New York in a Mason Jar Night Light
Introduction: New York in a Mason Jar Night Light
Hi everyone :)
Here a have a New York in a Mason Jar Night Light, with the Brooklyn Bridge on top. I made this design because I love New York! I grew up in New York City and I miss it, so I decided to make this NY Mason Jar Night Light so that I can have something that reminds me of New York.
It is fun and cool to make, and a nice decoration for a room. This is a DIY night light and you can choose to use a different city theme if you would like.
Supplies
* large mason jar
* printed out silhouette of the New York skyline
* multi colored crushed shells or stones
* jute rope
* watercolor paint
* wooden toothpicks
* thin rope
* thin craft wire
* artificial moss
* aquamarine and gold paint
* cardboard
* glue gun
* small American flag drawn on small piece of paper
* color changing tea light
* scissors
* two black flowers
* pearl beads on wire
* some small leaves
* glitter
Step 1: Making the New York Skyline Silhouette:
* The first thing I did was print out a silhouette of the New York City skyline that I liked. Then I cut around the image and made sure it was able to fit inside the mason jar.
* Once I had that done, I then used watercolor paint and painted the silhouette using blues, light blues, and purples. I then went over the skyline with black watercolor to make the silhouette stand out more. Once I was finished painting, I set it to the side to dry.
* For the stand I cut out of cardboard a rectangle that fit inside of the mason jar and was as long as the silhouette I printed out. I then painted the cardboard in aquamarine paint. 644
I left that to dry as well.
* Once the silhouette and the piece of cardboard had dried I attached them by using the hot glue gun to make a line of glue on the cardboard to attach the silhouette to. * Make sure the final piece fits inside the mason jar before moving on :)
* I also attached a thick stick of gold wire to the back of the piece and then a piece of the gold wire with the white pearl beads to the front of the piece and I added some small leaves as well.
Step 2: Creating and Decorating the Inside of the Mason Jar:
* The first thing I did was add some gold glitter to the inside of the mason jar and shook it around so that it would spread out around the mason jar.
* After that I used the hot glue gun and glued the colored crushed shells to the bottom of the mason jar. I did this by first adding a layer of hot glue and adding the shells until it reached the point that the piece we made in the first step would still fit in the jar, allowing for the shells to be the bottom layer and the ocean.
* Then I added some artificial moss so that the sillohette on the cardboard would sit nicely inside of the mason jar.
* I also added some silver glitter and shook it around so that it would mix into the colored crushed shells and moss.
* Once that was all done I added glue inside of the jar, then nicely placed the silhouette on cardboard inside the jar.
* The last thing I did inside the jar was add some black glitter to the front of the silhouette on cardboard.
Step 3: Making the Brooklyn Bridge:
* For this part you are going to need wooden toothpicks, jute rope, wire, small rope, gold paint, and a glue gun.
* For the base I used 15 toothpicks and glued them on to the jute rope on both ends. I then secured them by wrapping the jute rope one more time around each end and I lined the rest of the rectangle with jute rope.
* After that I flipped it over and glued 15 toothpicks on half of the rectangle we made and another 15 on the other half of the rectangle. I then trimmed the ends with a scissor so that there were no points from the ends of the toothpicks.
* After that I turned the piece around and started to stack 3 toothpicks on both sides of the original rectangle that I made. I then stacked 4 toothpicks on the toothpicks that were added under the rectangle so that they would be the same height as the 3 on the original rectangle. After that I put jute rope around the ends so that they looked more combined.
* Then I secured 4 toothpicks to the middle of the bottom edge of the original rectangle using glue as well as jute rope. I also added 2 combined toothpicks to both sides of the combined 4 in the middle. 644