Christmas in a Pickle Jar

6 Materials
$15
2 Hours
Medium

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*icon

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.
Suggested materials:
  • Pickle jar
  • Epson salt
  • Spray paint
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  • Evestar Evestar on Dec 02, 2020

    What exactly did you use for the base? What is a ''canopy''?

    Thanks

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  • Carol dillbeck Carol dillbeck on Dec 10, 2015
    love will keep it later next year
  • Mary Ellen 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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