Spooky Halloween Mason Jars are a fun Halloween craft made out of Mason Jars, plastic spiders, and Googly Monster Eyes. The kids will love this one!

Closeup on two Spooky Halloween Mason Jars, sitting on an Orange placemat with Halloween Decorations in the background.

These Spooky Halloween Mason Jars are a fun project to do with the kids this Halloween.  Cover the jars with creeping, crawling spiders and jiggly Monster Eyes and you have a Halloween container that will look great on your Halloween Party food table!  You can fill them with so many things … utensils and straws, licorice vines, pretzel rods, Tootsie Pops, or even some extra Halloween Candy!

Supplies You Will Need

  • Pint-sized Mason Jars
  • White Spray Paint with Primer
  • Black Spray Paint with Primer
  • Plastic Spiders
  • Googly Eyes (assorted sizes)
  • Tacky Glue
  • Glue Gun (optional)
  • Small Craft/Paint Brush (optional)
  • Halloween Ribbon

Preparing the Mason Jars

Closeup on two pintsized Mason Jars, one painted white, the other painted black.

Step 1: The first step is to paint your Mason Jars. We used pint-sized Mason Jars and gave the outside a light coating of White and Black Spray paint.  If you don’t have any spray paint, you could use regular craft paint but you might need to add a second coat to get the Mason Jar 100% covered.

How to Make the Spooky Eyes Mason Jar

Collage image showing how to make the Spooky Eyes Mason Jar.

Step 2: For this Spooky Eyes version of the Halloween Party Table Decorations we painted the Mason Jar black.  We only needed one coat of the black spray paint and it dried super quickly.  Again, you could use regular black craft paint.  Once the paint was completely dry, we got ready to add the googly eyes.  We found an assortment of these plastic googly eyes in various sizes on Amazon at a reasonable price, but we’ve also seen these at our local craft stores.
Step 3: To attach the eyes, we used a paintbrush to spread on a thin layer of Tacky Glue to a 2” square area.  Then we randomly applied the eyes to the glue.
Step 4: We added another patch of glue and added more eyes.
Step 5: Do this again and again until the entire Mason Jar is filled with eyes.  Don’t worry about the glue showing between the eyes, the Tacky Glue will dry clear.

How to Make the Spooky Spider Jar

Collage image showing how to make the Spooky Spider Mason Jar.

Step 6: For the Spooky Spider Jar we randomly glued the black plastic spiders to the Mason Jar.  You might need to flatten out the plastic spiders a bit before you start the gluing process to get them to lie flat on the jar.
Step 7: The quickest way to attach the spiders is with a glue gun.  If you are doing this project with a small helper, you can use Tacky Glue instead. Tacky Glue is thick and sticky and most importantly dries clear.  We added a big blob of glue to the back of the spider’s body and pressed it onto the jar.  Once you have glued on the perfect number of spiders, let the jar dry overnight.

Finishing Touches

Closeup on both the Spooky Eyes Mason Jar and the Spooky Spider Mason Jar, one filled with plastic party spoons and the other with Halloween Straws.

Step 8: We love how these jars turned out. So fun!  We let the jar dry overnight and then added pretty Halloween ribbons. Super easy and super fun!

Two Spooky Halloween Mason Jars sitting on a white table surrounded by Halloween decorations and M&M candy.

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