Add a touch of farmhouse charm to your landscaping with this DIY Solar Mason Jar Lantern.
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Today I am joining up with five other amazingly talented ladies to share with you a DIY project involving a glass jar. Be sure to hop on over to the other DIYs and vote on what we should do for next month.
When I heard our product for this month’s challenge was glass jars, immediately I thought ‘mason jars’.
Not wanting to do any injustice to the farmhouse lovers out there, but also wanting to incorporate a little industrial charm into the project, the solar mason jar lantern was born.
I found several variations on Pinterest [like this one from thriftdee.com] but I switched it up a bit by buying solar lights specifically for mason jars and making our own wooden posts and hook instead of a metal shepherd’s hook.
The Supplies
Wood posts
Masons jars
Wire
The How-To
Step one. Stain posts and apply the polyurethane.
Step two. Remove the cover from the mason jar, wrap wire around the top and twist the ends together. Using another piece of wire to make the handle, twist the ends around the base creating a ‘U’.
Step three. Put the mason jar insert into the top of the mason jar lid and screw onto the mason jar.
Step four. Screw the planter hook into the middle of the wooden post
Step five. Dig a hole wherever you’re wanting to place the lantern and insert the posts.
Step six. Hang the mason jar from the planter hook and enjoy!
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Painted Glass Jar Vase via My Life from Home
DIY Stained Glass Look via Our Crafty Mom
Solar Mason Jar Lantern via North Country Nest
Bohemian Table Runner with Mason Jars via Knock it Off Kim
DIY Hanging Milk Jars via Making Joy and Pretty Things
Glass Laundry Detergent Dispensers via Little Bits of Home
These lanterns look so cute Kelly, what a great idea! Can’t wait to see next months project!
Thank you, Sabrina! I am excited to see what everyone votes on 🙂
So cool! I love how this looks! So much better than the plastic lights we have in our yard!
Thank you, Samantha! We had plastic lights in our yard too 🙂
What a great and simple idea. Thanks for sharing at #iDIYedthat.
Thank you, Lindsey!
Then, simply slide the jar opener in the groove until it touches the metal of the lid. This makes it very easy to open and close the jar.