10 Clever Ways to Upcycle Glass Jars

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Upcycle your glass jars into something new and useful!

Gather up a few mason jars and glass jars from your recycling bin and check out these fun and easy DIYs.

1. Pickle Jar Pencil Holder

Large jars like this one are great for holding pencils, paint brushes, and other supplies! Here I cut three colors of citrus slices out of permanent vinyl and then wrapped raffia around the top for a final touch.

Wide mouth pickle jar upcycled into a colorful pencil holder. I cut premium vinyl on my Cricut Maker of orange, green and yellow citrus slices. Some overlap and they are in a random pattern on the jar. Around the top of the jar I tied raffia to add an island, tiki, cabana flair and to hide the ridges around the mouth of the jar where the lid would fasten.

2. Propagation Vases

I found this ceramic caddy at Goodwill, and I believe it was for condiments. It was missing the accessories, but I loved its unique scalloped shape. With the addition of a few glass jars, it’s now an all-in-one propagation station for plant cuttings!

Upcycled ceramic condiment holder and tray upcycled into a propagation station using glass jars from my recycle bin in five different size to fit the scalloped shape spaces. Here the jars are filled with large leaf pothos cuttings in dark and spring green varieties with the sun dancing on the leaves.

3. Piggy Bank

Turn a 16 oz. Mason Jar into a cute piggy bank! These fun blue piggy accessories came from Amazon, but there’s also a pink version.

Jarware piggy bank accessory to turn a 16 ounce Mason jar into a piggy bank. The piggy face and legs are blue, hard plastic accessories. This cute piggy bank is shown on a stack of blue and yellow books with a colorful wood puzzle cube in the background.

4. Pumpkin Candy Jar

Make this adorable pumpkin candy jar by cutting the top from a dollar store foam pumpkin and gluing it to the lid of a salsa or queso-sized jar. These make great gifts, and this is one of fifteen Fall craft ideas. Check out more ideas for Fall here –> 15 Fall Tiered Tray Decor Ideas – Easy DIYs.

Pumpkin candy jar on tiered tray filled with candy corn and caramels.

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5. Workbench Storage

Drill a hole into the top of jar lids and use wood screws to mount them underneath your workbench or craft table! This keeps small items organized and within reach but tucked away.

Closeup square photo of a series of 6 plus glass jars underneath the lip of a workbench holding screw and other small hardware items.

6. Turkey With Spoon Feathers

Turn a wide-mouth glass jar and wooden spoons into a fun Thanksgiving decoration for your kitchen or dining room. You’ll need about five wooden spoons, a glass jar, and acrylic paint. Check out the full tutorial here –> DIY Turkey Decoration for Thanksgiving.

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7. Glass Gem Votive Candle Holders

Make these beautiful recycled jar candle holders with glass gems from the dollar store. Check out the full tutorial here –> Glass Gem Votive Candle Holders.

Square feature image of a finished DIY glass gem votive candle holder made with blue and green glass gems from the dollar store and an upcycled glass jar sitting on a weathered wood table outside with greenery in the background.

8. Candy Jars with Vintage Cookie Cutter Toppers

Add vintage cookie cutters to the top of mason jars to make these unique kitchen storage jars.

Photo of three large mason jars filled with pink and red candy. The top of the jar lids has a different vintage, red handled cookie cutter on it as an lid accent.

9. Solar Mason Jar Lights

Make these fun marbled lanterns using mason jars with nail polish and dollar store solar lights! Check out the full tutorial here –> How to Make Marbled Solar Mason Jar Lights.

Photo of three DIY Marbled Mason Jar Solar Lights lit up at night.

10. Seaglass Painted Mason Jars

Give a sea glass effect to old mason jars to turn them into beautiful storage jars for your bedroom or bath!

I used Aqua and Sea Foam Green Sea Glass Spray Paint, but there are many other colors, and you can link to them out here on Amazon.

I gave each mason jar a light coat of the spray paint and finished with a clear, matte lacquer spray paint to protect the paint. Then I drilled a hole in the top of the lids and secured the knobs. For more beachy inspiration, visit –> 10 Fun Beachy Crafts & Easy DIYs.

Vertical feature image of mason jars painted with sea glass spray paint in aqua and sea foam green. They are topped with a decorative knobs in gray and aqua that look like sea urchins. The mason jar lids painted white with chalk paint on a marble background with greenery.

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