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.

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.

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

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.

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 of 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.