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Delightful DIY Non-Food Gift Jars

by Terion
Delightful DIY Non-Food Gift Jars

Jars – they aren’t just for canning anymore. They also make excellent gifts. And the greatest thing about a gift jar is that sometimes, the jar is simply the holder of the gift (and yet, you still get a jar – like BONUS!). And sometimes, the jar IS the gift – like with the polka dot mason jar vase.

If you have plant lovers on your gift list, there are a few great options for a jar that can be used as a planter. And there are a couple of lovely “terrariums” using fake plants, allowing you to give the gift of green that is completely “brown-thumb-proof”!

A great gift doesn’t have to cost a lot or take a lot of work to make. What really matters is that it is a gift from your heart. And it is my hope that you find some wonderful “heart gifts” in this collection of DIY gift jars.

I’d love to hear about any that you make if you’d like to leave a comment!

Delightful DIY Non-Food Gift Jars

Delightful DIY Non-Food Gift Jars

  1. Mondrian-Inspired Mason Jars – Mason Jar Crafts Love

Sometimes when making a gift jar for someone, the jar IS the gift. These beautiful Mondrian-Inspired Mason Jars are a chance for you to show off your creative skills for someone truly special. These stunning jars look like stained glass when finished, making them perfect for use as a drinking glass, a vase, or anything else you can think of!

  1. Fairy Garden Mason Jar Terrarium – Crafts by Amanda

Do you have a young lover of the fae in your life? This beautiful and enchanting fairy garden terrarium is one sweet gift for that magical soul in your life. Make it inviting enough and a real fairy might even move in!

  1. Lavender Flower Painted Mason Jars – It All Started With Paint

Even if you aren’t super strong with a paintbrush, these lovely lavender flower painted mason jars are within your wheelhouse. The blogger/creator does a great ob of keeping the instructions simple, for a fresh country look that will make a great gift for someone special!

  1. Make a Kawaii Unicorn Mason Jar Succulent Planter – Creative Green Living

For the unicorn fan in your life, this sweet and shy unicorn planter is perfect for succulents and other small plants. But the most magical thing of all is that it was made by YOU!

  1. Composition Book Mason Jar Desk Organizer – Mason Jar Crafts Love

Another wonderful gift jar for teacher, students, and anyone who loves office supplies – this composition book mason jar is so much fun. Easy to make and useful as anything from organizing desk supplies to holding a bouquet of wildflowers, this sweet mason jar gift is sure to bring a smile!

  1. Fishnet Wrapped Mason Jar – It All Started With Paint

If you can tie a knot, you can make this lovely fishnet wrapped mason jar gift. All you need is some jute twine to turn a mason jar into a beautiful decorative container. This wrapped jar brings to mind thoughts of the sea, making it the perfect place to hold sea shells or sea glass if your decor is “beachy” or tropical in any way.

  1. Mason Jar DIY Herb Garden – Crafts Unleashed

If someone has never grown fresh herbs before, they don’t know what they are missing. You can show them! This DIY Mason Jar Herb Garden is a great way to introduce someone you love to the wonders of having fresh herbs in the kitchen. Now, that’s a gift jar with some flavor!

  1. Beach Inspired Mason Jar Craft – A Pumpkin and a Princess

If you liked the beachy feel of the fishnet wrapped mason jar, you’ll love this one, too. Covered in broken seashells (although it would be beautiful with sea glass, too) this jar is topped by a jaunty wrapping of jute twine. Make it along with the fishnet mason jar as a gift set for your sea-loving friends!

  1. Polka Dot Mason Jar Gift – The Cards We Drew

Although they are first associated with canning, mason jars are amazingly flexible. People use them as vases, drinking glasses, and more. This whimsical mason jar vase is covered in polka dots and topped with a jaunty ruffle. It’s an awesome gift for planter lovers, fans of circus clowns, and anyone with a sense of fun!

  1. Mason Jar Matchbox – It All Started With Paint

Do you know someone who loves to camp or has a wood burning stove or fireplace? If so, you can make them their own handy dandy container of wooden matchsticks with just a little time and creativity. This is a fun and thoughtful last minute gift that will be truly appreciated!

  1. Holiday Simmering Potpourri DIY Gift Jars – A Cultivated Nest

This simmering potpourri is one of those fun presents designed purely for spreading Christmas cheer. Made up of a bunch of delicious-smelling ingredients, you can make a jar for everyone on your holiday gift list!

