Make easy Halloween décor using Mason jars

By Molly Milroy

If you’re looking for a fun and effortless way to decorate for Halloween this year, look no further than utilizing those Mason jars you have stacked in your cupboard. These jars are easy to decorate and can provide a variety of looks. A plus side, you won’t break the bank for these decorations, as they can all be found at the local discount store.

Here are four easy and inexpensive ways to create your own Halloween décor, all using Mason jars. From spooky skeletons to mischievous bats, ghosts, and goblins, you can make them as cute or as scary as you’d like. Decorate your front door, table, mantel, or drop off a surprise Halloween gift to a friend.

Materials needed: Mason jars (variety of sizes), gauze, googly eyes, battery-operated tea light candles, Halloween stickers, decorated balls, small pumpkins, ribbon, cotton balls, scissors, tape, glue.

Mummy jar

Take an empty Mason jar and wrap gauze tightly around it, starting from the top of the jar and making your way down. As you wrap, make sure the gauze is pressed firmly against the jar. Once the jar is completely covered, wrap the end by tucking it into the already positioned gauze. Depending on how much gauze is left over, you might need to cut it first. If the end doesn’t stay tucked in, you can always tape or glue it down. Then tape or glue the googly eyes on the front and voila, you have a mummy jar. Make different sizes with a variety of jars and create a mummy family.

Spider web jar

Take an empty Mason jar and wrap gauze tightly around it, except this time, do not cover the entire jar. Make sure to leave some open spaces so the light from the battery-operated tea light candle can shine through. Decorate the jar with either Halloween stickers or fake spiders. Place the tea light candle inside the jar. Don’t forget to turn the tea light candle on at night to give that spooky aura.

Decorated ball jar

Kids will have fun decorating this jar with Halloween stickers.

Take an empty Mason jar and fill it with Halloween brightly colored balls. Glue a strip of orange or Halloween ribbon around the lid of the jar. Add other Halloween décor around the jar, including pumpkins and crawling spiders. Position the spiders so they look like they are crawling on top of and around the base of the jar.

Decorated sticker jar

Younger children will enjoy decorating a Mason jar with Halloween stickers. Either wrap the jar in gauze or try stretching out cotton balls to create more of a web-like effect. If using cotton balls, you will need to either glue or use double sided tape to keep it in place. Next add Halloween stickers attaching them directly to the gauze or jar. Halloween pop-up stickers and felt stickers bring dimension and are easy to use.

Halloween is a fun time to create your own décor and Mason jars are where it’s at. Place your decorated jars on your front stoop or around the house. These four Mason jar crafts are inexpensive, simple to create, and will give your home that spooktacular Halloween feel.