Our DIY Mason Jar Lid Santa Ornament is a handcrafted card carrying member of the 2016 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop!
This year, there are 11 pairs of partners or 22 talented ladies participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple – create a handmade ornament for under $15 to exchange with a partner and create a tutorial to share on the blog hop! I hope you are as excited as I am to see all the Handmade ornament ideas.
My exchange partner this year is the talented Megan from C’mon, Get Crafty.
Erlene ⋅ My Pinterventures Kim · Made In A Day Amanda · The Kolb Corner
Shirley · Intelligent Domesticatons Michelle · Our Crafty Mom
Robin ·Redo It Yourself Inspirations Sherry · Olives-n-Okra
Nicki · Sweet Parrish Place Sherry · Savvy Apron Megan · C’mon Get Crafty
Jelica · A Pretty Fix Emily · Two Purple Couches Christene · Keys to Inspiration
Kati · Houseful of Handmade Beverly · Across the Blvd.
Jeanie · Create and Babble Erin · Suburban Simplicity
Terri · Christmas Tree Lane Maureen · Red Cottage Chronicles
Debra · Shoppe No. 5 Donna · Two Chicks and A Mom
Pamela · Home On The Corner
I hope you enjoy our Mason Jar Lid Santa Ornament. He’s really fun to make. It seems like there are a lot of supplies but they are really simple items you likely have on hand. I just happen to have white fleece fabric in my fabric stash and it curls well so that is what I used but you could use a cotton fabric too. The most important thing for you to use is your imagination to create your own Mason Jar Lid Santa Ornament.
Supplies:
- 1 Mason Jar Lid
- Cotton or Fleece Fabric for the beard (I used fleece)
- Red felt square
- 1 Small red pom pom
- 1 Large white and silver or blingy pom pom
- Black fine tip magic marker
- 1 Red craft pipe cleaner
- Small amount of pillow stuffing
- E6000 Glue
- Mod Podge
- Flesh colored paint (I used Natural Beige)
- 1 Old Christmas card or a piece of Christmas craft paper
Begin by painting the front of the lid several times allowing it to dry between coats.
While the paint is drying, cut your fabric into small strips about 3.5 inches long and 1/2″ wide. They will be slightly shorter when curled.
Curl the end of each fabric strip the same as curling ribbon when wrapping gifts by pulling the side of closed scissors along the edge of each piece. Once it curls, it will stay that way.
Lay the lid onto your craft paper or old Christmas Card and cut a circle. I used a card which had a small replica of the front on the back.
Glue it to the back side of the lid and coat it with one coat of Mod Podge which will preserve the paper.
Fold the red felt in half so that when you cut the hat you’ll have two pieces. I drew my hat free hand with pencil and paper until I was happy with the size. Then I cut it out and used it as a pattern on the felt. The goal for my Santa hat was a whimsical look with a long tail for the blingy pom pom. I also wanted to add the stuffing to create it more of a 3D look rather than just a flat hat.
Use the E6000 to glue the hat, front and back onto the painted lid. You should have already added the card or craft paper backing.
Make a bead of glue as shown around the edges leaving space for the stuffing to fit into.
Be sure to glue the pipe cleaner on at the very top so you can hang your new Santa ornament on the tree.
Use clothespins or office clips to hold the felt in place while the glue dries.
Notice in the last photo, the gap on the bottom of the hat which is where you will add the stuffing.. It’s a little tedious but you can do it.
After adding the stuffing, glue that last edge together and use the clothespins to hold it in place while the glue dries.
Now begin gluing the beard on using the E6000. Begin on the left and slightly overlap each piece to create fullness. You will notice in the photo that I did not curl the beard until after I added it. I do not recommend this! Be sure to curl your beard pieces first. I left the edges ragged on purpose as I just love that look on Santa!
Glue on Santa’s red pom pom nose and the blingy pom pom on the tip of his hat.
Finally use the black fine tip felt marker to make is eyes and you are done!
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Jess says
Oh I just love these!! 🙂
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Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
Cute craft! Mason jars and their lids come in handy for so many great ideas.
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Emily says
Your Santa ornament is so adorable, Shirley! I love how many ways Mason Jar lids can be used 🙂
Sharon Blue Willow House says
A very cute Santa. I love using mason jars and lids for crafting. Thank you for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Create~Bake~Make link party!
Zan Turner says
Such a cute Santa. I love the curly beard, especially!!! I know your receiver would cherish it and would love hanging this onher tree.
Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
That turned out super cute, Shirley, I love it! Great linky/hop, too! So much inspiration!
Beth | Ellie & Elizabeth says
LOVE this!! What a great idea. (Now if I could just stop time so I could make all of these LOL!)
Alli Smith says
What an adorable Santa ornament! I know I have plenty of mason jar lids and this would be an awesome craft to make with the grandkids. I think I have everything except the white fleece. This is just too cute!
Megan says
Ok, naughty me, I peeked! I can’t wait to get this adorable ornament!! Thank you for putting your crafty efforts into such a sweet gift!! 🙂
Sahana says
Santa is so cute. Nice idea to use mason jar lid as base. Thank you for linking up with us at #HomeMattersParty . We would love to have you again next week .
Roseann Hampton says
Love all of these homemade ornaments!
Kim~madeinaday says
Shirley, he is soo adorable! Love his curly beard! You are too clever girl!
Kim
Debrashoppeno5 says
Santa Claus is so adorable. I love his beard and jolly face. It is a fun craft to use the mason jar lids. So cute.
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Debra. He was fun to make. I can’t wait to make more for my family.
michelle james says
What an adorable Santa! He just makes me smile!
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Michelle. He is a little cutie pie. I have a secret crush on Santa 😉
pam smith says
He’s so cute! I love the curly beard! I am participating in the Ornament Exchange too and I just stopped by for a visit!
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Pam. I can’t wait to go see all the ideas and start making some new ornaments this year!
ERLENE AMAT says
This is so adorable! I love the beard and the stuffed hat. I think I have everything to make this and will give this a try.
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Erlene. I can’t wait to make more to share with my girls this year. I’m confident you have all the supplies in your stash.
sherry cole says
I love this Santa! I also love that you made these with mason jar lids. Something I have plenty of.
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Sherry. Mason jars and their lids and rings are so handy for so many different reasons, aren’t they!