DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Sally Jar Luminaries to make a spooky addition to your Nightmare Before Christmas Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either use them as décor aka tea lights or candles, or you can put them to use holding silverware or flowers. Either way they will bring compliments and questions!

Can’t I Just buy a Sally Jar Luminaries?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have some of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Are DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Expensive?

The homemade Sally Jar Luminaries are made using only 7 Items. All you need is:

Supplies:

• 3 glass jars, for mine I used pickles, and two spaghetti jars (one Alfrado and one red sauce)
• Silver Tissue Paper from the dollar tree
• Modge Podge
• Sally Jar Printable (Free Template from me)
• Black paint (I got mine at the dollar tree)
• sticker paper (you can get postage paper from an office supply store, that’s what I used)
• Scissors
• Paint brush

How To Make DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1 hour. I made mine during the duration of Moana the movie.

Instructions:

1. 1. Make sure your glasses are clean (no food) and have most of the labels off
   2. Prep your tissue paper by cutting it into about 1 inch squares.
   3. Paint a bit of Modge podge onto your first glass
   4. Apply tissue paper one square at a time applying a bit of Modge podge on top to seal it
   5. Once you have covered about 2 inches of area on your first jar, set it down to dry and repeat on the second jar, then the third.
   6. Keep rotating your jars to make the process faster until all the jars are covered.
   7. print out this template onto sticker paper and cut out
   8. once the jars are completely dry apply the stickers
   9. Paint the lids to the jars with your black paint.
   10. while lids are drying dab your paintbrush with black paint and lightly brush the silver tissue paper to create a dingy aged effect.
   11. Apply a second coat of black paint to the lids.
   12. Once everything is dry you are finished.
   13. Enjoy your Sally Jar Luminaries, by adding a candle.

If you make Sally Jar Luminaries, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!