Homemade gifts in a Mason jar look fancy. With little effort, they serve best to assert that people around you mean a lot to you. 

I assure you that these decorative glass jars make the perfect gift and fantastic presents – for a unique take on hostess gifts, neighbor and co-worker gifts, teacher gifts, holiday bouquets, and more. 

These jars look complicated but trust me, they are a breeze! They turn out to be fun for both kids and adults, and the result is worth the effort. 

The versatile, vintage-looking Mason jars make your occasions memorable.

Fill them with whatever you’d like and personalize things for holding a special memory, tasty treat, birthday, mini treat, or gift for a loved one during the holidays or Christmas.

I gathered loads of activities, tips, recipes, and ideas to jazz up your jar for the perfect transformation into fun! 

Want to make your event an unforgettable moment? Keep reading, and thank me later.

1. Mason Jar Sewing Kit

Crafting with mason jars is a fun-filled activity that may make you nostalgic about old-school days.

Incorporate them into a craft or a decorating scheme and transform them into a beautiful, sophisticated sewing kit.

Make these beautiful Mason jar sewing kits with a few supplies, like a Mason jar with a lid and ring, fabric, polyester stuffing, glue, needle thread, and scissors.

Each jar ideally stores everything needed for small projects and repairs.

These mason jars make absolute presents for special occasions, like bridal showers, teachers’ day, or Mother’s Day gifts. 

2. DIY Mason Jar Snow Globes

How fun is creating a winter night painting in a DIY Mason jar snow globe? They add so much charm to make any occasion joyous.

Fill these Mason jar snow globes with whatever you’d like.

Make them classic ones with reindeer and a Santa scene, a little wintery season scene by placing figurine houses, a classic snow globe with Christmas lanterns, vintage-inspired Mason Jar Snowglobe including woodland animals, bottle brush trees, and fake snow. 

3. Mug Cakes in a Jar

Are you a party person looking to create food and drinks that are as beautiful and fun as delicious?

With my new crafting ideas, try these three Mug Cakes in Jar recipes for three cake mixes into three lid colors. They look so festive and adorable that satisfies your sweet tooth without too much burden.

Focusing on dishes that will wow at your next party? Baby food Mug cakes in the jars are just the right size giftable yummy treats, packing a single serving of deliciousness.

4. DAIRY FREE HOT CHOCOLATE MIX

Making gluten-free, allergy-friendly, and dairy-free hot chocolate mix jars ready in under 5 minutes with clean, homemade ingredients is not a mess anymore. 

This recipe is perfect for treating yourself to a cozy mug of hot chocolate or making a fantastic gift for your loved ones. 

Why wait any further? Spread some cheer and warmth among family, friends, or teachers and impress them with this ultimate DIY gift during the cold winter months.

• Calories: 1171kcal 
• Carbohydrates: 159g 
• Protein: 12g 
• Fat: 65g 

5. CAKE JARS

Mini-layer cake in a single-serve jar! Yes, you heard it right. These cake jars are portable, super kid-friendly, and bursting with flavors.

Choose favorites from chocolate, caramel, mint, peanut butter, strawberry, dulce de leche, cream cheese, or raspberry.

Celebrate any event, from birthday parties, bachelorette party, baby shower, wedding, bridal shower, anniversary, baby showers to romantic picnics and cozy date nights.

Just tailor these cake jars with the layers of your favorite frosting and sprinkles for a fancy presentation.

6. LAVENDER SUGAR

Two ingredients and this Homemade Lavender Sugar is ready. It combines sweet, aromatic lavender with granulated sugar for the ultimate flavor enhancer! 

Store your Lavender Sugar in small decorative glass jars. What a wonderful way to gift these yummy treats that look festive and adorable because of all the fantastic uses for Lavender Sugar.

In just a few minutes, prepare these jars of flavored sugar for gifting to family and friends. 

7. HOMEMADE VANILLA SUGAR

Vanilla is my all-time favorite flavor, and I add vanilla flavor to my bakes. Want the perfect Homemade Vanilla Sugar? Look for variety, color, aroma, grade, sustainability, and fair trade while purchasing vanilla beans.

Get creative with flavored sugars from fruits to spices to herbs and make lovely gifts in Mason Jar with Cork Lids and Label Tags/Strings.

Add Homemade Vanilla Sugar to baked goods, flavor your tea, use it to rim cocktail glasses, and more!

8. Gingerbread Caramel Corn Recipe

Delicious Homemade Caramel Corn Recipe infusing warming gingerbread spices and sweet buttery caramel sauce. Is this your first time making a handful of this delightful, crunchy autumn treat?

Follow the instructions till the end to bake an easy, homemade, edible gift for friends and family with simple ingredients and a straightforward process.

Per Serving

• Calories: 234kcal 
• Carbohydrates: 37g 
• Protein: 2g
• Fat: 10g

9. Stovetop Potpourri Simmer Pot Gift Jar

Do You want to surprise your loved ones this holiday season and let them have a Christmassy and festive house? 

Try this Christmas stovetop potpourri recipe with the fruit and spices. They offer wonderful festive and delicious smells and, being incredibly easy to put together, boast so much homemade charm. 

10. Boozy Hot Chocolate Gift Kit

Hot chocolate or hot cocoa, with extras like mini marshmallows and a miniature bottle of something warming, makes this thoughtful gift even more festive. It becomes a super cute treat for Christmas that you can bestow on your friends, loved ones, neighbors, colleagues, or anyone special. 

I customize this hot cocoa homemade gift with many possible tweaks, like switching white chocolate chips for dark chocolate chips or even unusual peanut butter chips. Make yours however you wish. 

11. Chocolate M&M Popcorn DIY Gift Kit

Get some popcorn kernels, M&Ms, and chocolate. Combine the ingredients, put them into jars, and decorate the jars to create this popcorn DIY gift kit. 

This recipe of M&Ms with melted chocolate chips surely goes well with everyone. Perfect for the one who adores crunchy popcorn for parties, movie nights, or gift-giving any time of the year.

12. Mason Jar Cocktail Gift Sets

Mason jar cocktail kits are worth making and great fun. The lucky persons will be thrilled after receiving these personalized and thoughtful handmade gifts.

Create these wonderful Cocktail kits with mason jars or mini liquor bottles for a Christmas gift. Not done with it? Add printable labels and give finishes with ribbons, bows, or any other cute embellishments.

13. DIY BBQ Rub Recipe

A DIY BBQ rub is an easy, versatile, and useful gift for the person who lives to grill and smoke food. The ingredients of this recipe include a powder form of essential herbs and spices like brown sugar, chipotle chili, garlic, onion, smoked paprika, mustard, and black pepper.

Of course, you can customize its ingredients to make a perfect Christmas or birthday gift!

14. DIY Lavender Orange Bath Salts

This DIY Lavender Orange Bath salts recipe is quick and easy to make. It is probably one of the best ways to gift these bath salts to friends or family members this Christmas or for their birthday.

Homemade bath salts show your effortless energy,  time, and love to create an extra-special gift for an extra-special person. 

15. Easy Raspberry Blueberry Jam 

This colorful and flavorful raspberry and blueberry jam recipe is ideal for a delicious homemade food gift.

Does your blueberry jam have a grainy texture? It may be due to overripe raspberries or blueberries, insufficient sugar, undercooking, and improper mashing. Address these factors to get a smoother texture in your blueberry raspberry jam.

Do you want to add some decorative accents to your Mason jar? Fasten the jar band on top of the fabric circle to add a festive touch while giving away these yummy jams as a gift.