Cookies for Santa Jar
Santa will be in for a sweet surprise when he sees this Cookies for Santa Jar. This tutorial shows you how to create a fun little Christmas jar craft that you can put out a part of your Christmas home decor. Guests will love the cute little details, and can also enjoy whatever treats you put inside. Making a DIY Christmas decoration like this is an easy way to keep Christmas spending down while still adding something special to your collection of Christmas decorations.
Materials:
- Small glass jar with lid
- Chalkboard paint
- Foam brush
- Small elf toy
- Masking tape or painters tape
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun and glue stick
- Chalk
- Optional: Primer paint
Instructions:
- Using your masking tape, mask off a rectangular portion of the front of your jar
- Optional: Paint 1 coat of primer paint and allow to dry for 2 hours
- Using your chalkboard paint and foam brush, paint the area inside the masking tape
- Allow to dry completely, 1 hour or longer
- Repeat for 2 more coats
- Allow to dry completely, 24 hours or longer
- Rub chalk over entire chalkboard surface
- Wash off with water and dry with a paper towel
- Using your hot glue gun, attach body of elf toy to the lid of the jar
- Using your chalk, write “Cookies 4 Santa” on the chalkboard portion of the jar
- Fill with cookies and wait for Santa to arrive
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SissieSass
Oct 31, 2018
How else can Santa keep his cookies fresh? This is such a wonderful idea for gift giving and decorating. I think that people will adore getting these jars as a holiday gift. People have their favorite holiday treat. I can use those to fill the jars and make all the jars the same to save time.
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