Mason jars are a staple of Aaron & Summer’s wedding decor. Mason Jars only come in a few colors though and we wanted some of our jars to be a teal/turquoise color. Everywhere we go our color has a different name! Anyway, I saw a few tutorials on Pinterest for tinting mason jars and I have tried a few of them out. The first attempt came out so light you didn’t even know they were tinted unless they were against a white background. Other attempts have worked better and now I have combined a few tutorials into the method that has worked best for me. I hope it works well for you too!
How to Tint Mason Jars
Supplies
- Mason Jars-any size
- liquid food coloring
- Mod Podge-Gloss
- newspapers
- wax paper
- baking sheet
- disposable bowls
- plastic spoons
Directions
- Cover your work surface with newspaper.
- Off to the side make a stack of 3-4 layers of newspaper for your drying area.
- Pour a few globs of Mod Podge into a bowl, add 15-20 drops of desired color and a spoonful or two of water.
- Mix completely.
- Pour the colored mixture into a mason jar.
- Swirl the jar around to completely cover the inside with color.
- Pour leftover color mixture into the next jar.
- Once a jar has been covered and the excess poured out, place the jar upside down on the newspaper to continue dripping for about 30 minutes.
- Repeat steps 5-8 until you run our of the color mixture or jars.
- Preheat the oven to 250° F.
- Cover a baking sheet with wax paper.
- Place the mason jars mouth down on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Now turn the jars mouth up and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
- Check to see if the jars are clear. If they are still a bit milky, continue baking and checking every 15 minutes until they are clear.
- Allow the jars to cool completely before filling them with decorative items.
I hope you found this craft tutorial helpful. I have had a lot of fun trying new things for the wedding. Did you see my Glitter Mason Jars? I’ll be posting other wedding crafts as I complete them. Right now I have 8 more mason jars to tint!
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these look great! can’t wait to try it :0
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That’s so cool. I would presume you could only use them for decoration from here on out. Do you know if there is a way to remove the mod podge if you wanted to use them for food again?
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Tammy, yes, these are only for decorative purposes. I don’t know of any way to get them back to food grade.
Ok so I found this DIY on how to turn wine bottles into tiki torches for outside! Do you think the color would come off when you pour the oil in it! Is the color completely set in the glass?
April, I’m sure the oil would remove the color.
Can you put water in them or will it rinse the tint off?
Donna, it is hard to describe. Yes, some of the tint rinses off but the rest turns a bit marbled. I recommend not putting water in the tinted jars.
Okay thank you!
You could probably put the mixture on the OUTSIDE of the jar & still be able to use water inside. Trying now. We’ll see.
Let me know if it works Sonja
Hi Cindy,
instead of tipping all the colored mod podge in the jar, can use a paint brush and color the jar from inside to avoid mess?
Surabhi, Using a paint brush will leave brush marks in the tinting.
What about a foam brush?
Karen, A brush can leave streaks.
Hi, I know it’s been a while since you put this wonderful idea on Pinterest, but I have a question that I can’t seem to get answered. I have COPD, a bad disease of the lungs, but I want to tint somemason jars red for my bathroom. We’re Blessed enough to be able to have some work done in our Kitchen and our 2 Bathrooms, but thanks to Pinterest, I’m doing the majority of the decorating. (And I’m a little scared.) But I’m jumping in with both feet. But my question is, since I do have COPD, when you bake the jars does it put off an odor of any kind? I would welcome any feedback from anyone on this matter if you think that it would help me. Thank you and have a Blessed Day. SRW
Sandy, no, there were no odors that I noticed, and I am very sensitive to smells.
My daughter and I are doing these for her MDO teachers. I bought a third jar to try it out with battery powered lights in it. Hoping it will work!
Wondering about doing this on the outside so fresh flowers can be put in with water?
I’m not sure how you would do that. If you try it let me know how it goes.
if I tint the globes that fit over light fixtures on a chandelier in my kitchen, will the color fade or melt off?
I don’t know if that would work or not.
Hi, I also want a light teal color for my daughter’s wedding reception. Do you remember your color mix proportions?
Unfortunately, I don’t. Sorry.
Will this work on any bowl like a fish bowl
I don’t see why not. The one caveat is that you don’t want to put water in these once they are tinted.
What if you tint on the outside. Can you put it back in the oven in a water bath to bake bread?
Kat, I’m not sure, I’ve never tried to tint the outside.
When you turn the jars upside down to drain the extra liquid in the jars, I put 2 tongue depressors (like railroad tracks) to lift them off the paper surface. Prevents puddles & sticking to the newspaper.
Can you use gel food coloring instead of liquid? Like Wilton’s food coloring.
I’m not sure how that would work.
i would add rubber gloves to your list of items needed… I say with red and blue finger tips.
I did this marginal results. splotching and uneven tint shades, and the red jars I did ended up with the slightest shade of tint ever. On that note, wait for the jars to cool down before trying a second coat. I ended up doing 35 drops of food coloring to get some pigment on the glass.
I will end up doing it again and hopefully I’ll get better as i go.
Andy, Sorry you got so messy, I didn’t have that problem at all, my fingers never went inside the jars.
I’ve tinted them on the outside by pouring the mixture all over the outside of the jar. Then once they were baked and cooled I sprayed them with a sealer. I’ve wiped them with a damp rag and they seem to be protected. The nice thing about tinting them this way is if you dont like how they turned out they wash clean so you can start over…before sealing though
Would it be ok to use these to put my cooking utensils in?
As long as they are dry.
I make candles with Mason jars and wonder if it is ok to tint my jars and then use them for candles?
The tinit doesn’t stand up well to liquids so I don’t think that would work.
Hi , I followed the directions as printed and I had a major fail 😟
The color seems to separate and not coat the insides evenly 🤷🏼♀️
I had dark areas …light areas .
Do you have any suggestions or ideas on what I did wrong ?
Yours are beautiful!
Thanks , Alma
Oh no Alma, I’m not sure what went wrong since I wasn’t there. I hope you can get it figured out.
I’m just now seeing your post.
I tried this last weekend – from another post (sorry) and my jars never became clear. Do you think it’s bc I used regular white school glue? Is the secret using the gloss mod podge? And I didn’t add water to the mixture either. They came out ‘ok’ but they’re milky – not clear. Thanks for any advice.