Recycled Fairy Jar

Bring out your inner girly girl and explore your imagination. Make a Recycled Fairy Jar from Heidi Borchers using a clean, recycled mason jar. Mason jar centerpieces look great on a kitchen table and add a fun touch to a summer party.


 

Materials:

• Aleene’s Super Thick Tacky Glue
• Aleene’s Tacky Double Stick Sheet
• Small fairy (available at Michaels)
• Cardboard – thin (I use cereal box cardboard)
• Sheet moss
• Scrapbook paper – green print (for leaves and bottom of jar), print of choice for top
• Scissors
• Silk flowers (small for inside garden and top)
• Small paper butterfly (or cut from scrapbook paper)
• Plastic dove or other embellishments (for top)
• Toothpick (to apply glue)
• Monofilament – fine
• Tape (clear)
• Straight pin (to punch hole in scrapbook paper to string butterfly)

Instructions:

1. Use lid from jar to mark circle pattern on cardboard and Aleene’s Tacky Double Stick Sheet. Cut along pattern line. Remove paper backing and adhere Sheet to cardboard. Remove paper backing to expose adhesive.
   
   
    
2. Place scrapbook paper over adhesive.
   
   
    
3. Cut paper to match cardboard.
   
   
    
4. Apply Aleene’s Super Thick Tacky Glue with toothpick over center area of cardboard circle.
   
   
    
5. Glue down moss and fairy to cardboard circle.
   
   
    
6. Glue flowers and leaves into moss. Let dry for approximately 1/2 hour.
   
   
    
7. Gently place entire piece into jar.
   
   
    
8. Repeat gluing process with Aleene’s Tacky Double Stick Sheets to make second scrapbook paper covered cardboard for lid of jar.
   
   
    
9. Using lid as pattern, cut one circle of decorative doublesided cardstock. Tape clear monofilament line to back of butterfly.
   
   
    
10. Punch small hole in cardstock. Insert monofilament line through hole, adjust length of line so that butterfly hangs inside jar without touching. Tape monofilament in place on cardstock. Cut away excess monofilament.
    
    
     
11. Apply Aleene’s Thick Designer Tacky Glue to rim of jar. Place cardstock circle over opening (letting embellishments dangle inside.) Let dry for a few minutes. Screw lid onto jar.
    
    
     
12. If desired, cut a strip of scrapbook paper and glue around outside rim of lid.
    
    
     
13. Cut leaf shape from scrapbook cardstock. Fringe edges with scissors. Score and bend slightly down center vein of leaf. Glue to outside bottom edge of jar.
    
    
     
14. Decorate top of jar lid with additional leaves and flowers and glue decorative bird in place.
    
    
    
    

For a comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make a Fairy Jar.