DIY: Cotton Ball Jar
I came up with the idea of this DIY project because I was tired of keeping the cotton balls (in their original packaging) in the cabinet underneath my bathroom sink. Time and time again, I had planned to pick up some sort of jar or container to put them in, however, I never got around to that. I recently found an old mason jar in one of cabinets in the kitchen and decided that it was the perfect thing to use. Of course, I needed/wanted to decorate it before I started using it. You can decorate your jar any way you want.
But this is how I did mine:
The Materials
I wound up not using the brown ribbon with white lining shown below.
Additionally, there are a few other materials that are not shown in the photo below, however, I did take separate photos of them and posted them along the way.
Both of the decorative tissue papers (the plain hot pink and the pale pink with designs) came from Victoria's Secret.
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The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right..top first, then bottom)
1). I glued together the two parts of the lid.
(For those of you who aren't familiar with a mason jar, the lid has two parts that come apart: a flat round piece and an outer rim that screws onto the jar)
2). I covered the lid with some of the hot pink tissue paper.
3). I cut out a white sheet of paper into a circle that would fit into the lid in order to cover up the sloppiness on the bottom side.
4). I pressed the paper down into the bottom side of the lid (no gluing was necessary as it snugly fitted into the lid).
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right on the top..then bottom)
1). The top side of the lid, now covered with the hot pink tissue paper
2). I folded in and rounded the edges of a piece of the pale pink tissue paper in order for it to take the shape of the flat round part of the lid.
3). I glued that piece onto the top of the lid.
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right..top first, then bottom)
1). I folded some of the pale pink tissue paper into a long strip.
2). I wrapped that long strip around the jar and glued the ends together.
(I only glued the ends rather than gluing the entire wrapped piece onto the jar because I was afraid the glue might bleed through onto the tissue paper)
3). I wrapped the hot pink ribbon around the neck of the jar and tied it into two knots, cutting the edges into an upside down 'V' shape to make it look pretty.
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right)
1). A sheet of stickers (Most were used previously. All the ones I used for this jar are shown in the photos)
2). I used two pink rose stickers to secure the line where I glued the two ends previously.
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right on the top..then the bottom)
1). I folded the remaining hot pink tissue into a strip similar to the one I did previously with the pale pink tissue paper.
I then wrapped it around below the pale pink one, overlapping some parts of the two.
(You can see this in the photo below)
2). Two stickers (I only used the one on the left)
3). I cut out a square piece of clear tape to secure the bottom of the jar where I had tucked in the hot pink tissue paper. I placed the square sticker on it to hide the sloppiness.
The following is in regards to the photo above.
I decorated the front of the jar with three stickers: one pink with a yellow center and two yellows.
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right..top first, then bottom)
1). The remainder of my pale pink tissue paper, a pair of scissors, and a leftover yellow sheet of scrapbook paper.
2). I first cut the yellow paper into a little rectangle (about 1.5" in width and 3.5" in length).
3). I cut small portions of two of the corners so that it now looks like a little tag.
4). I cut a small rectangle piece of the pale pink tissue paper to fit into the yellow "tag" (I can't even begin to tell the approximate measurements, however, if you look at the photo you can see that it's just a little bit smaller than the yellow rectangle).
I glued that piece onto the yellow "tag".
The following is in regards to the photos above.
(From left to right)
1). I cut yet another piece of the yellow paper and this time it is in the shape of an even smaller rectangle. I then wrote "Cotton Balls" on it because, well, it's pretty obvious why. :-)
2). I glued that piece onto the pale pink tissue paper and "laminated" the whole thing with clear tape.
The thin hot pink ribbon was used to tie the "tag" onto the ribbon that is around the neck of the jar. (You can see this in the last photo)
The following is in regards to the photo below.
I put the cotton balls in the jar and screwed on the lid.
I added a third pink rose sticker underneath the other two.
(This is a photo of another side of the jar. It is not particularly the back side though)
