What you'll make
Each jar is a 16 oz (about 480 ml) glass mason jar with a 2 m string of battery LED fairy lights inside and the battery box hidden under the lid. Light strings bought in a 20-pack cost about 42p each, so a finished jar comes in under £2. You can make them weeks ahead, since nothing in them wilts or melts.
Materials (per item)
| Glass mason jar, 16 oz (about 480 ml), with screw lid 1 (from a 12-pack at £16.97 on Amazon.co.uk) · Amazon.co.uk, The Range or B&M, or clean jam jars you have saved | £1.41 |
| Battery fairy light string, 2 m, 20 warm white LEDs on silver wire, batteries included 1 (from a 20-pack at £8.49 on Amazon.co.uk) · Amazon.co.uk, B&M or Poundland in the run-up to Christmas | £0.42 |
| Self-adhesive hook and loop dots, 10 mm 2 pairs (from a 100-pair pack at £3.99 on Amazon.co.uk) · Amazon.co.uk, Hobbycraft or any stationery shop | £0.08 |
| Natural jute twine, 2 mm 1 m (from a 100 m roll at £4.16 on Amazon.co.uk) · Hobbycraft, The Range or any garden centre | £0.04 |
| DIY cost each | £1.95 |
Tools
- Scissors
- Washing-up liquid and a lint-free tea towel
Products you need
Everything on the materials list, ready to order.
- Glass mason jar, 16 oz (about 480 ml), with screw lid£1.41 · 1 (from a 12-pack at £16.97 on Amazon.co.uk)View on Amazon
- Battery fairy light string, 2 m, 20 warm white LEDs on silver wire, batteries included£0.42 · 1 (from a 20-pack at £8.49 on Amazon.co.uk)View on Amazon
- Self-adhesive hook and loop dots, 10 mm£0.08 · 2 pairs (from a 100-pair pack at £3.99 on Amazon.co.uk)View on Amazon
- Natural jute twine, 2 mm£0.04 · 1 m (from a 100 m roll at £4.16 on Amazon.co.uk)View on Amazon
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