
FYI...It's not hoarding if you use them. (I'm just saying.)
Because I wanted to be informative when writing this post, I emailed my brother for the correct name of the part. I am told it is called a canopy. I glued the canopy onto the jar using Beacon Glass, Metal & More Premium Permanent Glue.
Just a plain old pickle jar. Think of it as recycling. Approx. 5" tall.
Here's what I used for my Christmas in a Pickle Jar:
- Small Pickle Jar
- Canopy (base)
- Old Knob
- Black Spray Paint
- Cream Bottle Brush Trees*
- Plaid Ribbon
- Wood Deer Cut-out
- Small Bottle Brush Wreath
- Adhesives
- Epson Salt
- Beacon Glass, Metal & More Premium Permanent Glue*
FYI: I purchased the deer, ribbon, trees and mini wreath at Michaels.
- I painted the pickle jar lid and the old knob with semi gloss black spray paint.
- I added a circle cut from a decorative scrapbooking paper and glued it onto my lid before gluing on the knob. (I could have added a hole and screwed on the knob, this was easier.)
- I spruced up the plain little wreath by adding a new bow and jingle bell and a small holly berry embellishment.
- I added the ribbon to the neck of the jar before gluing on the wreath.
- The little wood deer would of looked fine just as it came. Instead, I decided to rub brown ink onto the deer to give it a stained look. I used Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo.
- To making installing the deer a little easier, I glued the finished deer onto the front of one of the trees before I placed it in the jar. The bottle brush trees come with a little wood base. I added a super sticky craft glue dot under the base of each tree before adding to my jar. You can use a liquid glue instead of the sticky glue dots. (this was just faster and easier for me)
- I added Epson Salts into my jar for snow. A great Holiday Gift Idea.
Enjoyed the project?
Suggested materials:
- Pickle jar
- Epson salt
- Spray paint
- Knob
- Cream bottle brush trees
- Beacon Glass Metal and More Adhesive
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Carol dillbeck on Dec 10, 2015
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Mary Ellen on Jan 27, 2021
Thanks! I love this. I have a whole collection of jars I’ve been saving, & I hope everyone on my list gets a jar similar to this for Christmas 2021. You have a great eye. I trash pick stuff like that, too. Not hoarding; recycling. Reduce, reuse, recycle. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Sue's Creative Workshop on Jan 27, 2021
Exactly.
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What exactly did you use for the base? What is a ''canopy''?
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