This mason jar bathroom set is the perfect way to add some life and decoration to your home. The stylish look will make any style look more modern.
This craft is easy with the help of the Cricut Maker. This machine and software makes crafting quicker and easier for everyone.
How Do You Make A Mason Jar Bathroom Set
Making your own mason jar bathroom set is not a difficult task when you have your Cricut Maker. It’s as easy as designing what you want, cutting it, and transferring it to your jar.
For this craft, you will need to use a grip mat and transfer tape with the Cricut Maker. These tools will help you in crafting your cute mason jar set for use in your home.
You can also choose to use these mason jars elsewhere in your home. They would look great along the counters in your kitchen or as a vase for some fresh flowers!
This craft comes with free cut files to use to design your mason jars. Your mason jar bathroom set will look better than ever with the help of these files and your creativity.
You can paint the jars whatever color you want for your bathroom. If you want to use them as accents, use a bold color that is not on any of the other decorations.
You can also choose to match it to the rest of the bathroom if you want something that fits the look. The choice is yours and yours only. You can let your creativity run wild.
Being able to make your own mason jar bathroom set from your house will add to the fun. You can simply sit back and relax while you design it from your own bed!
Take your time and have a blast as you make your own custom decor! If you enjoy this craft, take a look at these DIY Decor Crafts and Photo Blocks.
Mason Jar Bathroom Set With The Cricut
This craft comes with free cut files to use to design your mason jars. Your mason jar bathroom set will look better than ever with the help of these files and your creativity.
Materials
- Standard grip mat
- Cricut Premium Vinyl, Removable (White) or Permanent in the color of our choice
- Cricut Adhesive-Backed Deluxe Paper, Natalie Maran in the Grove
- Cricut Transfer Tape
- Mason Jars with lids, 8oz and 16oz
- Scissors
- Weeder tool
- Americana Chalky Finish in Refreshing and New Life
- Fine Grit Sandpaper, 200 grit
- Paintbrush
Tools
- Cricut Maker (or Cricut Joy) with Fine Point Blade
- Drill and drill bit
- Hot glue gun with clear glue sticks
Instructions
- Gather supplies.
- Thoroughly wash jars with soap and hot water and let them dry completely before using.
Preparing the Mason Jars
- Apply a thin coat of chalky finish paint to each of the mason jars leaving the neck of the jars unpainted. Put aside to dry fully and repeat with additional coverage as needed.
- Once dry, distress the chalky paint using a piece of soft grit sandpaper to gently sand the surface of the mason jars moving your hand around the jar in one direction.
- Uploading the SVG Pattern
- Upload the Bathroom Canister SVG File into Design Space.
- Click Ungroup.
- Click and drag over the “bath salts” phrase and with the image highlighted, click on the Weld button.
- Adjust phrase sizes to fit mason jars accordingly. The “bath salts” phrase is sized to 2.75” high on the Design Space canvas to fit a 16 oz jar. The “cotton swabs” phrase sized to 2.75” wide and the “makeup sponges” phrase sized to 2.75” wide.
- The circle shapes are for cutting the adhesive-backed cardstock for the mason jar lid toppers. Measure the size of your lids to ensure these templates will fit. Duplicate or adjust the circle shapes as needed to fit your lids.
- Color sync the images if needed to match the material's color.
Cutting
- Select “Make It” in Design Space.
- For cutting phrases, set the material type to Premium Vinyl.
- Follow prompts for loading the mat into the Cricut Maker or Cricut Joy and cutting the Premium Vinyl. When prompted, unload the mat from the cutting machine.
- Remove the Premium Vinyl from the mat.
- For cutting the lid toppers, set the material type to Cardstock with adhesive backing.
- Follow prompts for loading the mat into the Cricut Maker or Cricut Joy and cutting the toppers. When prompted, unload the mat from the cutting machine.
- Remove the adhesive-backed cardstock from the mat.
How to Assemble the Jars
- Cut around each image with a pair of scissors.
- Using the weeding tool, peel away the excess vinyl around the cut images and discard.
- Cut a piece of transfer tape a bit larger than the size of the image.
- Peel away the transfer tape backing and place the transfer tape over top of the cut image. Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the transfer tape.
- Peel away the vinyl backing, leaving just the image adhered to the transfer tape.
- Position the phrase with the transfer tape on to the smooth side of a jar and press in place.
- Press the vinyl phrase down with your fingers to help it to stick to the painted glass jar.
- Slowly and carefully remove the transfer tape leaving the vinyl image on the jar.
- Repeat for the other mason jars and phrases.
How to Assemble the Jar Lids
- Drill one hole the same size at the screw size for the knob through the center of the mason jar lid. Take extra care when handling sharp metal edges.
- Peel off one of the cardstock circles from the backing and place over the top of the mason jar lid.
- If the lid is in two parts, glue them together using a hot glue gun with clear glue sticks.
- Screw the decorative knob onto the mason jar lid.
- Repeat with the remaining lids.
- To finish, fill the containers with your bathroom essentials.
