As part of the Make It: Fun Team, this post is sponsored in part by FloraCraft. As always, ALL photographs, ideas, and opinions are my own.

I was so excited when I recently a “CONE-acopia” of foam cones in the mail to craft with. FloraCraft® Make it:Fun® Foam Cones come in a variety of sizes, all the way the small 3″ size to the really tall 24″ cone. My first reaction was to make some sort of cool crafty tree… which is still definitely on the craft to-do list… but I saw the little 3″ foam cones as hats!

To be exact – Santa hats and cute Elf hats! And when you put them on top of a mason jar, they turn into the cutest Holiday candy jars—perfect for gift giving this season!

Here is what I used to make my Santa and Elf candy mason jars:

• 3″ Foam Cones
• Red and Green paint (I used Americana® Multi-surface paint in Lipstick Red and Turf Green)
• Spongebrushes
• 3/4″ Pom-poms (white or sparkly)
• Red bell or sparkly pom-pom
• Red Cardstock Paper
• Red Glitter Craft Foam
• Wide Mouth Pint Mason Jars
• Glue Gun
• Scissors
• Washi Tape

I started by painting my cone foams red and green, red for the Santa hat and green for the Elf hats, and let them dry.

Then, using the mason jar lid as a template I traced and cut out circles out of my red cardstock paper and placed in between the outer rim of the mason jar lid and the circle seal. When my painted cones were dry, I glued them in the center on the top of each lid onto the paper.

For the Elf hat, I created a template for the rim of the hat to cut out of the red glitter foam sheet.

You can grab your printable template here: Elf Hat Candy Jar Template

Then, I glued the foam “crown” around the bottom edge of my green cone, and glued a red bell on the top.

For the Santa hat, I glued white pom-poms along the outer edge of my red cone and one sparkly white pom-pom on the top.

To finish off each jar, I used decorative holiday washi tape along the outer edge of my mason jar lid.

That’s it! So simple to make!

The only left to do was fill each of them with candy!

I filled my Elf hat candy jar with holiday M&Ms, and my Santa hat candy jar with peppermint candies, but you can fill them with whatever you want. You can even turn them into candy jars, like I did here.

Now, I can’t decide which one I like better…. the Santa Hat Candy Jar…

… or the Elf Hat candy jar.

You can’t tell me these wouldn’t make cute holiday gifts for neighbors, teachers, co-workers, or yourself! = )

Happy Holidays!

As part of the Make It: Fun Team, this post is sponsored in part by FloraCraft. As always, ALL photographs, ideas, and opinions are my own.