Hi friends! Today our lovely contributer, Amanda, is sharing how to make these insanely cute glittery jars for Valentine's Day... or just any ole' day!
1. Paint various designs on the inside of the jar with the glue. I chose to paint large hearts, stripes, and a solid gold for my three jars. Polka dots would also be cute!
2. Pour a bit of glitter into the jar to coat where you've painted on the glue, then tap the jar upside down onto a piece of paper a few times to remove the excess.
3. If you're using various colors of glitter on one jar, do one color at a time and allow the glue to dry thoroughly before you start another color. This keeps the colors from mixing!
4. After you've finished the designs and the glue has dried, coat the entire inside of the jar with a thick layer of glue and allow to dry for at least 24 hours. This forms a "seal" over the glitter and keeps it from flaking off.
5. Fill the jars with your favorite Valentine's treats! Note: Kind of obvious, but even though the glitter won't flake off I'd still recommend only using treats that are individually packaged.
Thanks so much, Amanda! This D.I.Y. is so cute. I want to make a polka dot and stripe version. xo, elsie
This is redickulously cute! Love it <3
Posted by: Love, Carrie | January 24, 2012 at 06:17 PM
This is a great craft project
Posted by: TJ | January 24, 2012 at 06:23 PM
Argh! Too much fun to be had!
Posted by: Charlie | January 24, 2012 at 06:33 PM
These are so cute! And so appropriate for valentine's day :)
xo
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Posted by: Katia | January 24, 2012 at 06:36 PM
very cute. i am excited to make some fun little valentines this year.
Posted by: courtney | January 24, 2012 at 06:54 PM
Cute love it! They turned out so cute and glitter is wonderful!
Natalie
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Posted by: Natalie | January 24, 2012 at 07:31 PM
great for little girls beads and trinkets too!
happiness...
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Posted by: dannelle@nestenterprises | January 24, 2012 at 07:34 PM
so fun! looks like you and my little one had the same idea: http://mamaforpeace.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-heart-crafts.html
Posted by: gretchen | January 24, 2012 at 07:44 PM
Such a wonderful way to add piz-azz to Valentine's Day! Everybody loves glitter!
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Posted by: Leah | January 24, 2012 at 07:58 PM
This is so pretty!! I think it'd work great for makeup brushes and other dainty stuff :-)
Posted by: Fab | January 24, 2012 at 08:11 PM
This is really cute. I love Valentine's Day stuff:)
Ashley
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Posted by: ashley baker | January 24, 2012 at 08:45 PM
Too cute! And simple as always :)
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Posted by: Heather | January 24, 2012 at 08:45 PM
OMG, this is insanely cute!
Posted by: katrina | January 24, 2012 at 08:47 PM
It doesn't get much cuter than this!!!
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Posted by: kate | January 24, 2012 at 09:17 PM
love this DIY and WILL be doing this!
grace
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Posted by: grace | January 24, 2012 at 09:18 PM
This is adorable, I love it!
Posted by: Anjni Patel | January 24, 2012 at 09:36 PM
We have tons of jars here,now I could do something out of them. Thanks for your genius idea! I love the designs you made.
Posted by: Deborah Wilson | January 24, 2012 at 10:49 PM
I love glitter! Those are awesome jars!
Posted by: Elena @ Sweets and Life | January 24, 2012 at 11:06 PM
I am DOING this! <3 it
Posted by: Kim | January 24, 2012 at 11:18 PM
This look super fun and super easy, totally pinning this to my DIY board!
Posted by: Bettina | January 24, 2012 at 11:26 PM