How to decorate a glass jar with your own hands?

Do not rush to throw empty glass or tin cans - from them you can make a lot of beautiful things that will be an excellent decoration in your home, or at the cottage. You can beautifully decorate a glass jar by using the simplest materials, for example, rope, sackcloth, twine, narrow ribbons, newspaper vines, buttons and even salt. If you put a little patience and work, from tin and glass containers you can make a vase, a glass for spoons and forks, wicker dishes or a fairy-tale candlestick. Consider different ideas on how to decorate a glass jar with your own hands.

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You can decorate glass jars or coffee containers with twine, burlap, lace or any ribbon. Let's look at how to decorate a jar for a candle or for storing various trifles.

You will need the following:

• Glass jar. Saddle( white and gray).
• Twine.
• Lace( you can take it ready, or you can tie it with a crochet).Small buttons or beads.
• Glue gun or glue "Moment".

Procedure:

1. First remove the label from the can with hot water and a sponge.
2. Dry.
3. Cut a rectangular piece from the gray burlap, apply glue to the surface of the jar and glue the cut in several places.
4. Label a gray cloth with a white sackcloth or a piece of lace on a gray cloth.
5. Make twigs of different sizes from the twine, twisting and fixing them with glue.
6. Stick the flowers from the twine to the burlap.
7. Next on these twisted flowers paste paper flowers, pieces of lace, bows.
8. Free space can be filled with small buttons or beads.
9. Attach lace or burlap on the neck, buttons or beads on top.

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Vase from

can All of us quite often buy products in tin cans: tomato paste, baby food, olives, cucumbers. You can give a beautiful decor to the banks for the kitchen with their own hands. For this:

1. Take the jar and any existing glue.
2. Apply glue to the surface.
3. Twist the twine in a spiral, holding it tight so that the coils are as close as possible to each other.

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Decor of cans with newspaper tubes

Now we know how to make weaving from newspaper tubes. Let's figure out how to decorate the jar with your own hands using this simple material.

Kinds of weaving from newspaper tubes:

• Single rod - struts braid with single rods, layering the wall in a circular manner.
• Stratified weaving - weaving occurs with several twigs, simultaneously for several racks. And, they are directed so: the first twig - for the first rack, the second - for the second, the third - for the third, and so on. When the rod ends, each tube goes to the next column - until all the tubules run out. Next comes a new similar layer. The tips are hidden inside the work.
• Square weave - the tube goes through two risers in the third until the end of the tube is 10 cm. The second tube is weaved on the right side of the second riser. Working through the two risers, the tube goes out, and so on. Such "square" rows are woven to the required height.
• "Rope" - except that the tubes are wrapped around the risers, they still cross each other.

We are braiding the jar with newspaper tubes

Let's try to decorate the jar with newspaper tubes. To do this you will need:

• Newspaper ducts.
• Scissors.
• Adhesive PVA.
• Cardboard.
• Water based varnish.
• Acrylic paint.
• Brush or sponge.

Procedure:

1. Cut from a cardboard 2 circles with a diameter of your jar.
2. In one circle draw a notch with a pencil about 2 cm apart. Pipes should be 17 pieces.
3. Fold the tube upright.
4. Each tube should be inserted under the following, and then up.
5. Do the knitting in two tubes using the "Rope" method.
6. Fasten the racks on the jar with the clothespins, for ease of weaving.
7. Felt the whole jar.
8. After reaching the top of the can, complete the work in the form of a chain.
9. In the end, paint the weave with acrylic paint and open with varnish.

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Salt decoration

Very beautiful and simple decor of kitchen cans can be done with the help of common salt. For work you will need:

• Glass jar.
• Salt.
• Food coloring.
• Adhesive PVA.
• Paints, sequins, splinters of old broken Christmas toys.

Procedure:

1. Pour salt in a bowl and mix it with the dye.
2. Spread the jar with PVA glue.
3. Roll the can in the painted salt.
4. Leave the jar to dry for several hours.
5. After drying, cover the product with a varnish.

As you can see, a boring and simple jar is not difficult to turn into a beautiful and original home decor. To decorate the jar with your own hands, you need very little - simple and affordable materials that will surely be found in every home, a little time, a little patience and your imagination.