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Back-to-School Mason Jars

by Jessie Daye

First published: August 11, 2015 | Updated: June 10, 2026

Create decorative mason jar organizers designed to look like a football and baseball for storing school supplies.

Back-to-School Mason Jars

Author: Jessie Daye
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Create decorative mason jar organizers designed to look like a football and baseball for storing school supplies.
Servings 2 decorated mason jars (1 football, 1 baseball) makes

What you need

  • Brown spray paint
  • White spray paint
  • White acrylic paint
  • Black Sharpie
  • Red Sharpie
  • Paint brush
  • Mason jars (one large, one small)
  • Ruler
  • Clear shellac (optional)

Directions

  1. Turn mason jars upside down and spray the large jar brown and smaller jar white. Let dry completely.
  2. Once dry, use the edge of a ruler to help draw two parallel white lines down the center of the football (brown) jar. Be careful not to scrape the paint. Let dry.
  3. Using a paint brush, make 8 white laces across the center white lines of the football jar. Let dry. Optional: spray with clear shellac to protect the paint from scraping.
  4. For the baseball jar, use a black Sharpie to create two half circles on the top and bottom of the white jar. Using a red Sharpie, draw tiny red laces as shown in the picture.

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Hi, I'm Jessie. 

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