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.
How adorable are these? What a “sweet” gift idea! Love it.
I have a question about the cones. How many layers of paint did you have to put on each cone and how long in between coysts did you wait?
Hi Tina,
I actually only painted on one layer of paint on the cones. I used a spongebrush to apply to make sure that the paint went into all of the little crevices. It does take a couple hours for the paint to dry.
Wow I love it! Great gift idea too, thanks for the share love the presentation just saved!
Pauline, these are just darling! Visiting from the Creative Collection and pinning! Have a happy weekend!
Absolutely the cutest things ever! Definitely making these! I would love if you would share this at my blog party, Celebrate It! It’s all about celebrating our wonderful, everyday lives! http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2014/11/celebrate-it-blog-party-18.html
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These are sooo cute!!! I love them!! Definitely want to make these one day 🙂
Lindi @ http://www.lovecreatecelebrate.com
I love these. What gorgeous presents. As a teacher I would love one of these homemade from my students.
Julie
So adorable! Great job, ladies! XO
Very cute but I have a question from where you got the 3″ Foam Cones
thank you
You can find them at your local craft store, like Michaels in the foam aisle. hope that helps!
What size are the jars, you say pint but how tall?
I used these exact jars. The shorter, squatter version of a mason jar.