St. Pat’s Magic Vases
St. Pat’s Magic Vases are a lovely way to celebrate spring!
What’s magic about this St. Pat’s Day Vases project? With 3 items (one of them free) and a tiny bit of time, you can transform jars destined for recycling into something lovely for your home.
Supplies: Mason Jars/Ball Jars (make sure they have a “smooth” side– no writing), Puffy Paint and Green Spray Paint. Some glass jar suggestions: ball/mason jars, jam, peanut butter and baby food jars.
Wash, clean and dry jars. “Draw” a simple design or word with Puffy Paint. A shamrock is easy to make– just draw 3 connecting hearts. Create a four leaf clover by drawing 4 connecting hearts.
Other fun “St. Pat’s” words… Luck or Lucky.
Let them dry. The Puffy Paint bottle recomments 4 hours but that’s meant for fabric. I let them dry overnight.
Spraypaint the bottles in a well-ventilated area. Use 4-5 light coats of paint, allowing each layer to completely dry. Pop some pretty (and inexpensive) flowers in and you have a lovely display or centerpiece for your home.
Malia, what a wonderful technique! The vases are the perfect complement to the tulips!
Very clever. I had done stickers on the interior of the jar and swirled paint around for Valentine’s idea. I like this idea better though. Cool stuff. Jodi @ http://www.meaningfulmama.com
These are awesome! I love how you used the puffy paint to add the embellishments!
So cute!
These are so much fun! I have seen a similar technique on Pinterest but with hot glue. Puffy paint would allow for much more precision and spray painting the outside means that you can actually use the jars/vases to hold things. I will definitely be trying this out!
Thanks for sharing!
Claire @ alittlesomethinginthemeantime.blogspot.com
These vases are great. Cute, cheap, green. Everything good about blogging and St. Patrick’s Day. I’d love for you to come share at my St. Patty’s link party. :)
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What a great idea! Thanks for sharing such nice photos too!
These are great! Thanks for sharing.
I love this beautiful design. I would love to have those beautiful tulips in my home right now!
Wow. What a clever idea!
Mary
Love these! You could apply this for any occasion too.
Melissa
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Very cute!
i agree…clever idea!
love your mason jars, i would love to feature them,if that would be ok with you please let me know.
lauren
Ohhhhh…I love this! Such pretty colors and a great idea! I would love for you to stop by my Creative Inspirations party to link up your project! I would love to have you there! The party is happening NOW!
Stacey of Embracing Change
https://staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com
Cute idea! I love this!
Love these! I found you at Inspire Me Fridays, lucky me. **grins**
So my kid of craft (in fact I have some wood grain/heart ones sitting here – the spray paint cracked when I sprayed it – too cold1). I love using old jars – best craft supply ever! These are so darn cute…LOVE the green!
Gasp! so cute!!
Malia,
Thank you for linking up at Rook No. 17! Not surprisingly, your link-up was one of the most viewed this week, so it’s one of tomorrow’s features!
Jenn
Brilliant! You could do them for every season! I love it!
These are absolutely lovely. The bright tulips are just the right touch.
These are so cute. Can we use a permant marker to draw something then draw over it with the puffy paints ?
Thanks,
Hi Rose Marie, Sure! That would work fine. Happy Easter! Malia
gorgeous!
Thanks Heather!
So cute and clever, Malia!
Thank you Roeshel!
Thank you for sharing these! I have been looking for some Irish ideas for my jars. I have found a few, but these are super cute! I’ve pinned them for later.
LOVE these vases! What a clever technique. I just wanted to let you know that I am linking to this post on my website this week if you don’t mind. You have a great site!
Thank you so much Alyssa! xo
I know that there is also a technique where you bake on the coleor done this same way, have you done that , or heard of that way to do this as well??
Love it. For many holidays. Do the jars have to be glass? Most mayo, pb, etc are in plastic.