Mason Jar DIY Projects We Love

Repurpose your mason jars with one of these 50 DIY projects. From practical uses to beautiful home decor ideas, you're sure to find at least one project that you'll love.

A little spray paint goes a long way into transforming these plain glass jars into watermelon glasses. Perfect for summer fun, use these to sip on a cocktail, corral utensils for seasonal entertaining, or hold party favors.

Watermelon Mason Jars from The Spruce

Macrame is so trendy right now and what better way to use it than for a plant hanger! Add a mason jar, and you've got the perfect (not to mention easy) DIY to spruce up your space.

DIY Macrame Mason Jar Plant Hanger from The Spruce

Keep the bugs away on cool summer evenings with DIY citronella candles. This easy tutorial will you show you how to make stylish alternatives to the not-so-pretty store-bought ones.

DIY Citronella Candle Tutorial from The Spruce

It's happened to all of us: We spend the time making cupcakes for someone's birthday or a special occasion only to have our energies wasted when they get smashed or ruined during the transporting process. This useful DIY is sure to keep your cupcake safe upon delivery!

DIY Cupcake Tutorial from Nellie Bellie

This monogram light is made of mason jars! How cool is that?

DIY Mason Jar Monogram Tutorial from Oleander and Palm

A repurposed jar is the perfect vessel for your office supplies (and small plants and succulents!). Spruce yours up with gold paint.

DIY Pencil Cup Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Treat yourself (or a friend) to a jar of rose petal bath soak–perfect for relaxing after a long day at work.

DIY Rose Petal Bath Soak Tutorial from A Pumpkin and a Princess

For an easy gift idea, make a custom candy jar. An easy way to decorate the jar, and further personalize the gift, is to add an etched monogram design to the front.

DIY Etched Glass Candy Jar Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Kids will especially adore this project. This DIY glow in the dark jar looks like a jar filled with fireflies. Use them as decor for your nighttime outdoor parties in the summer.

DIY Glow in the Dark Jar Tutorial from ​A Pumpkin and a Princess

Turn small mason jars into chocolate-scented candles to light in your home, or to give away as party favors.

DIY Chocolate Scented Candles Tutorial from Damask Love

Make your custom table lamp by repurposing a mason jar as the base of the lamp. 

DIY Mason Jar Table Lamp Tutorial from The Country Chic Cottage

For the perfect party favor for adults, create these cocktail gift sets. Fill a mason jar with a canned drink and attach a bottle of alcohol to the jar, along with a stirrer. You can create multiple drink combinations for different tastes.

DIY Mason Jar Cocktail Gift Tutorial from Something Turquoise

This DIY pineapple luminary jar would be perfect whimsical decor for a kid or teen's room, or for extra lighting on the patio.

DIY Pineapple Luminary Jar Tutorial from A Beautiful Mess

For an inexpensive gift idea, make a jar of brownie mix. Layer all the dry ingredients in a mason jar and attach the recipe to the exterior of the jar.

DIY Brownie Jar Tutorial from Snixy Kitchen

Replace your old kitchen soap dispenser with a stylish milk glass soap dispenser. You can make your own using a mason jar, a soap pump, and some paint.

DIY Milk Glass Soap Dispenser Tutorial from Francois Et Moi

Repurpose a mason jar to create a small sewing kit. Fill it with all the essentials you would need to fix a small tear or broken button. Top it off with a pin cushion!

DIY Sewing Kit Tutorial from Lovely Indeed

Hang a string of handmade lights across your patio with this amazing DIY project.

DIY Hanging Patio Lights Tutorial from Francois Et Moi

Enhance your tablescape with a set of brightly colored ​candleholders. 

DIY Colored Candle Holders Tutorial from Freutcake

Small bathroom? For an easy way to add extra storage space in your bathroom, mount mason jars to your wall. The jars are perfect for holding small essentials, like toothbrushes and cotton balls. ​

DIY Bathroom Storage Tutorial from The DIY Playbook

For a rainy day activity, your kids can create their own "piggy" banks out of mason jars. This project allows them to personalize the jars to resemble their favorite superheroes.

DIY Superhero Bank Tutorial from Fireflies and Mudpies

This DIY silverware holder is perfect for outdoor entertaining. Place all your forks, spoons and knives in mason jars before transporting your silverware outside–this holder will help you save time the next time you need to bring all your dishware to your outdoor dining area.

DIY Silverware Holder Tutorial from Design Dining and Diapers

Add some sparkle to your home's decor with these lovely DIY glitter vases.

