Pumpkin Jars

Sandi/Poor But Proud
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Pumpkin Jars - array of jars sitting on a shelf This was a fun craft, but I learned a valuable lesson. Never load the photos and then delete them before they are loaded. I lost half the photos I needed, but found a tiny jar to "finish out the process". It's been fun and I hope you like them!

Total Time: 2 hours

Yield: 5

Source: Have seen painted jars on-line

Supplies:

6 sided jelly jars
1 oz paint: Terra Cotta
1 oz paint: Moss green
2 paint brushes
1/2 cup water for clean up
12 yd green yarn
size I hook
scissors
embellishments
hot glue gun and sticks
4 corks

Steps:

The first thing to do is to find the right shape of jar. I like the 6 sided jelly jar. I had one large one, and three little ones. After they were all done, I actually found a tiny tiger balm jar and added it to the "family". It's the baby! With the terra cotta paint, it took about 4 coats as this was not glass paint. Each one has to be dry or it will smear. This is the part of the photos I lost, so you can just close your eyes and imagine me painting. There, that was easy!

I glued some corks to the underside of the lids to make them easier to paint. Then, on with the green!

Pumpkin Jars - corks on underside of lids to make it easy to paint them green

While everything was drying, I crocheted the stems. Chain 2, and make a single crochet in the first chain. Turn, make a single crochet in the first stitch and the next two. Continue this till you have 8 single crochets. Break off the work the tails into the center, and trim. Put a line of hot glue on the edge, then roll it like a little cone. When you glue the stems, lean them a bit as they are drying. Then, glue them to the center of the lids.

Pumpkin Jars - crochet stem before rolling

After gluing on the stem I added fall colored embellishments.
I found the little tiger balm one and did the same to it. It's so tiny it just had to be added to the family!!