Christmas Mason Jar gifts made straightforward with four fun and creative ideas. A grinch jar, Santa jar, reindeer jar, and snowman jar.
Today I’ve got 4 super straightforward Christmas mason jar ideas for you! I know a lot prepare for Christmas early, so I hope these help out your plans. And for those that don’t even want to think Christmas until after Thanksgiving is over, make sure to save these ideas for later!
Christmas Mason Jar: Grinch
Grinch Jars make a fun holiday gift! To make your jar festive, fill mason jars, tie on a red ribbon, and add a heart button as a nod to the Grinch’s growing heart.
Product Links:
- 16 oz Mason Jars
- Red Ribbon with White Stitching
- Red Button Hearts
- Hot Glue Gun
Santa Jars
Santa Jars are a fun holiday gift! For a Christmas mason jar idea, fill it with red candy, wrap them with a black ribbon “belt” and buckle, and secure with hot glue.
Product Links:
- 16 oz Mason Jars
- Santa Belt Buckles
- Black Ribbon
- Cherry Chew Sour Balls
Christmas Mason Jar: Reindeer
Reindeer Jars are a fun gift or festive decoration! Fill a mason jar with chocolate-covered pretzels, then add pipe cleaner antlers, googly eyes, and a red pom-pom nose. It’s a great way to use a Christmas mason jar in a creative manner.
You can even make your own chocolate treats to fill these jars! If you’re looking for recipes, here are a few: microwave fudge, chocolate cashew toffee clusters, thin mint cups and cookie butter crunch cups. For other candy ideas, try Whoppers, Raisinets, Mini Reese’s, Mini Butterfingers, or Milk Duds.
Product Links:
- 16 oz Mason Jars
- Wiggle Eyes
- Brown Pipe Cleaners
- Red Pom-Poms
Snowman Jars
Snowman Jars make a fun holiday gift! Fill a mason jar with chocolate-covered pretzels, then add a pipe cleaner “earmuff,” red pom-poms, and button details. This Christmas mason jar can be a delightful present or decoration.
Product Links:
- 16 oz Mason Jars
- Red and White Pipe Cleaners
- Black Buttons
- 1 Inch Red Pom Poms
Ingredients
- Mason jars
- Red ribbon
- Mint M&M’s
- Red heart-shaped buttons
- Mason jars
- Black ribbon
- Metal belt-buckles
- Red candies (I use chewy cherry sours)
- Mason jars
- Brown pipe cleaners
- Red pom-poms
- Googly eyes
- Chocolate-covered pretzels
- Mason jars
- White chocolate covered pretzels
- Pipe cleaners (red and white)
- Red pom-poms
- Large black buttons
Method
- Fill as many mason jars as you want with the mint-flavored M&M’s. 1 bag of Mint M&M’s fills an 8-ounce jar about 3/4ths the way full, so I use about 3 bags per 2 (8-ounce) mason jars.
- (To cut down on cost if you are making a lot, use smaller mason jars or a less expensive green-colored candy)
- Tie a festive red ribbon around the top of the mason jar.
- Using hot glue and a hot glue gun, glue the heart button to the right side of the jar (right from where the tie of the ribbon ends up.)
- Fill as many mason jars as you want with a red candy of choice.
- Cut a black ribbon the width of the jar and then thread on a “belt buckle.” (I found the belt buckles at a craft store.)
- Using hot glue and a hot glue gun, glue the ribbon with the belt buckle around the mason jar. (I only put glue on each end and pull it tight to attach it around the jar).
- Fill the mason jar with chocolate-covered pretzels.
- Use 1 pipe cleaner to circle around the top of the jar.
- Use 2 other pipe cleaners to form the shape of antlers. Attach each antler to the side of the jar by bending around the circled pipe cleaner. Use hot glue to get the antlers to stay put.
- Using hot glue, glue on the eyes and a red pom-pom for the nose.
- Fill the mason jar with chocolate-covered pretzels.
- Fold the pipe cleaner in half and hot glue each end to one of the sides of the jar.
- Hot glue the red pom-poms to each end of the glued-on pipe cleaner.
- Glue 2 large black buttons in the front and center of the jar.
