Mason jars filled with bright colored gumballs are another sweet way to say “thank you” to your child’s teacher this week. As we continue to celebrate Teacher’s Appreciation week I found plenty of wonderful ideas while surfing through Pinterest. I was inspired by The Darice Craft Blog after seeing their version of the gumball mason jars that featured printable tags with a catchy slogan. I added my own twist and details to make this project my own!
Supplies:
- 32 oz. mason jars
- Celebration gumballs (2 bags per jar)
- glittered cardstock
- Elmer’s glue
- ribbon
- twine
- custom labels (CLICK HERE to get yours!)
While you can use any kind of gumballs for this project, I would recommend using the Celebration brand which can be found at most craft stores. They are the perfect size and two bags will fill the mason jar to the top.
I started off by using the top of the mason jar to trace a circle on the glittered card stock. Once I cut the circle out I lined the edges inside of the lid lightly with Elmer’s glue. I then popped it into the lid to give the top a little bit of sparkle.
Fill your mason jars to the top with gumballs. For each jar choose two different colors that compliment one another. This will give it contrast!
These gumballs also have a pearlescent finish which makes them sparkle on their own!
Top each jar with your glittered lid and add a bow around it.
For the tags I used PicMonkey and created my own design. I printed them on regular white paper and attached them onto circles cut from the leftover card stock. This made them much more sturdy. After punching a hole into the top of each, I attached the tags to the jars using twine and tucked the string underneath the ribbon.
Don’t forgot to add your child’s name on the back on the label. You want their teacher to know who this special gift is from!
Are you looking for another teacher’s gift idea? Take a look at the Bejeweled Initial Canvas I also made this week.
Shut up!!! This is one of the cutest and EASIEST teacher gifts I have seen.. I will def pin for next year or end of school year gift… So colorful!
How cute are those!!! I love them.
That is such a wicked cute idea. I am so lame – I just get my boys teachers gift cards.
This is one I haven't seen before! Very cute idea!
These are SUPER CUTE and look really easy. I bet the teachers will love them!!!
This is a cute, sweet gift to make for the teachers this week! I know they'd love it too!
Oh my goodness, these are SO cute! I totally want to make these this week!
This is absolutely one of the cutest ideas I've seen for Teacher appreciation. I love that they won't cost an arm and a leg either. I will have to look at doing this at the end of the school year!
So cheerful! Mine would never leave my desk.
The glittered card stock really make these pop! I love the bright colors.
Those are so good! You did a really great job on them.
How cute, colorful, and creative is that! Shoot….I want one for myself!
Wow these are pretty amazing. They are so darn cute.
This is adorable! It would also make a great end of the year gift.
These are just so cute! I love the label and the glittery paper.
Very cute idea! I made some very similar to these myself!
Super cute! I love this idea. Target has large bags of gumballs, too!
I love the glitter paper on the top! Such a cute idea!
Wow how cool are they! I love that they're colorful, and so affordable to make!
What a fun idea! I bet the kids would want those gumballs right away too!
This is such an adorable idea! My sister in-law is a kindergarten teacher, so I will definitely show her these! I like anything that is handmade, it adds a lot of personality (and shows that you really care)!
Adorable! I may make this for my son's teacher, he loves her and I'm sure she would love this! Thank you!
That is just the CUTEST idea! I love the pretty gumballs too. They're truly like little decorations.
Ok this is the best one I have seen so far.I love it and i will be doing this next year
Cute idea for a teacher appreciation gift. I am sure the other kids in class will enjoy gumballs too
This is such a cute idea! Such a creative teacher gift!
How fun is that!! We have been having fun this week for teacher appreciation week as well. Tomorrow we are all bringing my son's teacher flowers.
What a nice gift! And it is a DIY from the heart. I hope the teacher appreciates it!
thanks,
MItch
This is SO stinking cute!!! I've seen so many fantastic ideas the last couple of weeks for Teachers Appreciation Day!
This is such a cute and fun idea! I love it. And who doesn't love a good gum ball?
So bright and cheery! I bet the teacher loved it!
that's a really cute idea. I haven't done anything this week so maybe i can pull this off easily
Precious! I think my kids teachers would love to receive these.
I love it. Those came out great, and really would make a fantastic teacher appreciation gift.
I LOVE this idea! The ribbons that you used are perfect – adorable and tie in with the colors of the gumballs well. Well done!
Super cute idea. I also saw a craft where they put together a basket with apples in it and a cute tag saying "You are the apple of my eye!"
omg– this is just TOO cute! What a great idea!
What an absolutely adorable idea! Off to pin.
So cute! And I LOVE the glitter! You've just inspired me to go bedazzle things tomorrow! Ha!
Now this is super cute! Love it!!
I love this! Very cute for a teacher, and they can reuse the jar for putting school supplies on for there desk or anything else they like. Love the bows and tags!
These are super cute. We love to do crafts, my son would love to give these to some teachers.
This is a great project. I like the fact that you don't have to fill the jars with gum balls, you can fill them with candy or whatever the person/teacher likes. Thank you for sharing this craft post.
This is super adorable, and economic! Thanks for sharing, I'm totally stealing this!
I can’t find these on pic monkey . I want to print the ones just like yours. Help I need them tonight
Sorry I did not get back to you sooner as this comment went to my spam folder. The labels themselves are not on PicMonkey. At the time I used the program to make these using the circle shape and different fonts.