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Make a Cozy Mason Jar Night Light with This 3-Step DIY

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This DIY mason jar night light can be made on a budget – and your kids can help. The glitter is so sparkly and fun for night time!

how to make mason jar night lights

Hi it’s Courtney with Crafts by Courtney! Today I’m sharing how to make a simple mason jar night light for your kids room. This is such an easy project that the kids could even make themselves. It’s a great boredom buster when they need something to do!

My three boys love having a night light in their room. I’m constantly buying them from the Dollar Tree.

This time I thought I would make some with some mason jars. A cute recycled craft! It’s also an easy craft for kids, which is nice if you want to make them together with your littles. I made one of the night lights blue for a boy, and a multi-colored one for a girls’ room.

For this cool project, I picked out some smaller mason jars I had on hand. But an old pickle jar, baby food jar, etc. would work great as well. I selected my Mod Podge of choice and some extra fine glitter.

Gather These Supplies

  • Mod Podge Gloss
  • Food coloring – learn how to color Mod Podge here
  • Glitter
  • Mason jar
  • Paintbrush
  • Battery operated tealight candle

My 6 year old wants to make one for his room, but he wants a green one. I’ll be making a quick stop at the craft store for more glitter this weekend.

This mason jar night light would be a fun craft to make with kids at a sleepover. Something fun they can take home with them. Plus if you did the craft early enough, they could probably use them that night.

mason jar night light diy

I don’t know which DIY night light is my favorite, I’m partial to the girly colored one, but I just think the blue one is really cool.

DIY night light with a mason jar

Hey I might make one for myself now! Maybe a yellow one would be pretty?!? Get the printable how to card below:

DIY night light with a mason jar
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DIY Night Light

Make this DIY night light craft using a mason jar! This is a fun project for kids or adults.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time45 minutes
Dry Time12 hours
Total Time12 hours 50 minutes
Yield: 1 night light
Cost: $1

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Instructions

  • Mix a bit of food coloring and glitter with Mod Podge. Stir to combine. Paint the inside of the mason jar with the Mod Podge mixture.
    mason jar painted inside with blue tinted Mod Podge and glitter
  • For the other jar, I started off by painting on some Mod Podge in spots, then sprinkling my glitter on top. Then I added some more Mod Podge in spots and sprinkled more glitter.
    Painting Mod Podge inside a jar and sprinkling glitter on top
  • Add a tealight to the lid of the mason jar and screw on the base to display.
    LED tealight put in the lid of the jar

I hope you loved this kids craft. If you’d like to get more craft project ideas and inspiration, check out these other ideas:

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CreativeKhadija

Monday 10th of August 2015

Very cute, love these pretty colors :)

Paige

Sunday 9th of August 2015

These night lights are so fun and cute! I love how customizable they are since you can do whatever colors you like! This will be a fun craft for my kid's bedrooms!

Paige https://www.thehappyflammily.com/