20 Fall Mason Jar Crafts To Decorate Your Home

Fall and mason jars go together like your fingers and hot glue. Mason jars have to be one of the most popular items to recycled and re-use. We have 20 crafts for you later in this post, but first, a bit of a history of Mason Jars is in order!

Do you know the history of the Mason jars?

Threaded screw-top jars “such as these are meant to be air and water-tight” were patented in 1858 by a 26-year-old Mason. The original mason jars were made of clear aqua glass and are frequently referred to as “Crowleytown Jars” by collectors since so many people think the New Jersey town of Crowleytown is where they were first produced.

I don’t know about you, but I have a box in my cupboard just for storing reusable jars. We have started using them for smoothies on the go too. My children are great at losing lunch boxes so we have started re-using the jars for things that may get lost.

I realize that is not recycling them, but it is giving them one more chance at life before being thrown, lost, or misplaced. Jars are so versatile and pasta sauce jars are always airtight, making them perfect for liquids.

Once they lose their lid, off to the craft room cupboard they go.

Autumn is a beautiful season with all of the trees turning red, yellow, and orange. The bright color of pumpkins set against the muted tones of yellow in the hay and leaves is a wonderful thing to behold.

Why not take advantage of all that fall goodness and bring a bit of it indoors? Kids can help decorate the house with just a few fun and easy autumn craft ideas. These activities are all simple to do and are quick too.

Make a Colorful Fall Leaf Wall

Take a walk around your neighborhood once the leaves start turning colors and gather up leaves that are all different sizes, shapes, and colors. Bring them home and put a small piece of tape onto the back of each leaf. Tape onto an empty wall space for a look at the outdoors inside. No leaves where you live? You can purchase packs of leaves at your local craft store and do the same things.

Decorate a Candle

Small votive candles are easy to decorate with autumn colors and themes. Simply glue a band of red, yellow, or orange ribbon around the body of the candle. Then glue on a tiny leaf, acorn, or miniature pumpkin to the front of the candle. Set a group of these on the table or mantel. You can also decorate different-sized candles to make an interesting arrangement of candles.

Make a Scarecrow

Use old clothes, a pillowcase for the head, and hay to make your own scarecrow. Draw a face on the scarecrow, stuff everything with hay, tuck in the loose ends and prop your creation up against the wall. This would be a great activity for kids outside on a cool crisp fall day.

Paint a Pumpkin

Why not paint your pumpkin this year instead of carving a scary face? Paint a Thanksgiving scene, paint a scarecrow on your pumpkin or decorate all around the pumpkin with vines and leaves. Set large ones outside on the porch or paint some miniature pumpkins or gourds to go with the autumn candle arrangement you made.

You can do one or all of these activities, but be sure and do something. Autumn has so much to offer in the way of crafting material from nature — leaves, acorns, pumpkins, hay — that it would be a shame to let it go by without making some awesome fall crafts.

You will definitely want to take advantage of all the autumn colors and opportunities for crafting with kids that come with the fall!

Often mason jar crafts imply that you need to use actual Mason jars, but the truth is you can use any jar, any sauce, baby food or pickle jar will also work for these DIY Fall crafts. The whole purpose of recycling is to use items that you already have and to prevent them from going into the bin. Of course, if you don’t have jars, maybe consider asking around to friends and family to see if they have any mason jars or glass jars that you can use for crafting.

Check out these recycled jar crafts on our Recycled Crafts blog

You could even repay their gifting of empty mason jars by making a little craft project out of one for them.

I have to say I am in love with fall and jars, it’s such a clear reminder of pickling food and storing up for the winter.

I think the very first jar craft I did, was for my 21st Birthday party. I spray painted the inside of jars with silver paint for a glass finish and filled them with either flower or maybe balloons, it has been a while now so I don’t quite remember.

Now I have a stash of recycled glass jars with jute ribbon on for basically every occasion, cause jute goes with everything.

And with that… here is our list of 20 Mason Jar crafts to decorate your home!

Make These Fall Mason Jars In Minutes from thecountrychiccottage.net

Mason Jar Craft For Fall With Free Printables from dearcreatives.com

Easy Fall Mason Jar Craft from masonjarcraftslove.com

DIY Pumpkin Mason Jars For Fall Décor from sustainmycrafthabit.com

Easy Fall Painted Mason Jars & Wild Flowers from danslelakehouse.com

Painted Pumpkin Mason Jars from itallstartedwithpaint.com

How To Use Pine Cones For A Unique Fall Mason Jar from pillarboxblue.com

DIY Burlap & Feather Wrapped Mason Jars from thehappyhousie.porch.com

Gold Painted Mason Jars With Spray Paint from momdot.com

Paint Pour Mason Jars For Fall from madincrafts.com