What’s the quickest way to make a room feel like fall? Put something orange in a mason jar. These 20 fall mason jar crafts go a lot further than that, with jars painted into pumpkins, wrapped in corn husks, dipped like candy corn and covered in real leaves that glow when you add a tea light. There are acorn votives, pine cone jars, a Thanksgiving table full of luminaries and a pumpkin spice candle that makes the whole house smell like pie. Paper crafts and painting are my favorite kinds of making, so the painted pumpkins are the first ones I’d grab. Love the season? Visit our summer mason jar crafts, quick mason jar crafts, mason jar vases and all of our mason jar crafts.
1. Fall Jars With Dollar Store Flowers
Dollar store sunflowers in cream and gold look surprisingly high end once they’re tucked into chalk painted jars. Any clean jar works here, from canning jars to an old peanut butter jar. Give each one two coats of chalky paint, letting the first dry all the way so the second doesn’t pull it off. Wrap a strip of burlap around the middle, layer lace trim on top and secure both with a dot of hot glue. Add the flowers and a little faux grass and you’re done.
Get the full tutorial at Crafting in the Rain.
2. Corn Husk Wrapped Mason Jar Vase
Five minutes and a handful of dried corn husks give a vintage mason jar a harvest look that belongs on the Thanksgiving table. A little masking tape holds the first few husks in place, then the next layer tucks into the folds of the first until the tape disappears. Tie it off with jute twine and fill the jar with bright dahlias or whatever your garden (or the grocery store) is offering. Set a few ornamental gourds beside it and the centerpiece is finished.
Get the full tutorial at Garden Therapy.
3. Candy Corn Color Dipped Vase
Candy corn without the sugar crash. An old spaghetti sauce jar gets a coat of matte white paint and primer spray paint first, which gives the next colors something to grip. Then you faux dip the bottom in orange and the band above it in yellow with a foam brush, leaving the top white like the real candy. It’s easy enough for kids once you’ve done the spray paint step for them, and wobbly lines just make it look more rustic.
Get the full tutorial at Sweet C's Designs.
4. Thanksgiving Mason Jar Craft
See the words before you even see what’s in the jar. A wide-mouth quart jar (the kind with a smooth back) gets peel and stick stencils or Cricut vinyl spelling out “be thank FULL”, then several light coats of white spray paint. Peel the letters off and the clear glass shows through. A fine tip gold paint marker traces each letter for a crisp edge, and gold cord ties around the neck. Swap the quote and it works for every season.
Get the full tutorial at The Country Chic Cottage.
5. DIY Fall Decor Using Mason Jars
This one is a Pottery Barn look for a fraction of the price, and it takes about ten minutes. Set a glass votive holder inside each hanging mason jar, then pour your filler in around it: popcorn kernels, faux acorns or mini pumpkin pods. A rolled paper funnel keeps the kernels from going everywhere. Drop a votive candle in the holder and hang the jars from a porch hook or a branch. The wire handles are easy to find online or at a craft store.
Get the full tutorial at Live Laugh Rowe.
6. Fall Mason Jar Centerpiece
These jars literally spell it out. Each one gets a coat of chalk paint (wipe the glass with rubbing alcohol first), then a strip of burlap ribbon stenciled with one black letter wraps around the middle. Four jars spell FALL, but the same trick makes THANKS for Thanksgiving or JOY for Christmas. Fill them with fall stems or a few faux flowers and line them down the table. Once you’ve done one set, you’ll want one for every holiday.
Get the full tutorial at Crafts by Amanda.
7. Pottery Barn Inspired Acorn Votives
Pottery Barn sold a version of these, and this is about the easiest knockoff there is. Set a glass tea light votive in the center of a dollar store mason jar, fill the space around it with faux acorns and drop a tea light in the votive. That really is the whole tutorial. The acorns hide the holder, and the candle glows up through them. Make a row of three for the mantel or one for every place setting.
Get the full tutorial at It All Started With Paint.
8. Thumbprint Sunflower Mason Jar
Sunflowers in a sunflower jar? It sounds redundant until you see it. Start with a white painted and distressed jar, then dip a finger in brown paint for the center dot and press yellow fingerprints all around it for petals. A fine brush adds tiny green seeds if you like. Give it a full day to dry, then spray a matte clear coat. It gets a little messy, which is exactly why kids love making it.
Get the full tutorial at Mason Jar Crafts Love.
9. Gold Marbled Mason Jar
The marbling trick here seems a little nuts until you try it. Paint a quart jar with three coats of chalky paint, then spray shimmer metallic paint onto the surface of a tub of water and dip the jar right in. The gold film wraps onto the glass in swirls, and no two jars come out alike. Let it dry on cardboard (no wiping needed), then add burlap ribbon and a pine cone. It works for fall straight through winter.
Get the full tutorial at The Country Chic Cottage.
10. Rustic Pumpkin Mason Jars
Orange glass paint and a stick from the yard make these pumpkin jars. Two or three coats of paint cover the jar, then a light sanding with a metal file brings out the raised designs on the glass. The lids get painted green. Cut a fairly thick stick into short stems with angled tops, sand them and bake them at 200 degrees for 2 hours to get rid of any bugs, then hot glue one to each lid. A raffia knot hides the glue.
