As finals are nearing, it’s a perfect opportunity to take a study break and make a few crafts. The do-it-yourself pom-poms add a decorative touch to the dorm rooms, and the mason jar crafts can be used for just about anything from makeup brushes to flowers to candies.

Good luck with finals!

Frosted Mason Jar

Materials:
Mason jar
Elmer’s glue
Paintbrush
Food coloring
Plastic cup/bowl

Step 1: Fill ? of the cup with Elmer’s glue.

Step 2: Squeeze a few drops of food coloring into the glue (a little goes a long way).

Step 3: Stir glue with the end of paintbrush.

Step 4: Paint the glue mixture on the outside of the jar.

Step 5: Let it dry. If needed, do a second coat.

Tip: I used one drop of blue food coloring to get a lighter blue, and I didn’t notice as many brushstrokes. If you use more drops of food coloring for a darker color, you may see more brushstrokes. It also takes a little while for the glue mixture to dry.

Fabric Jars

Materials:
Glass jar
Elmer’s glue
Paintbrush
Light fabric
Small cup/bowl
Scissors

Step 1. Measure height and circumference of jar.

Step 2. Cut strips of fabric to fit, and make each piece about 1 centimeter wide.

Step 3. Pour glue and a hint of water in a small cup. Mix.

Step 4. Submerge first strip in the glue mixture.

Step 5. Place strip into jar with pattern facing the outside of the jar.

Step 6. Use paintbrush to secure it to jar.

Step 7. Repeat with all the fabric strips.

Tips: You don’t need to measure the fabric as long as it’s long enough. I found that it was easy to cut off the excess fabric at the end. When I made this, I glued the fabric on the outside of the jar and it worked just fine!

Tissue Paper Pom-Poms

Materials:
Tissue paper
Sharp scissors
Floral wire or pipe cleaners
String (optional)

Step 1: Unfold tissue paper and stack all pieces on top of each other.

Step 2: Fold tissue paper in an accordion stack (about 1 ? inches wide).

Step 3: Fold the accordion tissue paper in half. Cut in half.

Step 4: Take one accordion half and tie floral wire or pipe cleaner around the middle.

Step 5: When twisting wire or pipe cleaner, make a loop to use for hanging.

Step 6: Trim each end of accordion stack in a rounded shape.

Step 7: Pull each piece of tissue paper away from folded section.

Step 8: Repeat this with all pieces.

Step 9: Now adjust and fluff.

Step 10: Hang the pom-pom using ribbon or string.

Tip: I cut the tissue paper in half for a smaller pom-pom, but you can make a bigger one by skipping step 3. Also, I used floss for hanging my pom-poms!