How To Make Fruit Mason Jar Glasses with Video

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It’s summertime, and my family enjoys being outside and having dinners on the patio. I used glass mason jars to create fun fruit mason jar glasses to serve our drinks and celebrate the wonderful season. These are great for iced tea or all types of cold beverages.

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I grabbed 4 mason jars from the dollar store. You can use recycled jars if you like. I wanted them to be smooth on all surfaces.

Fruit mason jar glasses Materials needed

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1 Fruit mason jar glasses Materials needed
2 Mason Jar glasses Instructions
3 How To Make Fruit Mason Jar Glasses Video
4 You might like these mason jar projects too
5 How To Make Fruit Mason Jar Glasses with Video

Mason jar glasses or recycled jars
Acrylic Paint
Paint Brush
Floral Tape
Tissue Paper
E6000

Mason Jar glasses Instructions

I grabbed 4 mason jars from the dollar store. This is a great way to use recycled jars if you have them on hand. I wanted them to be smooth on all surfaces.

I washed all of the jars, and then I wiped them all off with an alcohol prep pad. This will free the jar from all oils, dirt, etc and help your paint stick better to the glass.

Clean the jars

I washed all of the jars, and then I wiped them all off with an alcohol prep pad. This will remove all the oils, dirt, etc, and help your paint stick to the glass.

Paint the jars

I painted each jar with Apple Barrel Multi-Surface Paint. It’s important to use paint that will adhere to glass and make sure to honor the cure times.

I painted each jar a different color –

Candy Apple Red
Paradise Pink
Lemon Yellow
Outrageous Orange

After painting each jar, I let them dry for 1 hour per the instructions.

Options for creating stems

For my red jar, I used E6000 to glue floral tape to the bottom as I was creating a strawberry. The green would be the stem. E6000 is a permanent glue and will stay on for washing later.

Another option for the accents is to add paint for the stem. For the yellow jar I used Apple Barrel Multi-Surface Paint in the color True Green. I painted around the top to create the stem.

Another option is to use tissue paper. I cut a little green tissue paper and used Mod Podge to adhere it to the bottom of the jar. I started by painting on the Mod Podge, applying the tissue paper, then painting another layer of Mod Podge on the top. This one would be a watermelon. I set it aside to dry.

Adding the fruit design

For my last jar, I was creating an orange. I used more of the Apple Barrel Multi Surface Paint in the color lemon and painted on a circle with the wedge lines.

On the pineapple, I used Apple Barrel Black Multi Surface Paint to create little “V” accents.

On the strawberry I added little black seed dots with the black paint.

For the watermelon I added black seed circles.

Once all of the jars had dried and cured according to the paint instructions, I placed a couple layers of Dishwasher Safe Mod Podge to them following the jar instructions.

This will allow them to be hand washed. If you opt to put them in the dish washer, place them on the top rack only.

I bought some fun umbrella straws for them and we're so excited to use them all summer long! These would make great gifts as well.

I bought some fun umbrella straws for them. These will be the perfect addition to our summer picnics and they are much more environmentally friendly than using plastic cups. These would make great baby shower gifts or party favors as well.

It's summertime, and my family enjoys being outside, and dinners on the patio. I used mason jars to create fun fruit mason jar glasses to serve our drinks and celebrate the wonderful season.

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How To Make Fruit Mason Jar Glasses Video

What kind of paint will stick to glass?

There are certain paints that are made for glass. Many are acrylic paints, and you can look on the jar for what surfaces the paint will stick to.

How do you paint glass with acrylic?

You start by cleaning the glass. Next you paint on the glass with acrylic paint. Make sure when purchasing the paint that it says it’s good for glass. Make sure to follow cure times.

Will acrylic paint wash off glass?

If you buy acrylic paint that says it’s safe for glass and follow the cure time instructions, the paint will stay on the glass.

Do you prime glass before painting?

I wash my glass and then clean it with rubbing alcohol before painting.

You can adapt this project with oz mason jar mugs, wide mouth or regular mouth jars, and they’re great for cold or hot beverages etc. You could decorate mini mason jar shot glasses this way. Mason jars are popular wedding favors, this is only one idea of what you can do with them. Now I think I need to DIY something with the mason jar lids 😉

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