This super cute and awesome craft was made by my friend, Shay Lin, for her daughter’s first birthday luau centerpieces.  For those of you not from Hawaii, baby first birthdays here are a HUGE deal, with hundreds of guests!  She saw the idea for these DIY fairy silhouette mason jars on Pinterest and contacted me for help with the fairies.  My ONLY contribution was the cutting of the fairies on my Cricut machine.  She came over one night and we got them done easily using silhouette pictures found on the internet.  This was also an opportunity for her to try the Cricut before buying one for herself.  In the end she purchased the Cricut Maker and I hope that after all the stress from the Baby First Luau dies down that she can find some time to enjoy the Cricut Maker and all its awesome functions.

Shay Lin is a full-time physician, mom, crafter, and entrepreneur.  She sells Rodan Fields skin care products in addition to a her multiple other commitments.  I was amazed she had the time to make so many of these.

 

Steps:

1. Cut Fairies with the Cricut
2. Glue tissue paper and fairies
3. Embellish the outside of the jar
4. Place a non flammable light source in the jar

 

1.  Cut Fairies with the Cricut

• There were so many beautiful fairies to choose from!
• Doing a google search for “fairy silhouette” produced tons of beautiful options.
• I had previously purchased the Disney Fairies Cricut cartridge, but found that the wing designs on the Disney Fairies were a little too intricate for the smaller sizes needed for the jars.
• After uploading the fairy pics Shay Lin liked and then making them into simple cut (.svg) files, it was very simple to size them down and cut them out of black cardstock with the Cricut.

 

Premade cardstock fairies are available for purchase on Etsy.  Chip board fairies are available on Amazon for people without a Cricut or die cutting machine.

 

2.  Glue Tissue Paper and Fairies

• Using mod podge, or other clear drying liquid glue, to glue white tissue paper on the outside of the jar.
• Shay Lin used an 8 ounce jar of mod podge for her whole project.
• The mason jars were purchased from Target for $7.99 for a dozen.
• Glue the black cardstock fairy silhouette on the inside of the jar
• It is possible to glue them together either on the outside or inside, but it would decrease the layered look of the finished project

 

3.  Embellish the Outside of the Jar

• Use your imagination and creativity to make the jars uniquely yours.
• Shay Lin did a beautiful job by gluing glitter, ribbons, and pink and yellow pastel roses to capture her theme and color scheme perfectly

 

 

4.  Place a Non Flammable Light Source in the Jar

• A non flammable light is recommended because of the cardstock on the inside
• If a flammable light source (candles or tea lights) is desired then the tissue paper and fairies should be glued on the outside.  Consequently you may lose a little of the cool layered effect.
• Some good options for lighting the jars are battery-powered fairy lights, night lights, or tea lights; options on Amazon are listed below.
• The battery-powered tea lights are very affordable through Amazon for a pack of 36.
• A cheaper option would be a string of lights, but the wire would be visible connecting the jars.

 

If you love the look of these jars, but are not inclined to make them yourself, Etsy sells a variety of completed handmade fairy jars.

 

Thank you so much to Shay Lin for allowing me to post her beautiful finished DIY fairy silhouette mason jars for this post.  Please contact her if you have any questions about Rodan Fields skin care products on her Shay Lin 808 Facebook account.  Please also feel free to let me know if you have any questions via the comment section below or on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

 

Below are some similar fairy lantern Pins, which were the basis of her inspiration.

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Just in case you have no idea what I’m talking about with the Cricut and Cricut Maker see my previous posts an overview about this amazing family of crafting tools.