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    Home » Holidays Seasonal » Jelly Jar Centerpiece for Christmas

    Jelly Jar Centerpiece for Christmas

    Published by Gail | Published November 8, 2017 | Updated December 6, 2021
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    How to make a jelly jar centerpiece for the holidays using a small drawer and items from the dollar store. Easy project to do for the holidays. #MyRepurposedLife #upcycle #christmas #easy #decor via @repurposedlife

    For this month’s Thrift Store Décor Challenge, I put together a simple jelly jar centerpiece for Christmas using found items and a few things from the dollar store. I’m usually way ahead on these projects, but truth be told I was running close to the deadline with this project. Maybe I should start next month’s project tomorrow?

    Do you have extra jelly jars?

    Let’s see how this Christmas centerpiece using jelly jars came to be . . . thrift store jelly jars

    I have a corner in the shed designated for thrift store finds. These jelly jars were originally given to me by my daughter Jamie. They were in a pile in the garage until I recently reorganized my wood shop. During that week I also cleaned out and painted the shed. You can see other items just waiting for their big day! Winking smile

    And an old sewing machine drawer?

    small sewing machine drawer

    Did you notice this small sewing drawer next to the jelly jars? It had been about a foot away but I moved it over by the jelly jars when I took that other picture. The only thing I did to the little drawer was clean it.

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    Gather some Dollar Store Items

    supplies to make jelly jar centerpiece MyRepurposedLife

    After washing the yucky jelly jars I gathered my supplies. I had picked up some beaded necklaces and battery operated tea light candles at the Dollar Tree.

    cut beaded necklace

    Initially I tried using the beaded necklaces whole, but the battery operated candles didn’t sit very well. I used scissors to randomly cut the beads apart. Sometimes as few as 3, other times as many as 5 beads letting them fall into the jar. I used four strands of beads to fill each jelly jar (you can buy them on Amazon).

    Then you have a great Jelly Jar Centerpiece

    putting together jelly jar centerpiece

    I had originally tested five jelly jars for the centerpiece, but then tried only four of them. The picks are from the Dollar Tree.

    jelly jar Christmas centerpiece MyRepurposedLife

    I added a fifth jar and another pick and I love it! I chose gold tea light candles, but white would look nice too.

    If you don’t have a small sewing drawer, you could easily make your own small drawer.

    Christmas centerpiece made with jelly jars and small drawer MyRepurposedLife

    I wouldn’t recommend using real candles with these small plastic beads. NOTE: keep the small beads away from children. I love the simplicity of this Christmas centerpiece. It would be easy to change it up for other holidays. If you don’t have any jelly jars, you can probably find some small jars at the dollar store. I like the cut glass on these jelly jars.

    easy jelly jar Christmas centerpiece MyRepurposedLife

    I would love for you to share this by pinning it!

    Now it’s time to see what the rest of the team made. Please check out their awesome projects below.

    thrift store decor team thrift store makeovers

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    What thrift store items have you worked on lately?

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    1. Cynthia Chilson Finger

      November 14, 2017 at 10:13 pm

      Very pretty centerpiece, Gail. And look how much extra space you have in your storage shed now! 😀 Thanks for sharing, Cynthia

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      • Gail Wilson

        November 15, 2017 at 8:24 am

        Cynthia,
        Thank you!!! It's great to have my shed back to store projects in waiting. 🙂

        gail

    2. Kathy Owen

      November 08, 2017 at 9:35 pm

      Pretty Centerpiece 🙂 I love using the battery operated tealights. Real candles make me nervous.

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    3. Maryann

      November 08, 2017 at 1:58 pm

      So festive - great idea with the beads!

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    4. kristin salazar

      November 08, 2017 at 11:21 am

      This turned out so pretty, what a great centerpiece!

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