  1. Lavender Mint Bath Salts – Mason Jar Crafts Love

Give the gift of relaxation this year when you present someone special with a lovely jar filled with lavender mint bath salts made especially by you. The relaxing scent and soothing salts can be a great relief at the end of a stressful day. Now – that’s a gift!

  1. Faux Terrarium With Vintage Style in Minutes – DIY Candy

If you know someone who loves plants but can never manage to keep them alive, this faux terrarium gift jar is the ultimage present for them. They can decorate their home with a little greenery that they never have to worry about. What could be better?

  1. Peppermint Bath Salts Gift in a Jar – Crafts by Amanda

These homemade bath salts smell like peppermint – a great reminder of Christmas no matter what time of year they are enjoyed. Relaxing and fun, this gift in a jar is both festive and relaxing. Now, how often can you say that?

  1. DIY Anthropologie-Style Mason Jar Sewing Kit Gift – It All Started With Paint

This super cool Sewing kit has the same style as one by Anthropologie, but it’s a lot less expensive to make it yourself. Not only that, but homemade gifts are the best, especially when they are this cool and practical!

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348 Comments

  7. We like to make all kinds of crafts and goodies, but specialize at nothing. From food to decorations, we love it all.

  9. Do you and your family make homemade items for gift giving during the holidays?

    Of all the family just my mother as any talent for homemade stuff
    THX

  15. I love everything anyone has ever made for me. How can anyone not appreciate someone taking the time to personally create something for them?

  16. In our family we do an homemade ornament exchange. Even the kids do it. It’s alot of fun because you don’t know who made it but you want it. Believe me the fights the have been made over a clay unicorn….lol

  17. I don’t do any DIY non food gift items, I try to stick with what I’m good at and baking is my best talent. I would be open to trying something new for the holidays if I found something that interested me and the jars or something like it may be it.

  20. No, we don’t really make homemade gifts coz in the first place we rarely give away stuffs.

  21. I like to fill mason jars with dry soup ingredients for the holidays. All folks have to do is add water and bring the contents of the jar to a boil for a quick bowl of homemade soup.

  23. We don’t usually do homemade gifts . But one year we made an apron with my kids handprints on it for my sister in law. She loves to bake

  26. I haven’t seen this done in years…it was popular in the 90’s…papercast ornaments. This is where you’d make paper pulp, add paper clay, put the paper pulp into a stoneware cast, microwave it, and pop out a lovely paper ornament that you could paint.

  34. My daughter loves to paint so she usually buy those wooden unfinished things from Michael’s or The dollar tree and paint them for gifts and people love them because they can keep them for many years.

  35. Honestly, any time someone takes the care to make me something, I automatically love and appreciate it.

  37. I am not very crafty so I don’t make homemade gifts very often unless it involves food and personalized cards.

  40. I usually make my husband and son at least a pair of socks for Christmas. I don’t know about this year though. I usually start earlier, though I can finsh a pair a week.

  46. My aunt loves making homemade gifts. One of my favorite handmade gifts I received from her was a crocheted sea turtle blanket.

  48. I love making or received Christmas cookies and bars. I used to make a lot of gifts, but I always ran out of time.

  55. I love some of the DYI suggestions you have listed here. I think my favorite is the Peppermint Bath Salts Gift in a jar. I haven’t made any personalized gifts yet this year.

  60. I plan on making personalized cards for my niece and nephew this year to go with their gifts.

  67. My favorite DYI gift items are ones that are very useful to friends and family including baked goods and personalized certificates. I have made a personalized certificate for my mom one year that included a movie, a dinner of choice, a shopping spree of a certain value to a store of her choice, and help around the house.

  74. My daughter’s and I love to make baked goods for their friends! Cookies, brownies and banana bread!

  76. bannana bread is a great gift. freeze the bannanas first then thaw and they work much better

  90. Sometimes I make homemade gifts. I recently moved and if I make any homemade gifts it would be snickerdoodle cookies and fudge for the neighbors.

  98. Outside of baking – we don’t make a lot of homemade gifts. Sometimes I’ll make personalized cards.

  100. I will attempt this year to make a gingerbread house for my son. Every we fail lol and took off the past year from it. Hopefully this will be our year

  103. My favorite thing is giving presents, and hot chocolate,(homemade). I have been known to give fudge or cookies as gifts.

  107. I love all the different things you can do with mason jars. Those crafts always look nice!

  117. I enjoy baking cookies for co-workers. The fun part is wrapping/styling to make each one festive & different.

  120. I think baked goods make great gifts as long as you take into account any restrictions your friends and family may have. Sometimes it’s nice to give and receive a gift that brings a moment of joy vs a material object to keep that you don’t know where to put it.

