Halloween Jars

I was on Missimagination.com a few days ago & found a link to a really fun Halloween jar craft!  I decided to give it a shot & went out to get the materials.  I was looking for canning jars, but the stores I had checked were all out.  I ended up going to a store called Dollar Tree and found some small jar type vases for 1.00 each.  I bought paint at walmart for 98 cents per bottle & also got a package of 4 sponge brushes for 1.00.

I had a lot of fun painting the jars. I started out with 6 of them and liked it so much I ended up going back and got the rest of what they had LOL. I ended up with 5 more and I also bought some purple paint too (I started out with only orange, green, white, & black paint). 

The first batch that I painted I felt needed a second coat of paint.  For the second batch that I painted, I just applied the paint a bit thicker and it made them look good.  I did find out that this wasn't such a great idea for what I originally intended them to be for.  They were supposed to be luminaries.  When I put the candle inside the green & purple jars just didn't have much light at all shining through.  If I had stuck with the one coat of paint, I think it may have turned out ok.  


I did decide that the jars would make a cute gift....just add some Halloween candy :0)


Here are some pictures (starting out):

Here they are with the candles inside...you can see how the green & purple (below) don't really glow very well.

I added some candy to this jar (my husband wants to take it to work with him)

I forgot about adding a coat of gloss to the jars!!  Here they are with the gloss :0)