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Craft Tutorials | Adult Crafts | Beach Crafts | Striped Beach Luminaries

Striped Beach Luminaries

Author by Amanda Davis on June 20, 2013 Updated on December 6, 2020

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Add these adorable striped beach luminaries to your bookshelf, outdoor space, or bathroom to celebrate the summer months!
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Add these adorable striped beach luminaries to your bookshelf, outdoor space, or bathroom to celebrate the summer months! They compliment our cottage slat beach frames perfectly and would look great with our weathered beach signs as well.

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Striped Beach Luminaries

I hope you’re not getting sick and tired of all my beach crafts lately! With summer here, it’s hard not to think about the beach on a regular basis. Bringing a little bit of that feeling into your home is a great way to invoke a comfortable and calming atmosphere. These jar votives are fun, they’re easy to make and they are perfect for summer get-togethers.

I originally made these luminaries for Michaels Craft Store via DecoArt. They carry an exclusive line of affordable paint called Craft Smart. I use it for ALL of my kid’s crafts, but it’s great for many different projects as well.

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Wouldn’t these be fun on a picnic table in the backyard? Or make a bunch of them and line them up on your deck for a fun summer nighttime gathering! Makes me want to get outside right now :)

What You’ll Need

Craft Smart:

  • Pale Blue
  • Vanilla
  • Matte Varnish

Other supplies:

  • Paintbrush
  • Stencil brush or sponge applicator
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Painter’s tape
  • Burlap
  • Hemp cord


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Here’s how easy these are. Wash your jars and give them a rinse and wipe down with rubbing alcohol. After they’ve dried apply painter’s tape in stripes down the sides of the jars.

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Use a stencil applicator or sponge to dab on the paint.

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Let them dry a little, then peel back the painter’s tape to reveal your stripes. Add a coat of varnish over the whole thing.

The final step is to wrap some burlap around the rims and tie with some hemp cord. It’s ridiculously fun how many colors are available! You can find them at Michaels in the jewelry department.

Striped Beach Luminaries at CraftsbyAmanda.com @amandaformaro

I added some white sand to the jars and a few small shells, then inserted an LED tea light. Fun! Check out our collection of 55+ beach crafts for adults and kids for more fun ideas or simply visit out beach craft section of the blog!

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Striped Beach Luminaries

Add these adorable striped beach luminaries to your bookshelf, outdoor space, or bathroom to celebrate the summer months!

Supplies

Craft Smart:

  • Pale Blue
  • Vanilla
  • Matte Varnish

Other supplies:

  • Paintbrush
  • Stencil brush or sponge applicator
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Painter’s tape
  • Burlap
  • Hemp cord

Instructions

  • Wash and dry each jar and follow with a rinse of rubbing alcohol. Allow them to dry completely.
  • Apply strips of painter’s tape to the outside of the jars, leaving gaps in between to create the stripe areas.
  • Use a sponge applicator to pounce Pale Blue onto the exposed glass on one jar, and Vanilla on to the other.
  • Remove the painter’s tape.
  • Apply a coat of matte Varnish over the surface of the jar.
  • Cut strips of burlap and hot glue around the rim of each jar.
  • Tie a piece of hemp cord around the burlap and tie in knots or bows in the front.
  • Fill jars 1/4 full with white sand and insert a votive candle. Drop small seashells around the candle into the sand.
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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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Filed Under: Beach Crafts, Crafts for Seniors, DIY Gift ideas, Home Decor Projects, Luminary Crafts, Mason Jar Crafts, Recycled Crafts for Adults, Summer Crafts Tagged With: adult, adult craft ideas, adult crafts, adults, beach, crafts for adults, Crafts Using Recycled Jars, glass paint, luminaries, luminary. luminaries, recycle, recycle crafts, recycled, recycled crafts, summer

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  1. JaneEllen says

    July 7, 2017 at 12:52 am

    Wonderful easy, affordable gorgeous project. Love projects like this for Summer or any season. Love the beach, used to live in San Diego many years ago. Now it’s lakes and CO river. In fact CO river runs thru about 2 1/2 miles south of where we live west of Grand Junction, CO.
    Now if can get those labels off jars can make some of these. Have some really pretty aqua paint to use.
    Enjoy rest of week

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  2. Katie | creative craft ideas says

    October 7, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    awesome ,i love tha idea , so creative!!

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  3. evelyn says

    June 3, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    I,m getting ready to make them,wine bottles and luminaries. thank you

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 6, 2014 at 9:23 am

      Awesome, have fun Evelyn!

      Reply
  4. Jacqueline says

    July 7, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    These are beautiful! I’m considering doing them as a Vacation Bible School craft. What size jars did you use?

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      July 18, 2013 at 7:49 am

      Hi jacqueline! Those were 1/2 pint jars

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      • Jacqueline says

        July 19, 2013 at 10:14 am

        Thanks!

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  5. Kristen Duke says

    June 23, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    Love the burlap on these!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 25, 2013 at 9:57 am

      Thanks so much Kristen!

      Reply
  6. Terri Betz says

    June 20, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Awesome! Love these! I do the cutest crafts from you! You get complements at my house!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 25, 2013 at 9:59 am

      Thanks so much Terri! You always have such nice things to say and I really appreciate it :) :)

      Reply
  7. Jodi says

    June 20, 2013 at 11:22 am

    If you were doing pumpkin luminaries I would wonder what was going on? :) Love the beach themed crafts! My fave and so super cute!!!!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 25, 2013 at 10:00 am

      Haha! Thanks Jodi!

      Reply
  8. Angie | Big Bear's Wife says

    June 20, 2013 at 9:18 am

    I love the white striped one!!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 25, 2013 at 10:00 am

      Thank you Angie!

      Reply
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