Making your own simple Christmas crafts is a great way to decorate your home with rustic style for the Christmas season. And if you love decorating in farmhouse style, making your own DIY decor is a fun way to add some rustic charm without having to go searching for the perfect farmhouse Christmas decorations. This holiday season, add some farmhouse style to your home by making your own farmhouse style mason jar lid Christmas tree.

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This rustic DIY mason jar lid Christmas tree is the perfect way to add some farmhouse charm to your Christmas decor this holiday season. In addition to being easy to make, creating your own farmhouse DIY projects for Christmas will also save you a ton of time and money!

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Mason Jar Lid Christmas Tree

You’ll need just a few simple craft supplies to make your own Christmas tree made from mason jar lids. Keep reading to see how to make your own rustic Christmas tree at home.

To make your jar lid Christmas tree, you’ll just need these supplies:

Mason jar lids: You can use both wide-mouth jar lids or traditional jar lids for your Christmas tree, depending on how big you want your tree to be. Either way, you’ll need six mason jar lids to make one tree.
Sandpaper and vinegar: If you want to give your mason jar lids a vintage look, you’ll need to use sandpaper and vinegar. Keep reading to see how to add some pantina to your mason jar lids before you make your Christmas trees.
Twine: Add a rustic look to your mason jar lid tree with twine. You can also use ribbon to add some color to your tree.
Ribbon: Use some plaid ribbon to decorate the top of your tree or leave it plain — it’s up to you!
Christmas floral picks: You can also add some holiday flair to your mason jar lid tree with some holiday floral picks. I used boxwood branches and red berries for my tree.
Mini wood candle holder: To create the trunk of the tree, I used a mini wood candle holder from Hobby Lobby.
Hot glue gun: You’re also going to need your trusty hot glue gun to put this craft together.

How to Age Mason Jar Lids

I use a lot of vintage and vintage-style decorations in my Christmas decor, so I wanted my canning jar lid Christmas tree to look vintage. And since all I had to make this craft with were new mason jar lids, I needed to age the lids to give them a rustic look.

To age mason jar lids, start by sanding all over the lids with sand paper. The more you sand, the more rustic your lids will look, so give the entire surface area of the lids a really good sanding to roughen up the outside of the metal and remove the protective coating.

Next, fill a big bowl with one part water and one part vinegar. Stir to mix the two ingredients together, then place your mason jar lids in the bowl. You want to make sure all the lids are submerged, so you might need to soak the lids in batches or have two bowls soaking at the same time.

You’ll need to soak your mason jar lids for at least one hour. But the longer you can soak them, the better. You can soak them up to overnight, so make sure you have plenty of time to give your lids a chance to soak in the vinegar. It’s also a good idea to stir the lids in the vinegar from time to time to allow the lids on top to rotate toward the bottom of the bowl.

After the lids have soaked, take them out of the liquid and place them on an old towel or some paper towels to dry. Don’t dry the lids, just let them drip dry. This step is important because the vinegar needs to react to the oxygen in the air to start the aging process. When your lids are completely dry, you can start crafting with them!

How to Make a Mason Jar Lid Christmas Tree

To make your mason jar lid Christmas tree, you’ll need to form a triangle shape with your lids. Start by creating the bottom row of three lids. Then, stack two lids on top of that. Finish with one lid on top.

After you have your tree laid out, you can start attaching all the jars together. Start by making your rows. Attach the three bottom jar lids together by wrapping a piece of twine around the spot where the two edges of the jar lids meet.

Keep wrapping until you like the look of the twine on the front of the jar. I wrapped my twine three times around each joint. Finish by tying a knot on the back, then trim away the extra twine. Make sure not to pull your twine too tight as you wrap because you’ll need to adjust the lids a little bit as you build the tree. Leaving the twine slightly loose will make it easier to manipulate the pieces once they’re all tied together.

Continue tying all the rows together, then stack your rows on top of each other to form the triangle again. After you have all your rows tied together, it’s time to attach each row to the one above it. Start by tying your row of three lids to the row of two lids. Then, attach the single lid on top.

Mason Jar Lid Christmas Tree Decorations

Now, you could leave the mason jar lid tree as it is and create a rustic mason jar lid Christmas tree wreath, but I wanted something I could place on my mantle, so I added a few more decorations.

First, I decorated the top of my canning lid tree with ribbon and some floral picks. I just cut off a couple of branches from a boxwood stem and a couple of branches of red berries and used my hot glue gun to glue them to the top mason jar lid. Then, I tied a buffalo plaid bow on the top to cover the ends of the floral picks and add a farmhouse touch to the top of the tree.

Next, I added a trunk to my mason jar lid tree with a small candle stick holder. I found this wood candlestick holder in the wood section of Hobby Lobby. To use it, I flippled the candlestick holder upside down and use the solid bottom to create the base for my tree. I loaded up the wood with hot glue and pressed my mason jar lid tree on top of the glue. Then, I held it in place until the glue cooled down and hardened.

Canning Jar Lid Christmas Tree Ideas

I love the look of my rustic jar lid tree, but there are so many different ways to make this fun craft! Add your own style to your DIY Christmas decoration with these simple ideas.

Paint the lids. For a more festive look, skip the aging step and paint your lids instead. You can paint them green to look more like a real Christmas tree, red to add some holiday cheer to your decor, or white to give them a more classic look.
Skip the trunk. Instead of adding a trunk to your tree, just skip that step altogether. The tree will stand up fine if you lean it against something. Or you can easily hang it to turn it into a cute mason jar lid Christmas tree wreath.
Add some ornaments. Make your tree even more Christmasy with the help of mini ornaments. You can hang ornaments inside each mason jar lid to add a pop of color to your tree.
Change the size of your tree with different lids. I used regular mouth lids to create this mason jar lid Christmas tree. But you could also use wide mouth lids to make a larger tree. Or create two trees and decorate with both sizes!

No matter how you choose to make these beautiful mason jar lid Christmas tree, I’m sure it’s going to look amazing with the rest of your holiday decor!