Peanut Butter Jar Santa Gift Container and Santa Ornament

Since our family eats a lot of peanut butter, I decided to recycle some of the jars into gift containers.  I used supplies I had at home. If you do not have googly eyes, you can make eyes from construction paper or felt.  I liked the contrast between the cotton for the hat trim and tassel and the fiberfill for the mustache and beard. However, you could use cotton or fiberfill for both. I used fiberfill from an old pillow for this project.

I filled my Santa containers with chocolate, but these would be great filled with hot cocoa mix, chocolate, or fudge.   As a bonus, the lid is a Santa ornament that can be hung on the tree when the treat is finished. You could also make these with a large peanut butter jar if you wanted a larger container for cookies or other treats.

I think these would make a good kids' craft. In that case, you would probably want to glue the thread hanger on instead of making a hole with an ice pick. I'd love your opinion if you try this project.

Step 1 Materials

Materials:

18 oz. red (creamy) peanut butter jar and lid
2 1/2 " square pink construction paper
1" square red construction paper
2 15mm googly eyes
cotton ball
handful of fiberfill stuffing
10" piece pearl cotton thread/embroidery floss