Dad's birthday jar - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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This present was easy to make, my little girl loved helping me and my husband loved it! He is a big fan of peanut M&Ms but you could add any type of chocolate or lolly that you like! I also had my sister laminate the “saying” on her laminator but it will still work just as well if it isn’t. Only other note I would suggest is maybe have an extra bag of chocolates if your child is going to help as she kept eating them haha! (Okay maybe I had a few too!)

Material

1 glass jar
4 bags of peanut m&ms
1 bag of chocolate gold coins
1 green paper A4
1 brown paper A4
1 White paper A4
1 Birthday card
1 double sided sticky tape

Method

Buy your items, chocolates from supermarket, paper from office supplies shop, card and glass jar from $2 shop.
Type up on computer "To my slightly nutty but very sweet Dad" add a green border and print. Cut around border.
Put chocolate money coins in bottom of jar. I separated all the colours of the M&Ms into bowls, then emptied one bowl into the jar at a time to make a rainbow effect.
Cut green and brown paper into a thick long strip to go around jar, make the green one fatter then the brown then sticky tape onto jar. Then stick your printed saying onto the middle.
Cut the birthday card into a round shape, (try and find one that just says happy birthday and is small enough to fit on your lid). Stick with double sided sticky tape onto lid.

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- dbhall82
- 15 Sep 2015
  4:59 pm

60 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 29 Aug 2024
    9:55 am
Perfect silly first father’s day add on! Thank you

- - Frankiielot said
  - 29 Sep 2022
    11:18 pm
Such a cute idea!
Thank you for sharing. I think my hubby would eat all of this in an hour lol.

- - ladybree said
  - 01 Apr 2022
    12:08 am
Kids are doing similar for Easter instead of bday.
They have all the materials, they just have to put it together. Their stepdad will love it and the thought behind it

- - mom322089 said
  - 29 Sep 2021
    4:27 pm
This is such a beautiful idea and looks really great in the jar. will be hard not to eat them all whist putting it together though.

- - mom103778 said
  - 02 May 2021
    7:42 am
What a great idea, my husband would love this, he is a big fan of chocolate and it looks so good.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    8:15 pm
That is a lovely idea, thanks for sharing

- - maureen said
  - 09 Jun 2020
    2:35 pm
Great idea for father’s day. Thank you for sharing

- - Ellen said
  - 30 May 2020
    9:08 am
A colorful jar !

- - Mummyofone77 said
  - 06 Jan 2020
    5:02 am
Avery great idea for a dad who’s has it all and loves his treats

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 15 Dec 2019
    5:15 am
Very colourful idea I’m sure he loved it!

- - mom81879 said
  - 17 Oct 2019
    8:02 am
What a great idea! So many different options of what to fill tgem with, suiting lots of dads

- - BellaB said
  - 26 May 2019
    7:27 pm
That’s a nice simple idea.

- - MrsA said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    3:45 pm
Love this as a gift. Very cute.

- - mom290396 said
  - 08 Dec 2018
    1:19 pm
Cute idea and u can substitute for anything!

- - kjgarner said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    4:03 pm
Love the sign on the jar for a Nutty Dad
- kjgarner replied
  
  20 Jun 2018 , 1:11 pm
  The only thing I may eat them before he gets them
- - mish06 said
  - 17 Oct 2017
    3:14 pm
This one of our favorite gifts to make. We make them for my Dad using different kind of nuts and my brother in law different kind of soft chew lollies.

- - mom93821 said
  - 15 Oct 2017
    7:42 am
I love filling jars with special treats.

- - Stef said
  - 27 Feb 2017
    3:55 am
Haha I love what’s written in the jar!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2016
    12:56 pm
Cute idea, I’m sure your dad loved it.

- - mom111059 said
  - 08 Oct 2016
    10:18 pm
Your jars look so colorful and amazing. They would make great presents.