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DIY Easter Candy Jars!

Happy Easter!!

I have a super cute teacher/neighbor/friend’s gift for you!

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Idea from “Happiness is Homemade”

This gift is simple, inexpensive and delicious!

Here is what you need:

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2 Pint Mason Jars

2 paint colors (chalky)

Paint Brush

2 types of ribbon

Your favorite chocolate (excuse my little bunny for eating it off my photo 😀 )

2 stencils – I googled a bunny silhouette, picked my favorites and resized them in word until I got the right size. It took me 2-3 times of printing them to figure out which looked best.

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Once you have your stencils, carefully cut them out. The original post I got the idea from used vinyl stickers but I do not have that type of printer at home, so I improvised. OK, once they are cut out, I put double sided tape on the back of them and carefully placed them on the mason jars (flat side).

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Start painting!! I did about 2 layers, it dries fairly quickly.

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Remove your stencil when the paint is just about dry, you may have some bleed through but not much. If you are like me and a stickler for perfection in projects you can use an exacto knife to get those bunny lines just right. You don’t have to, a lot of times imperfections make your project unique! Especially if it is your little one painting it 🙂

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Once you have your stencil out, lines fixed, paint is dry….time to add your candy! Any of your favorite candy will do, I went with Easter themed candy 🙂 (I love the candy colors with the paint color)

Now for the ribbon! You do not have to be a professional bow maker, trust me, I am not. Ok, so I wrapped one ribbon around the top and secured it with hot glue. Then I tied a bow (like I would tie my kids shoes), hot glued it down and played around with the bow to get it just right 🙂 I then just trimmed the ends of the ribbon so they we not too long.

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By this time, your second jar should be done drying. Fix the lines if you so choose, add your candy, add your ribbon and ta da!

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Happy Easter MMS fans!