  123. love making wreaths each year ,plus we do dessert trays with mini cakes & cookies to hand out to the neighbors & church

  124. I’m not sure if we’ll be giving homemade gifts this year – we usually make a list ahead of time, gather things we need, and then make them. May not happen this year.

  132. No we dont do homemade gifts but I use to make purses for my girls and niece out of old jeans based on their favorite things every year so hello kitty, scooby doo, ect. I have also made them jewelry in the past.

  136. I’m a regular cookie monster, so I love giving and receiving homemade cookies, but I like your non food DIY gifts too!

  141. I make Christmas ornaments out of salt and pepper shakers. I live sharing these with family and friends.

  142. I love making candy as gifts for the holiday, it’s something I enjoy and I love making people happy.

  147. No we don’t make homemade items for gift giving during the holidays. I do want to make the Kawaii Unicorn Mason Jar Succulent Planter for myself It is so cute!

  155. My daughter and I always make homemade cookie gifts for our extended family and neighbours.

  163. I’m not great at making anything, but my favorite DIY gifts to receive are cookies, cakes, and candles.

  167. I love to make gifts for Christmas. I have purchased cookbooks for gifts and made a sweet treat out of the book. I have made flavored liquor like cherry flavored whiskey and gifted bottles.

  170. I don’t have much of a creative mind. Sometimes I will make a handmade card, but that’s about it.

  171. I make goodies for everyone. Christmas cookies, cheesecake, fudge, gingerbread and rum balls and jelly that I’ve made. I make up gift baskets, tins and even a new Tupperware set full.

  175. Yes we make gifts and mix them with store purchased gifts. I crochet and do many other crafting things for the holidays.

  180. I love DIY gift ideas! I made homemade vanilla to give for Christmas this year. I grow lavender so I’m always looking for way to use it for gifts too.

  191. I used to pickle stuff and give it to loved ones as part of little gift baskets for the holidays! It took a lot of work and patience, but it was fun and people loved them!

  193. No I don’t make these types of gifts for two reasons. I don’t have time and I am not very crafty.

  195. We make different things each year, my favorite so far has been a soaps that the kids and I made with each person favorite animal and scents

  204. I like DIY picture frames and mason jar gifts. I don’t make my own gifts but I do enjoy homemade baked goods, etc. for the holidays.

  208. I love to make DIY projects, especially at the holidays. I love to try new projects each year. I am making candles this year.

  217. I love homemade candy, cookies, cakes, etc..it’s not expensive and it’s something you know they will like. It’s also made with Love.

  231. I must say we don’t make holiday gifts have to say gift cards are the way we go everyone is happy with those

  250. I think cookies and banana bread make great homemade gifts. We bake snickerdoodle cookies every Christmas.

  254. I love to receive homemade gifts, especially baked items because I don’t do a lot of baking myself.

  266. We don’t make gifts, and we’re just going to have a simple Christmas this year.

  276. I really like the Kawaii Unicorn Mason Jar Succulent Planter. It would be so cute for gifts for my parents.

  277. My favorite DIY holiday gift item is a tree ornament, they bring back happy memories every year as I hang them on our tree.

  284. My favorite thing to make during the holidays is making ornaments, this year I am making lace snowflakes.

  291. I sometimes make bottles with cocktail ingredients along with the appropriate bottle of wiskey

  294. we like to give away some homemade cookies and sometime we do mod podge on the canisters we put them in

  296. Yes my family makes homage gifts. We like to make fruit baskets, hot coca jars, cookies, clear glass ornaments, and bath bombs.

  304. I make everyone treats chex mix, fudge or cookies but usually buy them a gift as well. I think as we get older some of us enjoy the treats more so then more stuff.

  306. I love giving homemade gifts especially homemade treats. I make gift boxes for friends, neighbors and delivery people.

  307. Sometimes my kids and I make Christmas tree ornaments to give out to family during the holidays.

  321. i love making mod podge boxes for my family… things you can put your jewelry in or little things, that you want to keep hidden … i love making homemade gifts

  330. When my daughter was a child we made homemade items for gift giving during the holidays.

  338. We love to make different types of crafting gifts every year. Usually we do do some sort of picture craft as well as wreath crafts. Often we will do cooking and make containers designed for them.

  346. I think handmade gifts are the best. They mean so much more. These are really pretty!

  348. I don’t make gifts each year but I have before. This year I’m just not doing it. I’m going with an austere Christmas.

    Haha.

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