It is not too late to whip up a few of these Christmas mason jar candles for your home this holiday season. They are easy to create with a Cricut and a little paint. You could even make a bunch of these and use them as a centerpiece for your holiday table. The tea lights will give off a warm glow and the jars will look simply stunning!
If you’ve been around here long, you know how much I love mason jars and candles! They are so versatile and make great candle holders! I’ve used these to decorate for all seasons. You can use these to light up a corner with fairy lights, create a beach-themed glow, or even fall-scented candles!
How to make mason jar candle holders
Supplies to make Christmas mason jar candles:
- Pint-sized mason jars with at least one smooth side
- Milk glass paint in white
- Battery-operated tea lights
- Cricut machine
- Christmas shapes SVG file (you can click here to download it for free)
- Vinyl (in any color)
- Weeding tools (optional)
- Craft knife
- Ribbon
- Hot glue and a glue gun
- Paintbrush
- Fake snow
- Scissors
Making Christmas Candle Holders Video
You can watch the easy process of making these Christmas mason jar candles below.
Can’t watch the video or missed some of the steps? We have the instructions below for you as well.
How to Make Mason Jar Candles for Christmas:
Choose the images you want for the front of your mason jars. We have nine images that you can choose from here.
Download the SVG for the shapes and upload those to your Cricut machine. You can see how to do that here.
Resize the images once imported to fit on the front of the jars that you are using.
Then cut the shapes from vinyl. It does not matter what color vinyl that you use as we will be using these for masking only. Weed away all of the excess vinyl from your design. If you have not worked with adhesive vinyl before, you can see a tutorial on it here.
Then peel and stick the shapes onto the front of your mason jars. Be sure that the mason jars are clean and dry. I like to wipe mine with rubbing alcohol. Burnish the vinyl well to ensure it is stuck. You can use an old gift card for this.
Then, paint over the entire jar with your paint. You will go over the top of the vinyl as well. Set the jar aside and allow it to dry.
NOTE: Do NOT remove the vinyl masking while wet. You want to leave it on the jar.
Allow the paint to dry completely. You will also want to follow all the instructions on the jar of paint that you are using. Once dry, paint over the entire jar again. This may or may not be needed depending on the paint you are using. You want the paint to be slightly see-through so the light can shine through.
Allow this second coat of paint to dry then it is time to remove the masking. Use a craft knife and cut around the edge of the masking cutting the dried paint away from the vinyl.
Then start to lift up the vinyl. Slowly lift ensuring that the paint does lift with the vinyl. Once you have the masking removed, you can scrape away any paint that seeped under your masking with the edge of your craft knife.
Now your painted jars are complete! The instructions on your paint may call for you to cure the paint in the oven if used on glass. This is really not needed in this case but you can do it if you wish. Just be sure to do it now before you add any embellishments.
Then you can add some ribbon to the top of your jars. Cut the ribbon to size with scissors and use hot glue to secure around the top of your jars. Be sure to pick a ribbon that matches your holiday decor.
Then just add in some fake snow and your battery-operated tea lights. Real tea lights will NOT work with these jars so be sure to pick up some faux ones.
Now that your Christmas mason jar candles are complete, all that is left is to put them on your mantel or on the center of your table. You will love the glow from the front shape as well as through the paint.
I told you these were easy to make with your Cricut! And they are oh so pretty! You can also change this project up for any season. You can use the snowflake and blue ribbon for winter. Or even use a heart and a pink ribbon for Valentine’s Day. So many options and so little time! Y’all enjoy!
So, will you be making these mason jar tea light holders for Christmas? You might also like these other projects!
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- DIY Gift Box for the Holidays
- Christmas Tree SVG for an Outdoor Pallet Sign
Want to print this tutorial for Christmas mason jar candles? Try the card below!
Supplies
Instructions
- Choose the images you want for the front of your mason jars. We have nine images that you can choose from here.
- Download the SVG for the shapes and upload those to your Cricut machine. You can see how to do that here.
- Resize the images once imported to fit on the front of the jars that you are using.
- Then cut the shapes from vinyl. It does not matter what color vinyl that you use as we will be using these for masking only.
- Weed away all of the excess vinyl from your design. If you have not worked with adhesive vinyl before, you can see a tutorial on it here.
- Then peel and stick the shapes onto the front of your mason jars. Be sure that the mason jars are clean and dry. I like to wipe mine with rubbing alcohol.
- Burnish the vinyl well to ensure it is stuck. You can use an old gift card for this.
- Then paint over the entire jar with your paint. You will go over the top of the vinyl as well. Set the jar aside and allow it to dry. NOTE: Do NOT remove the vinyl masking while wet. You want to leave it on the jar.
- Allow the paint to dry completely. You will also want to follow all the instructions on the jar of paint that you are using.
- Once dry, paint over the entire jar again. This may or may not be needed depending on the paint you are using. You want the paint to be slightly see-through so the light can shine through.
- Allow this second coat of paint to dry then it is time to remove the masking. Use a craft knife and cut around the edge of the masking cutting the dried paint away from the vinyl.
- Then start to lift up the vinyl. Slowly lift ensuring that the paint does lift with the vinyl.
- Once you have the masking removed, you can scrape away any paint that seeped under your masking with the edge of your craft knife.
- Now your painted jars are complete! The instructions on your paint may call for you to cure the paint in the oven if used on glass. This is really not needed in this case but you can do it if you wish. Just be sure to do it now before you add any embellishments.
- Then you can add some ribbon to the top of your jars. Cut the ribbon to size with scissors and use hot glue to secure around the top of your jars. Be sure to pick a ribbon that matches your holiday decor.
- Then just add in some fake snow and your battery-operated tea lights. Real tea lights will NOT work with these jars so be sure to pick up some faux ones.
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