Valentine’s Day is such a special day for many. A lot of loved ones love to spend time with each other on Valentine’s Day. I know a lot of you usually love to take your loved ones out to a special dinner. My husband and I usually stay home and just watch some movies together. I personally thing Valentine’s Day is really special for my children. I love to give them a valentine for Valentine’s Day. They always do the valentines cards at school as well, where they give everyone in their class valentines. They always have so much fun with that.
I wanted to be able to come up with something that I could make for my daughters this year. We have a lot of jars lying around, so I figured this would be a great chance to fill them up with some candy and make something for my girls. Since I already made these, they were able to see them, and I’ll tell you that my girls loved them a lot. They were really excited to see these jars.
What you will need:
- Jars (any size you’d like)
- Shoelaces
- Gummy Worms
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Tags
- Colorful Paper (for the lids)
The first thing you’re going to want to do, is to get out your jars. You can fill them with gummy worms and Hershey’s Kisses. I started with gummy worms and then did Hershey’s kisses. I kept switching so that it would look more like a mix of them. You can fill them however you’d like.
Next you’re going to want to get out the paper that you want to use for the lid. You can find a lot of different kinds of papers at craft stores. We had some valentine colored paper around, so we wanted to use some of that. What you’ll do, is take the piece of the lid off of the jar and you want to trace that on the paper.
Once you have it all traced, you can go ahead and cut that out.
Then you want to put that piece inside of the lid. This gives the top more of a nice valentine’s theme so it’s not so plain and boring.
You’ll still want to use the other piece of the lid after you put the cut out one in. That will still make sure to help the lid stay on and keep the paper from falling out as well.
Now you can take the lid and put it back on the jar.
Next you’re going to want the shoelace. You can put that around the jar underneath the lid.
Then you will want to tie the shoe lace in a knot/bow.
Next you’re going to work on the tag. You can find these tags at craft stores, or you can print some from home too. I usually just write the messages on mine. If they were printables, you could always use text online to get the text on the printables as well. I like to write mine to add my own touch to them.
After getting the wording on your tags, you can put them on the jar. There are a few ways that you can do this. I usually just stick my tags under the lids. They normally stay on easy that way. You could always punch a hole through the tag and string it through the shoelace as well.
My girls are happy with these jars. Once they got home from school, they saw them on the table and were very excited. These can make some great valentine’s gifts for anyone. It’s great for friends, family and even kids! I think everyone deserves a little something on Valentine’s Day.
Do you have any plans for Valentines Day this year? Are you going to be making anything special for someone?
SO, so very cute. We will be making something similar for my daughter’s Valentine’s Day Party and I can’t wait to share them with the kids. Thank you for giving me a peek at what you are will be doing for Love Day!
You’re welcome! I’m glad to hear you’re making something to share with kids too!
Those are so cute! Projects like this that are both easy and adorable are my favorites.
Thanks, and I agree! I love these kinds of projects.
I think those jars are just the cutest things. The simplicity of this design is wonderful. It makes it so much easier to make them.
I agree. I love making many things with jars.
That is the cutest! This is the perfect kind of thing to make for a Valentine’s party because it’s a simple and easy project.
I agree. It sure is simple to make.
what a cute Valentine’s Day gift idea! Gummy worms and chocolate is a double winner in my books!
Right! Same here.
Such a cute idea! I think my son would love to bring those to his teachers this year. Thanks!
You’re welcome. I may just have my girls bring one in for their teachers as well!
I love this idea! Its easy and the kids would love it! I might just have to do this for valentines!
It is very simple. My girls really loved them.
How cute! I couldn’t figure out what the bugs would be! Any kid would love this.
Thanks! The bugs were the gummy worms. 🙂
I love this! It would be a wonderful little gift idea for a child to take to that very special valentine of their own.
It sure is! My girls sure loved them.
Super cute and fun. I hope you have a great Valentine’s Day!
Thanks. You too!
What an adorable play on words! I always see cute ideas like this and wish I could be just as creative! That won’t ever happen so until then, I will use the ideas of others, like this one! 😛
Thanks! I’m not very creative either, but I try and see what I can come up with.
This is such a cute idea for Valentine’s Day. I will have to get the supplies I need to make a few of these to give as little gifts. Thanks for the great idea.
You’re welcome! I love that they’re simple to make too.
These are mega cute jars. They are also filled with two of my favorite candies so I might be partial.
Awesome! My girls sure loved them. 🙂
These are just so adorable and I definitely think I could pull these crafts off! Thank you so much for sharing your crafty goodness!
You’re welcome. They’re certainly easy for anyone to make.
These are such fun DIY Valentine’s! Making little valentines to give to our friends is one of my favorite things to do!
Me too! They’re a lot of fun.
I have no plans yet. These jars are so adorable and easy to make. Love it.
No plans for me either. Usually just stay home and watch movies.
Aw cute! I love the phrase that goes on the tag! “Bugs and Kisses” – so perfect and clever!
Thank you! 🙂
These are so cute! Me and my husband have a funny card contest each year for valentines day, it is so fun!
That sounds like a lot of fun!
What a cute idea for Valentine’s Day. I also have a lot of jars , now I know what to do with them.
I love saving these jars. You can do so much with them.
This is really a cute idea! an easy and sweet Valentine’s Day treat!
Thanks! It is a great gift for Valentines. My girls really loved them.
Awww! This is such a super cute idea!!! My kids would love to make some of these for their friends.
Thanks! I think my girls may be making some for their friends and teachers.
This is a cute idea! I think I will make a few of these for some of the kids at my daughters school. So cool!
I’ve been thinking of doing some for my kids friends and their teachers too.
These sound so cute to make!
They’re very simple to make too.
What a cute and unique idea! This is really such an amazing tutorial!
Thanks!
This is such a cute idea for Valentine’s Day. I think I’m going to do this for my kids this year.
Great! I’m sure they’ll love them. My girls sure did.
Those are so cute. I love this idea and it is something that the kids can help with too. You could all grab gummy bears and Hershey hugs. Then you can make “Bear Hugs”
Exactly! My kids could easily help with these.
These are such a lovely idea and I am sure my husband would love one as well as the children! And as the children get older and want to give out Valentine’s these would be easy for them to make themselves – giving a personal touch.
Exactly! It’s a great gift for many.
Oh man…. I suppose it’s getting close to Valentine’s day! I love doing projects with the kids, this is a great idea!
Me too. I love doing things like this with my girls.
Too cute! I love all the things you can do with mason jars! I think our Valentine’s day will be pretty low key this year. A nice dinner out would be nice though.
I agree! You can do so much with mason jars.
These are so cute! Such a great idea for Valentine’s day!
Thanks!
I love this idea My daughters Tiffany ring got stolen, so I won a different one on Ebay, Now I know the perfect way to give it to her. Thanks for the idea
That’s great! I bet she’ll love that.
Wow! This is absolutely a great idea this would be perfect for the classmates of my son, they enjoy this. I am going to try this
Great! It was a lot of fun to make too.