29 Clever Ways To Use Glass Jars For Halloween.
Are you looking for decorating ideas for Halloween?
Any ideas the kids will love?
Do not worry !
We have selected some simple Halloween ideas for you that your kids will love!
All you need are some old glass jars and a few accessories to decorate your home.
Without further ado, here are 29 ingenious ways to recycle your glass jars for Halloween:
1. In luminous skeleton
Place a solar light garland in a jar that you have decorated with a pretty skeleton skull. To make him more sympathetic, you can put a small knot on his head. Who will be afraid of such a skeleton?
2. As a ghost lantern
Boo! Here is a ghost lantern made with a glass jar. Paint it white, add stickers to make the eyes. Then place a candle in it.
3. In a ghost vivarium
With a branch, dry twigs, gauze, and a glass jar, you can make this spine-chilling scene!
4. In pumpkin-colored jars
Paint your jars in different orange tones and decorate them with fake leaves to stick on the lid. Why not present a good pumpkin soup? Check out the recipe here.
5. As a pumpkin-colored sparkling drink
Combine orange juice, lemon soda water and a scoop of orange sorbet. This carbonated frozen drink will delight children! Present everything in small jars that you will have decorated with stickers.
6. In Halloween candle holders
Recycle old glass jars to make candle holders. Garnish them with colored sand or black and orange pebbles and plant a candle in them. This will spruce up your Halloween buffet!
7. In a ghostly tree
Pick a few dead branches and paint them black. Arrange them in a glass jar decorated with lace. Gothic effect guaranteed!
8. In a candy box
Arrange candies and caramels in a small glass jar. Tie an apple on the lid with a little string. Here is a perfect gift to welcome your guests!
9. In gloomy lanterns
Coat your glass jars with glue, and apply black lace on them. Put candles in each of them. The driveway to your house will be perfectly gloomy after dark.
10. In a scary pencil holder
Add a Halloween touch to your desktop. Paint a glass jar and decorate them with plastic spiders. Your colleagues will thank you;)
11. In spooky cupcakes
Prepare yogurt cake dough. Check out the recipe here. Add food coloring then divide the dough into small glass jars. Once the small jars are cooked, just decorate each jar as you wish. A ghost, a mummy, a pumpkin or even a Frankenstein!
12. In ghost candles
Paint the glass jars white then add adhesive eyes. Then place a tea light candle in the jars to animate the ghost. And here is a very macabre little DIY easy to do with children!
13. In orange cupcakes
Make a chocolate yogurt cake base by following the recipe here. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter. Then make a Chantilly cream. Here is the recipe. Color it orange with food coloring. Finally, insert in a jar, a piece of cake, cream, and another cake. You can present it all on a spider web placemat: perfectly disgusting!
14. In mummies
With golden spray paint, paint your jars. Leave to dry. Then twist wide rubber bands crossing them. Cover everything with black spray paint. Let dry well and remove the rubber bands. The golden color will stand out. Add sticker eyes, and decorate with bats for example.
15. In Halloween glasses
Prepare a cheesecake paste by following this recipe. Divide it into two equal parts. Color one yellow and the other orange. In a small glass jar, put 1/3 of the orange paste, then 1/3 of the yellow paste and add whipped cream. Reserve 30 minutes in the fridge. Decorate with candies.
16. In jars
Paint jars with black and white stripes. Decorate them, for example with orange letters. Then place the pots to decorate a table, a room or a staircase.
17. In witch decoration
Take black lace and glue it on a glass jar. Add gauze and wedge it in the lid. Set it all up on an open book, and add candlesticks, a black crow. Really scary!
18. In decoration for children
If scary Halloween decor isn't your thing, choose a cuter decor. With white, orange and yellow paint cans, decorate your glass jars by conveying them and adding ribbons for example.
19. In Halloween scenes
Give your kids all the supplies to make this Halloween scene in a jar and watch them get creative.
20. In cemetery cakes
Bake cakes in a small glass jar, and decorate them with candies in the shape of worms, spiders, gravestones. Your kids will love it!
21. As a skull lantern
Brighten up Halloween night with these skull-topped paper lanterns that glow in the night. It is very easy to do with your children! Paint your jars with this phosphorescent paint, then hang skulls on the lids. After being exposed to light, these jars will glow on their own in the dark ... scary, right?
22. In mummy lanterns
If you don't have time for a huge decor, here's an easy thing to do! Wrap different sized jars with gauze, and glue funny eyes like these on them. Place a candle inside and let the magic happen!
23. As a spider drink
Cut spider webs out of a black self-adhesive paper, and apply them on the cider glasses prepared for the aperitif!
24. In steaming cocktails
Put a big scoop of ice cream in your favorite mocktails. On a stick, prick a candy in the shape of a ghost, and prick everything in the scoop of ice cream. For the smoking effect, add a little dry ice.
25. In Jack'O lanterns
Recycle your old jars (mayonnaise, pickles) to make a bunch of spooky pumpkins.
26. In frosted jars
Ideal for lighting the path that leads to your house! They are easy to make by spraying the jars with frosted effect paint and then sticking on a few glitter. Add spiders, and whatever decor you like. Then slip a candle into each one.
27. In frosted lanterns
Spray all the jars with frosted effect paint. Leave to dry. Then, stick on witch, pumpkin or bat stickers. Place a candle in each jar for a Chinese shadow effect.
28. In lanterns with scary faces
Cut out as scary eyes and mouths as you want from paper. Glue everything on the glass jars. Spray paint (black, gold, silver, you choose!) On the jars. Once everything is dry, remove the glued papers. You can put a candle in the jars to accentuate the terrifying effect!
29. In an autumnal pot
Glue fallen leaves on your glass jars to create an autumnal decoration on your Halloween table. Watch this video tutorial.
Bonus tip
And to complete your decoration at home, add hanging decorations like these. Your kids will love it.
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