Valentine’s Day Mason Jars

Today I’m going to show you how to make these adorable Valentine’s Day mason jars. I’m using mine to hold treats, but you can use yours for whatever you’d like. These easy-to-make and inexpensive little jars have found a sweet spot in my heart (see what I did there – Valentine’s pun FTW).

Here is what you’ll need for supplies:

• Mason jars x 3: Try to find ones with the chalk labels on the front if possible (I got mine at Dollarama). If you can’t find the chalk ones, at least try to get jars that have raised words or patterns in the glass (It will help add character when rouging them up later)
• Valentine’s clothes pegs or small embellishments: Again, I got mine at Dollarama. They came in a pack of six.
• paint x 3 shades: I’ve attached a photo of mine below in “step one” but please note, I used paint from my supplies and they are quite a few years old so I’m not sure if these exact shades are still sold in stores.
  NOTE: If a light cream or white are NOT one of your paint colour choices, please also get a white or cream paint (so, you’ll end up with four total)
• rough sandpaper
• twine or ribbon x 2 options: I used a natural twine and a red and white striped option
• paint brush: I find a wide and flat brush works best for this project
• scissors
• white pencil crayon

STEP ONE: paint your mason jars

Paint your mason jars. Remove the lids and paint the necks as well (where the lid would screw on). Use long, even strokes if possible to spread the paint as evenly as possible. Don’t worry about it being perfect around the chalk label as we are going to sand and rough it up later – however, avoid painting on the actual black part of the label if possible.

STEP TWO: paint your clothes pegs

Next, we are going to work on making our little clothes pegs look more rustic. As purchased, they are quite bright and ‘new’ looking. We’d like them to look more in keeping with the style that these jars are taking. To do so, we are going to ‘dry brush’ on some white (or cream) paint to ‘antique’ them somewhat. If you are using a cream paint for one of your jars like I did, use that paint. If not, use the white or cream that you purchased as your fourth paint colour (as mentioned in the supply list).

To dry brush, dip your brush into a very small amount of paint and then remove most of the paint from your brush with a paper towel (seems counterintuitive, but trust me)! Lightly, brush the paint over your clothes pegs until they look like this:

STEP THREE: paint a second coat of paint on your mason jars

Once your first layer of paint is dry, repeat “step one” and paint a second layer! Let dry completely.

STEP FOUR: rough up your jars and clothes pegs with rough sand paper

Use your sand paper to gently remove paint from your mason jars and clothes pegs. Have fun with this step, get creative! Remove paint where it might naturally weather if these jars were truly old. Focus on the curved parts of the jar and any raised areas (words, pattern and the neck of the jar where the lid screw ridges are). For the clothes pegs, rough up the edges and contours of the heart shapes. Take off as little or as much paint as you wish for the look you like.

STEP FIVE: add twine or ribbon to the neck of the mason jars

Trim one of your twine selections to be long enough to wrap loosely around the neck of the jar three times and still have enough length left over to tie a knot and have the ends hang down. For your second twine or ribbon selection, cut a piece long enough to go around once, leaving extra to tie a knot and have the loose ends hang down.

Wrap your two twines loosely around the neck of your mason jar and tie a knot. Make sure you leave space to be able to clip your clothes peg on at the knot (if you tie the twine too tight to the neck, you will not have room).

STEP SIX: clip on your clothes pegs

Clip your clothes pegs onto your twine at the knots!

STEP SEVEN: write on the chalk labels

I personally find chalk too large to write neatly on these small ‘chalk labels’ so I used a white pencil crayon to identify my sweet treats!

And, ta-da! Just like that, you’re done! These little mason jars are so fun to make and my boys (husband included) love diving in for a treat.

Do you think you’ll try making these this Valentine’s Day? Tag me on social media if so!

OH, and I made a series of instagram stories showing this whole process if you’d like a visual of any of these steps. Visit my Instagram page and click on the “Vday Mason Jar” highlight real to check it out.

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