Make this: Recycled Jar Candle Holder for the 4th of July!

Old jars get painted and podged to make festive candle holders.

What you need:

FolkArt Acrylic Paint - Brilliant Blue

Recycled Jar

Alcohol & Paper towel

Medium paintbrush

 FolkArt Enamels – Calypso

FolkArt Enamels – Flow Medium

 Scissors

Old book pages

Mod Podge Gloss

Wood stars

Ribbon

Hot glue 

 Hot Glue Gun Helpers

What you do: 

Remove the label from the jar. Wipe the jar clean with rubbing alcohol. Blend equal parts of calypso sky and flow medium.  Paint the jar with the mixture.  Allow to dry and paint a second coat.

Cut random sized stars from old book pages.  Working on the outside of the jar, apply a coat of Mod Podge to the jar, position the stars onto the jar, top-coat with a layer of Mod Podge.  Add stars until the jar is covered.  Allow to dry.

Paint a star with brilliant blue paint. Using hot glue attach a ribbon around the jar and glue stars to the ribbon.

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