BOO! Halloween Mason Jars

Happy First Day of FALL!!!!!

I do love this season. I hear it MIGHT just fall below 80 degrees next week, so fingers crossed:) It’s hard to get all pumped and decorating for Fall when I’m sweating in a tanktop and flip flops, but I did try my hand at a Halloween craft idea last week.

I had some mason jars on hand, leftover from a recent Craft Night, and went into my craft paint stash and saw I had some orange, yellow, white, and black in there…

…and my favorite letter stencils from Hobby Lobby that I think have been discontinued, sadly:( I bought mine about 5 years ago and I haven’t seen them online or in the store, but they were called “Rustic 4 inch letter stencils” and I have used them TO DEATH!

So the wheels were spinning, and before I knew it, the painters tape was out and the paint was poured.

Yep, the only paper plate I had was from our Fantasy Football draft;) Hey, whatever works, right?!

After I taped them up, I used my foam brushes to paint the bottom orange and top white. I peeled off the tape and used yet another foam brush and did the yellow middle strip. (Sorry, bad blogger and forgot pics of these steps!)

I was going to have all the colors touch, but I have zero patience for paint to dry, so I just painted a strip of yellow without touching (otherwise the colors would have all bled and it would’ve been a mess). Turns out, I dig the little space between colors!

After that dried (I DID have to wait a few minutes for that. TORTURE. 😉 ), I taped my stencil letters on the jar and used a little brush and black craft paint to paint on the letters ‘b-o-o.’ It was a little tricky, being that it’s a round surface, but if you’re careful, you’ll be fine.

Once everything was all nice and dry, I sanded them a little, to make them look a bit chippy and distressed. I love chippy and distressed. 🙂

Then, I poured some popcorn kernels in them, and stuck a battery operated candle in each one. How I LOVE me some battery operated candles! So much safer.

And DONE!

You could fill them with fall leaf stems (fake or real), or anything your heart desires. They make a great craft night (just have to find different stencils – or you could even just go freehand!), so grab your friends and get craftin’!

Happy Fall!