DIY Glitter Vase Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Replace the light fixture over your dining table with a handmade rustic pendant light. This innovative mason jar chandelier is perfect for those who love farmhouse style.

DIY Mason Jar Pendant Light Tutorial from The Summery Umbrella

Children are sure to love making these emoji containers for their rooms. For the perfect afternoon activity, provide them with a small mason jar and some paint so they can recreate their favorite emoji.

DIY Emoji Mason Jars Tutorial from Our Messy Table

Decorate a mason jar with gold polka dots for the perfect party glasses.

DIY Polka Dot Cup Tutorial from With Lovely

Add some soft diffused light to your home with these DIY frosted candle holders.

DIY Frosted Votive Tutorial from A Beautiful Mess

Spoil your dog with a jar full of his favorite treats.

DIY Dog Treat Jar Tutorial from Decor and the Dog

Add flowers to your home in an unexpected way with this clever DIY project.

DIY Hanging Window Treatment Tutorial from It All Started with Paint

These cute mason jars painted with fruit designs are perfect for your next summer BBQ.

DIY Watermelon and Lemon Jars Tutorial from Pink When

Prevent your twine from becoming knotted with this DIY storage jar and organizer.

DIY Twine Organizer Tutorial from A Casarella

These chic DIY storage jars are perfect for your bathroom, your dresser or your vanity.

DIY Storage Jars Tutorial from Haute and Healthy

For an easy centerpiece at a holiday or special occasion dinner, paint a bunch of mason jars and group them together. Add flowers to some and utensils in others for a functional and beautiful centerpiece.

DIY Gilded Centerpiece Tutorial from Studio DIY

Treat yourself to a spa day with a jar of margarita body scrub that will leave your skin feeling super soft.

DIY Margarita Body Scrub Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Repurpose an old plastic toy into a decorative top for a mason jar. The completed jar is perfect to store candies, small knick knacks or office supplies within. 

DIY Bunny Jar Tutorial from Burkatron

At the end of the year, reflect on all that has happened and all that you've achieved with a memory jar. Write down memories on pieces of paper and place them in the jar to store them until the end of the next year, when you can go back and add new memories from the previous year and read your old ones.

DIY Memory Jar Tutorial from Alice and Lois

Craft a pedicure jar with everything you need to pamper yourself. The completed pedicure jar is perfect to toss into a suitcase when traveling or to give as a gift to a friend.

DIY Pedicure in a Jar Tutorial from Suburban Simplicity

Keep all your first aid supplies together with a first aid jar. You can make your own by decorating a jar and filling it with essential first aid supplies, such as band-aids.

DIY First Aid Jar Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Treat yourself to a delicious cup of cold brew coffee at home with this DIY mason jar brewer.

DIY Cold Brew Coffee Tutorial from Mad in Crafts

Learn how to make your own candles by with this simple DIY tutorial.

DIY Mason Jar Candles Tutorial from Something Turquoise

Create a custom snow globe this winter with this magical DIY.

DIY Snow Globe Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

Add some edgy flair to your home's decor with a DIY skull luminary that would look fabulous on your coffee table. Not into skulls? Save these for around Halloween time!

DIY Skull Luminary Tutorial from Earnest Home Co.

For a beautiful way to store drinking straws on your bar cart, try these glitter polka dot jars.

DIY Glitter Polka Dot Mason Jar Tutorial from A Bubbly Life

This tutorial offers another way to keep your bathroom tidy with a set of mason jar holders.

DIY Bathroom Set Tutorial from Mason Jar Crafts Love

For a fun favor at a kids' party, fill some small mason jars with bubble solution so the party guests can blow bubbles.

DIY Bubble Party Favor Tutorial from A Bubbly Life

For a simple enhancement to an ordinary jar, decorate the tops of your mason jars with custom letterpress foil tops.

DIY Custom Foil Mason Jar Tutorial from Damask Love

Countdown to Christmas with this creative DIY advent calendar.

DIY Advent Calendar Tutorial from Studio DIY

This DIY utensils holder is perfect for a BBQ, as guests can help themselves to cutlery.

DIY Utensils Holder from The Sweetest Occasion

For pretty storage containers, follow this tutorial to add glitter to ordinary jars.

DIY Glitter Storage Jar Tutorial from Mason Jars Crafts Love

Store kitchen essentials like flour and sugar with these DIY storage jars.

DIY Kitchen Storage Jars Tutorial from This Little Street