Need a sweet and simple handmade gift? We love re-purposing glass bottles and jars into lovely little vases. All you need is Mod Podge (or watered-down white glue) and colored tissue paper.
Paint an area of your jar or bottle with the Mod Podge and start sticking on tissue paper pieces – you can cut or tear pieces ahead of time, if you like. Put another coat of Mod Podge over the top of your tissue paper.
Here are the vases, all smothered in Mod Podge and waiting to dry:
And here they are, filled with sweet flowers and ready for Great-Grandma’s 91st birthday celebration!
I love this type of project – toddlers and up can enjoy the process of creating these beautiful vases. Small jars decorated like this make excellent candle holders, too – the light shining through is lovely!
What else do you use glass jars for? I have been saving them and have quite a collection now – I’d love some ideas! 
Happy creating!
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I love this! My girls would love this. Thanks for the great idea!
This will make a great Brownie Mother’s Day craft.
Great idea! I may add this to our handmade Christmas gifts list for O’s grandmamas and aunts. Thanks!
Oooh! I love these. How fun with kids!
This is such a beautiful idea.
I think I even have some of those bottles from Prima. My girls would love this! I could so see this with some orange, red, brown, and yellow paper on it, for fall. Just blogged today about what we have done so far to welcome in Autumn.
We also like to dip yarn in glue and wrap it around bottles as vase decoration… multiple colors of sand or salt is fun to layer inside, as well.
I am so bookmarking this for use later this year! I am a preschooler teacher and these would make fab gifts for mommies and daddies!
Gorgeous idea Amy. I think my kids great grandmother might be receiving one of these soon!
Love this! I linked to it on my weekly roundup – post is under my name. Thanks for sharing!
it,s wonderful , entresthng for kids thanks
To further use those glass jars, pour salt into a pie place and rub with sidewalk chalk. Pour the colored chalk into the jar, then color more salt with another color of chalk…layering until the jar is filled. Pour a layer of white glue to seal the chalk into the jar. You can also decorate the top with shells, beads, etc. before the glue dries. Add a ribbon around the top and tie into a bow. Cute shelf sitter.