Today I decided to get my craft on. With my moms birthday party coming up next week, I thought I would do some crafting for the occasion. I started with these cute Mason jars- they are all over Pinterest! If you know my family, then you know that my mom is BIG into canning. She cans everything: pickles, sauerkraut, salsa, peaches, tomatoes, and our new favorite- dilly beans! So naturally, I have oodles of jars lying around just asking to be painted.
I started by gathering my materials:
Acrylic paint in red, white, and blue
3 mason jars
A paintbrush
Newspaper
Paper plate
Washi tape (tip I found on Pinterest- painters tape peeled off the paint-eek!)
Modge podge
Then I painted two of the jars white and one jr blue. I did two coats on each jar.
Next, I painted the stars on the blue jar. I attempted to make a stamp, but I could not find any foam in the house, so I ended up free handing the stars. I used a watercolor brush to do this. (As I was posting pictures I realized I used foam plates- oh man!)
When the stars were finished, I put washi tape on the white jars to prepare for the red stripes.
And I painted red over all of it!
When I was certain everything was dry, I put a clear coat on top using modge podge. And voila! Handpainted Mason jars!
While I was working on these, I dug olio an old pair of jean shorts. In between steps when the paint was drying, I painted the pockets of the shorts. I painted the left pocket blue and the right pocket white. Using a 'stamp' that made out of cardboard and a paper clip, I added the stars to the blue pocket with white paint.
I free handed the red stripes into the other pocket and I was done. Pretty simple since I already had all of the materials out!
Enjoy crafting!
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