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DIY Mason Jar Salt & Pepper Shakers

March 4, 2017 by Krista 12 Comments

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Do you love Mason jars? These DIY Mason Jar salt & pepper shakers are perfect for any Mason jar lover and a great addition to your kitchen!

 

I needed new salt and pepper shakers…. They’re one of those weird things you don’t think about in your kitchen, at least I don’t. My mom has several sets, she works at an antique mall, and they’ve got a ton there. I however have had a salt shaker that I bought from Home Interiors like 12 years ago (the matching pepper shaker is long since broken) and one of those pepper mills that you buy filled at the store and just pitch when you’re finished.

It was time to upgrade. I was on Pinterest and saw a shaker made from Mason jar and thought it would be a great idea for salt and pepper shakers.

However, a pint size jar is kind of cumbersome for having on your dinner table so I asked my super friend Holly if she had any jelly jars that weren’t the quilted kind. She didn’t. I told her what I wanted, a smaller jar that still had the Mason jar look… she didn’t have any.  But being the super friend she is I got a text a few days later and she had found just the thing!

 

These mini jars are perfect! They’re only 4 oz. so they’re nice and little and just ideal for salt and pepper shakers. Mine are from Tractor Supply- you can order them online here.  What I love about them is that they just look like shrunken versions of the bigger ones!

mini mason jar salt and pepper shakers

They’re just too cute!!  Perfect for creating Mason jar salt and pepper shakers!

 

Here’s what you’ll need for your DIY Mason Jar Salt & Pepper Shakers!

2 mini Mason jars

Chalk paint & wax

paint brush

Sand paper or sanding sponge

A small nail or metal punch

A hammer

A Sharpie

Here’s how to make them!

Now you could simply punch the lid and be done with it, but I wanted to paint and distress mine. I decided to use chalk paint because it sticks so well to almost every surface and covers nicely.

It’s pretty simple. Just paint a coat on each jar and let it dry.

make mason jar salt and pepper shakers

 

I ended up using 3 coats of paint on each jar. You want your surface nicely covered and dried completely.

salt and pepper shakers from mason jars

Once it’s all dry you can start sanding!

You’ll want to take your sand paper over the letters so they stand out and then sand as much as you want in other areas to give it a distressed look. You can also sand anywhere that the paint isn’t completely smooth to give it a nice finish.

mason jar salt and pepper shakers

Once your sanding is done you’ll want to wipe off any dust with a damp cloth and then you’re ready to apply a thin coat of wax.

chalk paint mason jar salt and pepper shakers

Now sit your jars to the side to let that dry!

These little jars have nice one piece lids so punching holes in them is super easy. You can just do holes in a pattern or you can do an S & P like I did. I thought about painting one of my jars black and the other white which would be another cute idea!

Whatever you want to do you’ll want to mark your lids where you want holes before you start punching them .

mason jar salt and pepper shakers

My super hubby was kind enough to lend me a small metal punch for mine, but if you don’t have one a small nail would do the trick perfectly. You just want to hit it very gently with a hammer until you get a small hole. Keep going spacing them evenly.

mason jar salt and pepper shakers

 

For the pepper shaker I made them a little bigger so that pepper can fit through easily.

Once you’ve got your lids finished and the wax is dry on your jars you’re ready to go! Just fill them up and get to seasoning!

mini mason jar salt and pepper shakers

 

I have 2 of these mini Mason jars left! What would you create with them??

Mason Jar with a Spout 

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Comments

  1. jessica says

    April 7, 2017 at 10:04 am

    very cute idea, i love DIY projects!

  2. Smiling Notes says

    April 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    This is such a cute idea!! Loved the simplicity of this DIY! 🙂

  3. craig says

    August 9, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    They look really cool, very creative idea and tempted to give it a go myself. Thanks for sharing this.

  4. Aleah says

    December 21, 2017 at 7:49 am

    I absolutely love this idea. So cute and just the right size. What kind of wax did you use?

  5. Kathy says

    March 24, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    What kind of wax do you apply to the mason jar salt and pepper shakers?

  6. Angela says

    February 13, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    It is ok to put food in the bottle after you have painted the mouth of the bottle?

  7. Michelle says

    August 18, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    Toothpick holder!

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