Here are some ideas for making gifts using canning jars. Feel free to post your ideas.
Since we ended up with so many jars I decided to use them for gifts. I get recipes for cookies, brownies, cakes, chili, or whatever I can find and then put all the dry ingredients into the jar. I then decorate the jar with raffia ties, paint, material, or whatever I can find. Last year I tied bells and candy canes on the outside and gave these as gifts at Christmas.
I love giving gifts and since I'm on a limited budget I can purchase the dry ingredients all year long and be able to make many gifts and always have one handy in case I forget someone. It's lots of fun to come up with ideas to put into the jars. One year I made cookies and candies and gave those. Most jars only end up costing $2 since I always buy in bulk. Hope you have fun!
By RoseMarym
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By Laurie from NV
They had taken some of the scrapbooking type of decorations and glued them to the outside of the jar. One picture was of a duck and there was scrapbooking borders glued around the top and bottom of the jar, not covering the place for the jar lid. They filled it with baby washrags, tiny baby toys, etc. and had it decorated for a baby gift.
They had a few other ideas as well. It sure opened my eyes to another use for the canning jar. You could probably go one step further and carefully cut a slit in the top of the lid and they could use it for a piggy bank as well.
By Tawnda
You need:
Here's the poem that goes with it:
Sprinkle on the lawn at night
the moon will make it sparkle bright
as Santa's reindeer fly and roam
this will guild them to your home!
ENJOY
By Ashley
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl. Place flour mixture in 1 quart jar. Layer remaining ingredients in order listed above. Pressing firmly after each layer. Seal with lid and decorate with fabric and ribbon.
Preheat oven to 375*
Beat 3/4 cup Softened butter, 1 egg and 3/4 tsp. vanilla in large bowl until blended. Add cookie mix and 1/2 c nuts (optional) mix well, breaking up any clumps.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 2 dozen.
By Imaqt1962 from Illinois
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Times are hard. Here is an economical family gift that everyone will enjoy. Make the following and mix together well:
All year long I look for pretty jars and bottles at flea markets and junk shops for making interesting gifts. I usually don't pay more than $1 for each one, usually a lot less.
Here are some great recipes for Mix in a Jar recipes for gifts this Christmas. Jar mixes include: Sand Art Brownies, Spiced Tea, Hot Chocolate Mix and Gourmet Vanilla Sugar.
I make gift jars and cans. I use empty food jars and coffee cans. Wash them clean and take the labels off and then use recycled wrapping paper to wrap the jar or can.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
Does anyone have any gift in a jar recipes or candy recipes for candies that will fit into a jar? I'm trying to find some inexpensive Christmas (and other time) gifts. I would also appreciate anything you could give me that could be for diabetics, whereas I have many family and friends that have to watch their sugar intake. I also have an aunt that is having her baby in Jan and would like to do something special for her.
This is a really nice site. www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/
This one isn't bad either. members.tripod.com/
I've had a great time baking cakes in jars.
I would like to make a bunch of gifts-in-a-jar (cookie mixes, cake mixes, soup mixes, etc.) for Christmas this year. I now need to know where to get quart or liter-sized jars. Suggestions, anyone? I've seen nice ones at kitchen and houseware stores, but they often cost upward of $10 each, and I can't afford that. Sources for inexpensive sealable bottles would also be appreciated. Thanks!
Your best bet is either old mayo or spaghetti sauce jars (free) or buying a case of mason jars. You'd probably want quart size. You could possibly get some by posting to a local Freecycle group or at a thrift store.
I have an overload of mayo jars that I have collected. Does anyone have a tried and true gift in a jar that will fit in a mayonnaise jar?
Laura Lange
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Try these sites...They will all work in the mircle whip jars...Made over 100 gift jars last year...Enjoy.
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Vanilla & B-Bob's Jars and Mixes
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Soups in a Jar
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Chicken Rice Bake Mix in a Jar
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You could make homemade bath salts and put that in them. To follow are some recipes. Or put together all the dry ingredients for cookies, attach a recipe card on how to finish and bake them.
Recipes for Bath Salts
2 cups epsom salts
2 drops essential oil
2 drops food coloring
I like my bath salts a pastel color so I don't use much food coloring but that is up to you. I get most of my fragrance oils online. You can also divide this up and layer them with different colors in your container. I would not mix scents though.
Oatmeal Bath Salts
2 cups of Epsom salts
1/2 cup of regular oatmeal (generic is fine)
2 drops of essential oil
2 drops food coloring
For this recipe you need a blender or other appliance that will pulverize the oatmeal. You want it to have the consistency of very fine beach sand. Add your fragrance oil and coloring.
Milk Bath Salts
2 cups epsom salts
1/2 cup dry powdered milk
2 drops essential oil
2 drops food coloring
Make sure that you stir well to evenly distribute the color. I also always use a chocolate fragrance oil or rose with this one. My friends say it smells good enough to eat.
You could put in home made coupons like; good for 1 back rub or something and decorate them and give it to a family member
This is a great gift, especially around St. Patrick's Day. This is a page about making a "Rainbow in a Jar" Candy Gift.
This is a page about hot chocolate for one gift. A small recycled glass jar is the perfect container for this tasty gift.