There are so many wonderful things about Diwali. One of the best things about Diwali is all of the beautiful light decorations! This diwali craft idea is one that can be made to help celebrate the Festival of Lights.

Diwali craft using painted glass jars and gold foil paper designs.

Making Diwali Crafts at Home

This activity can be great to do together as a family in preparation for the holiday. It can also be a good way to make wonderful gifts to give to one another for this special time of year. We love how the combination of bright, metallic paints and reflective gold card foil cardstock brings mason jars to life!

Stacked Diwali craft using painted glass jars and gold foil paper designs.

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To make this great diwali craft idea turn into a beautiful decoration, grab the materials below and then see our instructions on how to get started.

Materials Needed

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Set of 3 Jars, 750ml Smooth Rounded with shoulders; lids removed
DecoArt Extreme Sheen Metallic Paint in Sapphire, Aquamarine, Pink Tourmaline
Paintbrush
Gold Foil Cardstock
Cricut Joy and standard grip mat
Mandala design (#M23176076) from Design Space

How to Make A Diwali Craft Idea using Glass Jars

Painting the Jars

Thoroughly wash jars with soap and hot water and let them dry completely before using. Additionally, use rubbing alcohol and a clean paper towel to wipe away any prints or smudges.

Using a medium sized paint brush, brush on a coat of metallic paint on each of the three jars, each in a different metallic paint color. Leave the paint to dry before applying additional coats for extra coverage.

In the meantime, prepare the gold mandala jar sleeve for each of the jars.

Making the Decorative Jar Sleeves with Cricut

Using Cricut’s Design Space, insert one rectangle shape onto the blank canvas and adjust the size to 10.5” long by 1.5” high.

Inserting a rectangle shape into Cricut Design Space program.

Insert three circle shapes measuring 2” diameter.

Inserting 3 circle shapes into Google Design Space.

Position the circle shapes over top of the rectangle centered in the middle with about ¼” spacing between each circle.

Highlight all shapes together and weld to make one piece forming the jar sleeve.

Search for the mandala image #M23176076 and insert it onto a blank canvas.

Inserting Mandala image from Cricut Design Space.

Select contour option to remove the outer circle and inner dot from the mandala design.

Selecting a contour option on the uploaded Mandala shape.

Duplicate the mandala two times and place them on top of the jar sleeve shape. Highlight the pieces together and select “slice” to merge the pieces together while separating the mandala cutouts.

Merging Mandala shapes with the rectangular shape.

Select Continue to proceed with the cut and follow prompts on the screen.

Place the gold foil cardstock on the mat and insert into the cutting machine. Once cut, remove the mandala jar sleeve from the mat.

Choosing gold foil cardstock in Cricut Design Space.

Assembling the Decorative Diwali Jars

Wrap one sleeve around each jar, taping the ends at the back and repeat for each jar to finish. Add an LED votive candle inside each jar to celebrate the Festival of Lights.

Wrapping gold foil paper sleeve around a painted glass jar.

More Decorative Glass Jar Ideas

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Colorful Diwali glass jars with text overlay.

A Diwali Craft Idea using Glass Jars

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This simple yet elegant Diwali craft idea is perfect for the Festival of Lights! Use these bright colors to celebrate light over darkness.

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Materials

Set of 3 Jars 750ml Smooth Rounded with shoulders; lids removed
DecoArt Extreme Sheen Metallic Paint in Sapphire Aquamarine, Pink Tourmaline
Paintbrush
Gold Foil Cardstock
Cricut Joy and standard grip mat
Mandala design #M23176076 from Design Space

Instructions

Thoroughly wash jars with soap and hot water and let them dry completely before using. Additionally, use rubbing alcohol and a clean paper towel to wipe away any prints or smudges.
Using a medium sized paint brush, brush on a coat of metallic paint on each of the three jars, each in a different metallic paint color. Leave the paint to dry before applying additional coats for extra coverage.
In the meantime, prepare the gold mandala jar sleeve for each of the jars.
Using Cricut’s Design Space, insert one rectangle shape onto the blank canvas and adjust the size to 10.5” long by 1.5” high.
Insert three circle shapes measuring 2” diameter.
Position the circle shapes over top of the rectangle centered in the middle with about ¼” spacing between each circle.
Highlight all shapes together and weld to make one piece forming the jar sleeve.
Search for the mandala image #M23176076 and insert it onto a blank canvas.
Select contour option to remove the outer circle and inner dot from the mandala design.
Duplicate the mandala two times and place them on top of the jar sleeve shape. Highlight the pieces together and select “slice” to merge the pieces together while separating the mandala cutouts.
Select Continue to proceed with the cut and follow prompts on the screen.
Place the gold foil cardstock on the mat and insert into the cutting machine. Once cut, remove the mandala jar sleeve from the mat.
Wrap one sleeve around each jar, taping the ends at the back. Repeat for each jar.

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