Get the full tutorial at The Scrap Shoppe.
11. Fall Mason Jars
Barn red, paprika, gold and beige jars with black rings look like they came off a farmhouse mantel. Clean pint jars get two or three coats of multi-surface paint, and the rings go black. Painting them on parchment paper keeps them from sticking. For the lettering, print reversed word art onto transfer paper, trace the letters onto the jars and fill them in with a black marker. No freehand skills needed, which is the whole point.
Get the full tutorial at Farmwife Crafts.
12. Mason Jar Fall Luminary
A vinyl maple leaf is the secret behind the glow. Stick a cut leaf on the smooth side of a mason jar, then paint the whole jar in thin coats of persimmon acrylic, letting each coat dry so the paint doesn’t clump or pull away (it takes about three). Peel the leaf off and touch up the edges. A layer of corn kernels in the bottom holds a votive candle. No cutting machine? Trace and cut the leaf from vinyl by hand.
Get the full tutorial at Create Craft Love.
13. Glitter Glow Mason Jar Candles
Glitter on the inside of the jar means it never sheds on your table. Brush a thin layer of Mod Podge inside a 4 ounce quilted jar, sprinkle in gold glitter, put the lid on and shake to coat. Let it dry 15 to 20 minutes, drop in an LED tea light and tie jute twine around the rim. No real crafting skills required. They glow softly on a patio table or in a cluster down the center of a party table.
Get the full tutorial at Mom Always Finds Out.
14. Maple Tree Leaf Globe
Who says snow globes are only for winter? Fill a jar with plain tap water, hot glue a branching twig to the inside of the lid so it looks like a little tree, then run glue around the rim and screw the lid on. Metallic leaf confetti in red, orange and yellow goes inside, and silk leaves and twine dress up the lid. Flip it over and the leaves swirl down around the tree. Kids could watch it for ages.
Get the full tutorial at Premeditated Leftovers.
15. Burlap Rosettes Fall Mason Jar
Burlap rosettes are much easier than they look. You cut a 2 by 24 inch strip (pull one thread first and you get a perfectly straight line to cut along), fold it in half twice, roll one end and twist the rest around it, gluing it onto a small burlap circle. Pop the orange rosettes onto white distressed chalk painted jars and set them in a turquoise crate dry brushed with white. It’s a neutral fall look with a pop of color.
Get the full tutorial at Oh My! Creative.
16. Painted Mason Jar Pumpkins
Dollar store jelly jars become the cutest little pumpkin pair with a trick that keeps them glowing: mix orange craft paint with Mod Podge before you brush it on. The paint goes translucent, so a tea light or fairy lights inside shine right through. Paint the lids green, hot glue a short wooden stem on top and add folded felt leaves and a jute bow. Two shades of orange on two jar sizes make the set look planned. Nearly every supply comes from the dollar store.
Get the full tutorial at Homemade Heather.
17. Mason Jar Leaf Lanterns
Faux fall leaves and Mod Podge turn a plain quart jar into a lantern that glows warm amber. Wipe the jar with rubbing alcohol first (fingerprints show once it’s lit), then pull the stems off the leaves so they lay flat. Brush on Mod Podge a section at a time, let it get tacky for a minute and press the leaves on. A battery tea light inside does the rest. You can make several in under an hour, plus drying time, and they make easy hostess gifts.
Get the full tutorial at Ideas for the Home by Kenarry.
18. Thanksgiving Mason Jar Luminaries
Want candlelight on the Thanksgiving table without a single open flame near the napkins? These luminaries are battery fairy lights fluffed inside quart mason jars, with the jar flipped upside down so it sits on its lid. The battery pack hides at the bottom, under a quick coat of gray chalk paint so it disappears. That’s the whole project, and it takes minutes. Scatter a few small gold and white pumpkins and some place cards around them and the table is set.
Get the full tutorial at The Girl Inspired.
19. Pumpkin Spice Mason Jar Candle
If pumpkin spice is the smell of fall, this candle is fall in a jar. It’s a soy wax candle poured into an 8 ounce mason jar, tinted orange with real candle dye and scented with a pumpkin pie blend of essential oils. Skip the kitchen spice jar, though. Ground pumpkin pie spice just sinks to the bottom and smells like nothing, and crayons or food coloring won’t dye wax properly. The jar size is already worked out, so you don’t need a scale. Tie on a ribbon and it’s a gift.
Get the full tutorial at One Little Project.
20. Pine Cone Mason Jars
Small pine cones from a walk around the park become gold toppers on these neutral fall jars. Spray the jars cream, then spray the lids and pine cones gold and glue one cone on each lid. The botanical look comes from printed vintage pine cone illustrations, cut out and decoupaged on with Mod Podge. Use a laser printer if you can, because inkjet prints smear unless you seal them first. Make a few jars in different sizes and group them on a shelf.
Get the full tutorial at Pillar Box Blue.
