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The holidays are usually a blur for me. Between decorating, cooking and prepping the house, its non-stop. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed when you add in our everyday chores as parents.
I think it’s important to keep the kids occupied with something that you can use, instead of sitting them in front of a screen. Plus, it’s great to encourage your little one’s creativity.
We love to choose a few projects every year and have the girls create our holiday décor. They love that we proudly display their projects and they make a great gift for your guests or their school friends!
This year, we are excited to share our first Christmas craft idea, the snowman jar!
What You’ll Need
- Jar
- Yogurt or white chocolate covered pretzels (or any other white snack or candy)
- 3 black buttons
- Red ribbon, yarn, or string
- Glue dots or hot glue
- Scissors
How to Create Your Snowman Jar
- Fill your jar with your snack or candy and close the top.
- Glue each button in a vertical line in the front of the jar.
- Tie the ribbon, yarn, or string around the top. I chose to braid three pieces of yarn to make it look more like a scarf.
If you want to get fancy, hot glue a tiny top hat to the top of the jar. Want to get even fancier? Using a white marker, add the recipient’s name on the hat. They can then serve as a place card at your holiday table.
I love this snowman jar craft because it’s really easy for the kids to create and fairly inexpensive. One snowman jar should cost somewhere around $1-$2, depending on the cost of the jars. I got mine at a local craft store for $1 each, but if you buy them in bulk, they can be even more inexpensive.
We’d love to hear what you think of this snowman jar. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter for more fun craft ideas, including our reindeer hot cocoa jar!
Beth Pierce
January 27, 2022It’s so important to make fun and good memories with the kids. And this is such a good one. My kids love crafts.
Christy
November 15, 2021I love this idea. They would make a great gift for friends and family too. I’m going to have to find some crafts for us to do on winter break. Crafting is a great way to curb your child from too much screen time.
mel
November 14, 2021aw, these look like some wonderful gifts to make for family and friends for Christmas! I need to make these
Lynndee
November 14, 2021Adorable! Those would be great gifts to give our neighbors. Thank you for the idea!
Catalina
November 14, 2021wow! Such an amazing gift idea. It’s easy and will make happy a lot of people!
Marysa
November 13, 2021What a cute idea! Love the jars and having a craft for the kids to do for the holidays.
Richelle Milar
November 13, 2021This looks really cute and amazing! So creative, I would love to try this one!
Alita Pacio
November 13, 2021This looks simple and easy. I’ve been looking for inexpensive crafts for the kids
Terri Steffes
November 12, 2021It’s fun to see a simple idea that packs a lot of punch. Perfect to make between now and the holidays.
Kathy
November 12, 2021That is such a cute idea. I will have to make these with my girls. They love doing stuff like this for the holidays.
Tammy
November 12, 2021Thank you for this idea. I will do this with the grand kids.
Lisa
November 12, 2021Omgoodness this is sooo cute! I have to share this with my girls they would love to create these!
Ivan M. Jose
September 13, 2021This is a cute idea, either as decor or as a gift item for guests.
jay
November 19, 2019Stunning ideas. It is great work for leisure time. Kids also enjoying these activities. From these activities we made our home more beautiful or decorate by hand made things.
Thanks for these wonderful ideas.
Bella and Dawn at Dear Mummy Blog
November 11, 2019What a great gift decoration and we love the white pretzels! Make a nice table favour too x
Peachy @ The Peach Kitchen
November 7, 2019This is so easy to do and so cute! Pinning this!
Natural Beauty And Makeup
November 7, 2019Wow, love this snowman jar idea😍 The jars look so cute and pretty unique as well! I am going to ask my niece to make something like this for me 🤗❤
Kristine Nicole Alessandra
November 7, 2019This is so cute and would make a great gift! I will recommend this to my daughter so she does not to have to stress out finding gifts for her friends at work. This snowman jar would be a very welcome holiday gift!
Annemarie LeBlanc
November 6, 2019So pretty! This would make pretty give aways this holiday season. I will save this post and add it to my “must-make” list of small gifts for friends, neighbors and co-workers.
Deb B.
November 6, 2019Omg these are so cute! We made these as our gifts for Christmas a couple years ago and we put them in round ball ornaments, but pretty much the same idea. They turn out so adorable!
Jennifer
November 6, 2019This is such a cute DIY Decor!!!! I love this idea
Lyanna Soria
November 6, 2019That snowman jar looks quite adorable and a great DIY project to make with the kids. I love how easy it is to make and doesn’t need a lot of stuff.
Shayla Marie
November 6, 2019That is so cute! It would make such a fun gift!
Emman Damian
November 6, 2019I love a Snowman Jar! i want to do my own especially this Christmas season. I’m so excited for it!
Lisa Rios
November 6, 2019That is so cute! I can imagine it’d make a great take home gift for friends or even family. I love the holidays!
