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Craft Tutorials | Adult Crafts | Mason Jar Crafts | Snowflake Mason Jar Vases
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Snowflake Mason Jar Vases

Author by Amanda Davis on January 14, 2022 Updated on January 14, 2022

5 from 6 votes
Sprucing up your home for the winter months can give you a fresh outlook, a great way to start the new year! These pretty snowflake mason jars are perfect as a centerpiece, on shelves, or part of your winter mantel.
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January means it’s time to put away the Christmas decorations, but there are still a couple months of winter left. Winter decor, such as snowflakes, are a great way to spruce up your home before it’s time to break into spring decor!

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Why we love this project

We love the look and finish of chalky paint, and it works beautifully on these snowflake mason jars. Do you remember our mason jar canisters (perfect for the bathroom) that are also made with chalk paint? Works great on painted wine bottles as well!

Crafts by Amanda is a proud member of the DecoArt core blogger family! And just so you know, we were compensated for this project, though all of the opinions are 100% ours and we love this product!

3 snowflake painted mason jars

Helpful Project Information:

  • Age Level: 12 and up
  • Mess Factor: Medium
  • Level of Difficulty: Medium
  • Time to Complete: Less than 60 minutes
  • Cost Estimate: Less than $10.00

Craft supplies you will need

We used Americana Decor® Chalky Finish™ in Colonial, Serene and Everlasting.

P.S. if you buy your paint from the link above (the DecoArt shop) you can take 20% off! Use this code: CraftsbyAmanda20

supplies for painted mason jars
Get full list of supplies and directions in the printable version at the end of this post.

How to a Make Snowflake Mason Jars

These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this project. Please scroll down to simply print out the instructions!

Preparation

  1. Thoroughly clean the glass jars with hot soapy water and a soft dishcloth. Remove any labels or stickers from the jar. Place the jar to air dry or use a soft paper towel.
  2. Use a cotton pad or paper towel with rubbing alcohol to clean the outside of the jar. This will remove any built up oils, fingerprints and smudges from the jar. Ensure hands are clean when handling the glass to paint.

Painting the Jars

  1. Dip the larger paintbrush in the Chalky Finish Everlasting and while holding the mouth of the jar, apply long, even brush strokes around the jar in the same direction. Apply paint to the bottom of the jar as well. Apply a generous amount of paint but be careful to avoid paint drips and globs. Leave the jar standing upside down until it dries fully.painting a jar white
  2. For the other jars, paint the lower half in Chalky Finish Colonial on one jar and the upper half on the other jar.jars painted blue
  3. Paint the other half of the jars in Chalky Finish Serene. Leave the jars to dry fully before proceeding.
  4. Once dry, mix equal parts Serene and Colonial and apply the paint to the middle portion of the jars connecting the painted upper and lower halves.jars painted blue
  5. While center paint is still wet, smooth the transitions by brushing long even strokes with a moist paintbrush.blue painted mason jar
  6. Using a fine tip paintbrush, paint the snowflakes on the smooth side of the jars. Use Everlasting to paint on the blue jars and use Colonial to paint on the white jar.cross painted on jar
  7. Paint thin intersecting lines and then add small angles dashes extending outward along each line.x shape added to cross on jar
  8. Lastly, paint connecting bottomless triangle shapes between each line close to the center.snowflake painted on jarsnowflake painted on blue jar

Distressing the Jars

Once dry, use a sheet of soft grit sandpaper and gently rub away the paint at the raised surfaces and edges.

two painted jars with a piece of sandpaper

Expert Crafting Tips


You can also use Chalky Finish intended for glass, which is bakeable giving it a permanent, dishwasher-safe finish. The paint needs a longer time to cure. Be sure to follow the instructions provided on the product label.

Sprucing up your home for the winter months can give you a fresh outlook, a great way to start the new year! These pretty snowflake mason jars are perfect as a centerpiece, on shelves, or part of your winter mantel.

3 painted jars with pine sprigs

More Chalk Paint Projects

  • Polka Dot Wine Bottle Vases
  • Fall Mason Jars
  • Driftwood Crab Wall Art
  • Mason Jar Wall Sconces
  • Easter Egg Wreath

I’m sure you’ve noticed over the years my preference for DecoArt’s products. They are my preferred paints! You can see DecoArt’s library of free projects here.

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3 snowflake mason jars with sprigs on pine
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5 from 6 votes

Snowflake Mason Jar Vases

Sprucing up your home for the winter months can give you a fresh outlook, a great way to start the new year! These pretty snowflake mason jars are perfect as a centerpiece, on shelves, or part of your winter mantel.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Crafting Time40 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Makes: 3 vases

Supplies

  • Americana Decor® Chalky Finish™ in Colonial, Serene and Everlasting
  • 3 glass jars equally shaped and sized, 16oz
  • Rubbing Alcohol
  • cotton pad or paper towel
  • Sandpaper fine grit 220g

Craft tools

  • Paintbrush, 1” angled
  • Fine tip paintbrush, round tipped

Instructions

Preparation

  • Thoroughly clean the glass jars with hot soapy water and a soft dishcloth. Remove any labels or stickers from the jar. Place the jar to air dry or use a soft paper towel.
  • Use a cotton pad or paper towel with rubbing alcohol to clean the outside of the jar. This will remove any built up oils, fingerprints and smudges from the jar. Ensure hands are clean when handling the glass to paint.

Painting the Jars

  • Dip the larger paintbrush in the Chalky Finish Everlasting and while holding the mouth of the jar, apply long, even brush strokes around the jar in the same direction. Apply paint to the bottom of the jar as well. Apply a generous amount of paint but be careful to avoid paint drips and globs. Leave the jar standing upside down until it dries fully.
  • For the other jars, paint the lower half in Chalky Finish Colonial on one jar and the upper half on the other jar.
  • Paint the other half of the jars in Chalky Finish Serene. Leave the jars to dry fully before proceeding.
  • Once dry, mix equal parts Serene and Colonial and apply the paint to the middle portion of the jars connecting the painted upper and lower halves.
  • While center paint is still wet, smooth the transitions by brushing long even strokes with a moist paintbrush.
  • Using a fine tip paint brush, paint the snowflakes on the smooth side of the jars. Use Everlasting to paint on the blue jars and use Colonial to paint on the white jar.
  • Paint thin intersecting lines and then add small angles dashes extending outward along each line.
  • Lastly, paint connecting bottomless triangle shapes between each line close to the center.

Distressing the Jars

  • Once dry, use a sheet of soft grit sandpaper and gently rub away the paint at the raised surfaces and edges.

Expert Tips & FAQs

  • You can also use Chalky Finish intended for glass, which is bakeable giving it a permanent, dishwasher-safe finish. The paint needs a longer time to cure. Be sure to follow instructions provided on the product label.
  • You will have plenty of Americana Decor® Chalky Finish™ paint leftover for more fun projects! Be sure to check the links in this post for more tutorial ideas.

This post originally appeared here on Jan 5, 2021.

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Ken Chan says

    December 7, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    To be correct, snowflakes have 6 points.

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