Christmas Mason Jar Toppers (Cricut craft)

This Cricut craft makes stunning Christmas Mason jar toppers in a poinsettia and holly pattern. Perfect last minute gift for friends, coworkers and neighbors!

closeup of paper poinsettia holiday jar topper on mason jars

paper holly leaf holiday jar topper on mason jar filled with candy

Anyone else love the versatility of mason jars? Not only can you get them cheap, but you can make look fancy in a jiffy!

Which is why I love the Cricut templates in Design Space. You can easily make these stunning Christmas mason jar lids to make your gift look more expensive than it is!

A jar of candy is a nice Christmas gift. But you can really give it a WOW factor with these glass jar topper ideas. Seriously, they will talk about how beautiful the jar is before they realize there is Christmas candy in it!

Our DIY Christmas Popcorn Jar is also simple yet festive with our free printable gift tags.

If you want even more mason jar crafts, be sure to see my other DIY ideas:

How to Make Christmas Mason Jar Lid Toppers

Materials

Makes One Poinsettia and One Holly Jar Topper

Poinsettia template in Design Space, #M5258CA
Holly Stand Up Icon in Design Space, #M524F76
Cricut Maker (or other Cricut cutting machine) with Fine Point Blade and Scoring tool
Cricut Standard Grip Mat
Cricut Deluxe Cardstock paper in Flannel & Frost
Glass Jar with lid, 8oz
Spatula
Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Paper Mason Jar Topper Supplies on table

Directions

Uploading the Poinsettia and Holly Patterns

Open Cricut Design Space. Click on the “+” sign to start a new project, opening up a blank canvas.

Click on the Images button from the toolbar.

Search #M5258CA and #M524F76 and then click on the images to insert the pattern on the canvas. Maintain the sizes.

Click on the Shape button from the toolbar. Insert circle and size it to 2” across or whatever the diameter of your jar lid.

Duplicate all pieces (except for the small centerpiece of the poinsettia flower).

Flip the second set of holly images horizontally creating a mirror image of the first set.

Move to the color sync tab to see all the pieces sorted by color.

Change the color of the centerpiece to match the circle shapes.

Change the color of the poinsettia leaves to light green.

Change the color of the holly leaves to dark green.

Cutting

With the machine set to Cricut Maker, select “Make It” in Design Space.

Set material type to Medium Cardstock, choosing the appropriate weight based on your paper.

Place the first paper color onto the mat.

paper holiday flower paper on Cricut machine

Follow the prompts for loading cardstock paper into Cricut Maker and cutting. When cutting is complete, unload the mat from the machine.

Using a spatula tool, remove the cut pieces from the cutting mat.

Repeat for the rest.

sheet of buffalo check plaid holiday paper in Cricut

buffalo check plaid holiday jar topper in hand

Assembling the Paper Poinsettia & Holly

Place the holly pieces back to back (see reference pictures below).

partially complete paper holiday jar flowers

Insert the pieces along the center slits to form the 3D holly shape. Glue the tops and bottom edges in place to help hold secure.

Fold the poinsettia pieces along the score lines.

Stack the poinsettia pieces with the largest at the bottom, rotating the direction of each petal piece and gluing together each layer at the center. Glue the small centerpiece in the middle.

closeup of 3D paper poinsettia flower in hand

For the poinsettia leaves, fold the tab and apply a bit of glue to the tab. Align the adjacent edges tucking the tab towards the back to form leaf shape.