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November 5, 2019 By Stacy Williams

Festive Floral Mason Jar Centerpiece

Filed Under: DIY and CraftsTagged With: Christmas

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I adore mason jar decor. Then again, I love – and my own home is decorated – in farmhouse decor. It has been since I first moved out on my own. One of the reasons that I love decorating with mason jars is because they’re so versatile. Take this festive floral mason jar centerpiece as an example.

Add a bit of farmhouse to your home with this super simple and festive floral mason jar centerpiece! It's the perfect mason jar Christmas Decor & DIY!

Christmas is also my favorite time of the year and I love decorating my home each year. Walk through my front door the day after Thanksgiving and you’ll find a Winter Wonderland.

Humor me. I live in Texas. It’s the only kind of winter I usually get. 

Festive Floral Mason Jar Centerpiece

This mason jar centerpiece is always the center of my table though. It’s very quick to make and sturdy if you take care of it.

I’ve been using the same one for three years now so it holds up very well.

If you want to make this a spring mason jar centerpiece, it’s easy to do too. Just change the floral arrangement!

Mason Jar Christmas Decor

You can use any flowers and embellishments you want for your own mason jar Christmas decor. It is, after all, your own decor.

However, when choosing your flowers, be sure to choose a larger one for the center of your mason jar centerpiece so the entire thing has a more rounded appearance.

You Will Need:

  • Painted Quart Sized Mason Jar
  • Floral Dry foam
  • Sharp Craft Knife
  • Your choice of false flowers 
  • Moss
  • Twigs or branches 
  • Glue gun and sticks
  • Floral tape
  • Floral pins
  • Floral wire
  • Ribbon or twine

To start, you’ll need to trim the floral foam to fit inside your mason jar. I find it is easiest and best to trim off small pieces at a time.

As you trim, fit it down onto the mason jar to see if it fits. It’s best to take it slow rather than cutting too much and wasting a piece of floral foam.

Trim the foam until it fits down into the jar itself while leaving a few inches above the rim of the jar too.

Once the foam fits correctly into the jar, use the hot glue gun to run a thin line of glue around the inner edge of the rim to hold the foam into place.

Speaking of the mason jar – you can buy a pre-painted jar (which is what we did here) or you can paint your own.

If you paint your own, you’ll want to allow it to dry and air out for a day or so before creating your mason jar centerpiece so it doesn’t smell.

Next, arrange the flowers with a few embellishments in your hand.

It helps if your flowers are the “bushy” type that has a center stem. If so, you can use the stem as your base and build around it with other types of flowers and embellishments.

Make sure you keep the arrangement in a round shape so it fits well in your jar. This may mean removing flowers or leaves to do so. Don’t toss the ones you remove as you can use them later as fill in or embellishments.

Once you have an arrangement you love, use the floral tape to bind them together at the base and just below the flowers themselves.

Push the floral arrangement into the center of the floral foam. Give your jar a spin to be sure you actually have it centered. Too much space on either side will create a lopsided look.

Make sure the stems of your floral arrangement goes into the floral foam several inches so it will stand sturdy for you.

Once they’re placed, add the twigs to create a base that hides the stems. Use the floral tape to group them together as needed.

Once they’re situated the way you like, add hot glue where they meet the floral foam to hold them in place.

Now, use the moss to cover any of the foam that is visible.

This is also when you will use the floral pins – bent into a U shape – to attach the ribbon, leaves you pulled off earlier and any other embellishments you have.

Push them into the floral foam as you see fit.

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Fill in the empty spots where you need and use the hot glue to secure.

Set your mason jar centerpiece aside and allow the glue to fully dry.

Once it’s dry, you have a pretty mason jar Christmas decoration you can use for years to come!

Festive Floral Mason Jar Centerpiece

  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Painted-Quart-Mason-Distressed-Regular/dp/B07TRK962P/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=painted+mason+jar&qid=1572849739&sr=8-33&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=bb0d5ebac03ba2c487e420cf7915f934&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Painted Quart Sized Mason Jar</strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/FloraCraft-Floral-Piece-Brick-Green/dp/B003W0OK56/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=floral+foam&qid=1572849999&sr=8-6&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=abb6b061ce47c6cceff011562404b62a&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Floral Dry foam</strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=fake+flowers&ref=nb_sb_noss_2&linkCode=ll2&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=d813d9d715f408f27be3f0d56ddae6d0&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Your choice of false flowers </strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Super-Moss-59834-23310-B00I6AKFI8/dp/B00I6AKFI8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ac_md=1-0-VW5kZXIgJDI1-ac_d_pm&keywords=moss&pd_rd_i=B00I6AKFI8&pd_rd_r=a5fffa5b-2748-458e-86de-f68127f5a7fe&pd_rd_w=TTzYQ&pd_rd_wg=n7FCo&pf_rd_p=24d053a8-30a1-4822-a2ff-4d1ab2b984fc&pf_rd_r=PP82VQANWJYEAHE92YYX&psc=1&qid=1572850570&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=60f4a9e4872d83a61b423f1c65015159&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Moss</strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/lwingflyer-Handmade-Natural-Wedding (Six Dollar Family)-2-36inch/dp/B07PRR9K1T/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=craft+birds+nest+twigs&qid=1572850781&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=b89e63716c69d755a932b27d91b1fb92&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Twigs or branches </strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Paxcoo-Floral-Arrangement-Bouquet-Florist/dp/B078F1M7XZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=floral+tape&qid=1572850950&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzVkhXSDg5M0FESExSJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjI5MTA2MlBSRzdOS1Q2S0g3QiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDUwNjc1M1ZTUkJUU1lUSFcyUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=4ee7d630d2acfd90095ebd7cd053e533&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Floral tape</strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Darice-Piece-Floral-Fern-Pins/dp/B0054G6ND8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=floral+pins&qid=1572851042&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=d473dce48ad64b65c9f13ebc5c26823b&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Floral pins</strong></a>
  • <a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Paxcoo-Floral-Arrangement-Bouquet-Florist/dp/B078F1M7XZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=floral+tape&qid=1572850950&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzVkhXSDg5M0FESExSJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjI5MTA2MlBSRzdOS1Q2S0g3QiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDUwNjc1M1ZTUkJUU1lUSFcyUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=&linkCode=ll1&tag=sixdollarfamily-20&linkId=4ee7d630d2acfd90095ebd7cd053e533&language=en_US” rel=”nofollow”><strong>Floral wire</strong></a>
  • Ribbon or twine
  1. Trim the floral foam to fit the mason jar. Use hot glue to secure the foam to the jar leaving several inches of foam outside of the jar.

  2. Arrange the flowers – making sure to keep a round shape – and use floral tape to secure at the base of the flowers and base of stems.

  3. Push floral stems several inches into floral foam. Use hot glue to secure.

  4. Use twigs or branches where the foam meets the stems to help hide foam from being seen. Use hot glue to secure.

  5. Attach embellishments to the foam to fill in empty spots and continue to hide foam. Use hot glue to secure.

  6. Attach ribbon with floral wire and pins.

  7. Allow to fully dry.


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