How to Decorate Jam Jars to Give as Gifts

We’ve been making batch after batch of blackberry jam around here.  {It seems to be the only “preserving” thing I seem to get to these days…}  Not only do I like a little of it on toast with peanut butter, I also like to give a jar-full as a gift sometimes.  Before I toted them down to the cooler storage area of the basement, I decorated a few so that they were ready to grab when I need a quick hostess gift.

Supplies Needed:

Step by step instructions for decorating a jam jar with paper.

  1. Trace around a jam jar lid that is the same size as the jam jar lid you are decorating. Cut them out using a pair of sharp scissors.
cocoa cardstock
  1. Unscrew the ring from the sealed jam jar and place the cut out circle-shaped cardstock on top of the lids and screw the rings back on.
cardstock on lids
  1. Using the scallop paper punch, cut out a coordinating cardstock color and using your own handwriting, label the jam jars with whatever message you’d like. Attach them to the top of the lids by using a glue stick, glue, glue gun, or a rolled up piece of tape.
tops of jars
  1. Wind some bakers twine around the jar a few times and then tie it with a bow. Use a hot glue gun to attach a button to the center of the bow.
bow

A little button glued on with hot glue was the final touch.

tie 2

~all ready to grab and give!Smile

Other Handmade Gifts for Friends, Family, Co-Workers, Hostesses, or Teachers

  • Sew a pretty lavendar sachet bag
  • Bake up a batch of goodies and package it up with a gift tag.

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