Kileen
November 6, 2019What a cute and perfect idea for the upcoming holidays!! I love little simple yet cute DIY’s ideas like this one! I will definitely be doing this one this season!!
littlemisadvencha
November 5, 2019not the usual but this one is interesting! such an adorable piece for decorating. 🙂
Cha at Little MisadvenCHA
Monica Y
November 5, 2019What a cute and easy to make craft, I will be making this with my son soon
Sara
November 5, 2019Oh my gawd! This is the cutest thing ever and I can’t wait to make some for xmas gifts. Thank you!
Sara | mshealthesteem.com
catherine santiago jose
November 5, 2019I definitely love this idea, it is so cute and so easy to make, this can be a simple gift to give to my friends on this Christmas.
Surekha
November 5, 2019Wow, that was so cute..! It really looks like a snowman somehow haha, love it. I will definitely try this sometime.
Claudia Krusch
November 5, 2019Love how easy it is! Can’t wait to try to make some for friends who come over to our open house!
Paula @ I'm Busy Being Awesome
November 5, 2019Such a cute and easy DIY perfect for the holidays
Jennifer Gladwin
November 5, 2019This sounds like a really cute craft to do with the kids. Perfect for the festive season.
Catherine
November 5, 2019Such an adorable idea for the holidays! I love this…perfect gift to give or party favor.
Ashley Rollins
November 5, 2019I love this! This is such a cute gift idea or stocking stuffer!
jill nunn
November 5, 2019These are so cute and would make the perfect teacher gifts! I think we are going to do these!
Nancy at Whispered Inspirations
November 5, 2019Umm, this is absolutely adorable. I love how cute the jar is and the pretzels look YUMMO. Thanks for such a great idea, bookmarked!
Rachel
November 5, 2019This is such a cute idea. I am going to have to find these jars so I can make them for little gifts.
Angelica Sereda
November 5, 2019These are so cute. My girls would love to make these. Makes a great gift!
Carrie | Clean Eating Kitchen
November 5, 2019Such a cute idea! They are perfect for teacher’s presents this year!
Amanda
November 5, 2019This is such a perfect holiday gift–especially for our crossing guard!
Lisa Joy Thompson
November 5, 2019These are so fun! We usually fill our snowman jars with white chocolate bark or white chocolate toffee.
Toni
November 5, 2019This is really cute!! My kids will surely love this project!
Kelly Martin
November 5, 2019This is such a great craft idea. They’d make a beautiful table decoration.
Ruth I
November 5, 2019Oh, how cool is this! I love how it looks and this would make a pretty gift idea!
Sarah M
November 5, 2019These are cute jars. Easy to make and look nice.
kumamonjeng
November 5, 2019What a creative way to DIY something for Xmas. I love the two buttons in front of the glass bottle so cute and I think it is the highlight.
Catalina
November 5, 2019wow! How cute are these snowman jars! My kid will have a lot of fun making them!
Subhashish Roy
November 5, 2019What a lovely idea to help bring out the creativity in our child. It’s so very important to have interesting alternatives to keep our children engaged and move them away from the idiot screen.
Pamela Frost
November 4, 2019I love these! We host a part every Christmas Eve and these would be a fun party favor to pass out to our guests!
Kathy
November 4, 2019These are such cute jars. I really love how they turned out. These would make for some great gifts for others too.
Celebrate Woman Today
November 4, 2019Very easy and festive. Such a cool craft for the Holidays.
Kat&Phil
November 4, 2019Love this!! What a super cute idea for holiday gifts all around. Thanks for the inspiration!
Brianne Tursi Manz
November 4, 2019What a creative, fun and easy craft to do with the kids. I know they’ll love putting them together as we get ready to decorate for Christmas.
Amy Desrosiers
November 4, 2019These are super cute snowman jars! I think my kids would have a blast making them and eating them!
Sarah
November 4, 2019Such a cute idea! This would make a great gift idea for neighbors and coworkers.
Emily
November 4, 2019Such a simple but fun idea! My boys will love doing this
Fiona Cambouropoulos
November 4, 2019What a wonderfully simple idea and great to have some goodies inside. I’m pinning this for my christmas crafts here, I think it is one the children will enjou. Thank you.
Nate
November 4, 2019This is soo awesome! This is the perfect gift for any teacher. I will bookmark this for later!
Amber
November 4, 2019These are adorable. Will be great to add into little gift baskets this Christmas!
Melanie williams
November 4, 2019I absolutely love these. A very cute idea, a fabulous craft and a nice thing to gift. Feeling festive now xx
Tara Pittman
November 4, 2019What a cute gift idea for the teachers. This would be so fun for my boys to make.
Audrey
November 4, 2019This is such a cute craft idea! Of all the Christmas decorations out there, snowmen are my favorite. I hope to make these with any of my kids who want to do so.
Stacie
November 4, 2019I need to make up a bunch of these for gifts. I’m thinking of putting some white fudge in there.
Heather
November 4, 2019I love that idea Stacie!
Nicole
November 4, 2019This is adorable! Perfect teacher gift! I am going to save this and give it so my son’s teachers!
Linda Cassidy
November 4, 2019sucha fun little craft for the Christmas Season. A great idea for a Table takeaway and one that all ages could help prepare.
Cristina Petrini
November 4, 2019What an idea so “sweet” as pretty to see! I’ll have to copy this idea!