I also added a personal message on a gift tag for my girl to complete the gift. The lip of the lip will hold it in place nicely. Place it on top of the lid, and secure by screwing on the lid. Simply print on cardstock paper, and cut out the gift circle. Message in a Bottle Mason Jar Label Printable I created a colorful free printable to use under the lip of the lid, washi tape around the edges of the jar lid, and baker’s twine around the side. Then it was just a matter of dressing up the mason jar. I had already planned out my messages on paper, so I knew exactly what I wanted to say. The Americana acrylic paints are opaque paints, so they should cover any mistakes nicely.Īfter all of my colorful blocks were painted, I used a black wide chisel tipped Sharpie marker to draw in letters on each side. Let the paint dry, and you can fix any mix ups with another coat of paint. No worries if you accidentally get too much paint from one side over the edge. The hardest part was having patience to let each side dry first before handling the block and painting another color. The lighter colors I wanted for the message part, so they each got their own side, and on the ends I painted the darker blue color. I used sponge brushes and carefully brushed on a coat of paint on each side.

The first step was to paint each side of the wood blocks a different color. The paint colors I used were Boysenberry Pink, Pumpkin, Lemon Yellow, Sea Aqua, and Uniform Blue, and I matched my free mason jar gift printable to these colors.

I went with a bright pastel color palette, with a darker accent color. I am honored to be a part of the DecoArt core blogger team, and with the large array of paint colors to choose from, it was hard to narrow it down to 5 colors. I started with unfinished 1″ wood blocks that I found at my local Michaels, wide mouth Ball pint jars from their Collection Elite line (made especially for gift ideas), and Americana Acrylic paints. I combined the two of those ideas in today’s craft idea for this interactive graduation gift idea. I love mason jar gifts, and I know my girl loves to solve puzzles. I wanted to craft something special and personal for her 5th grade promotion or graduation.

It seems like it was just yesterday we were celebrating her kindergarten graduation. I brought my box of tissues, and I was just as emotional as I was the first day I dropped her off at kindergarten. Yesterday we celebrated my tween’s 5th grade promotion and her last day in elementary school. All thoughts, crafts, photographs, and ideas are my own. As a member of the DecoArt core blogger team, this post is brought to you in part by DecoArt.

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