​Have fun with beautiful glass bottles for Christmas

Ready to get crafty for Christmas? At Wares of Knutsford, our Christmas shop is open and our customers are buying up glassware for a huge range of festive projects and crafts. Feeling inspired? Here are some fun ideas to try when using glass bottles and jars for Christmas gifting, crafting and kitchen projects this year!

Make a glass jar snowglobe

Screw-top glass jars are perfect for making your own snowglobes. You simply use the inverted lid to glue your festive scene into place, and then fill the jar with coloured water, glitter or sparkles. Small decorative Christmas trees, snowmen, robins and Father Christmas motifs are ideal but follow your creative spirit for this fun and easy project that will be a hit with the kids. You can find a tutorial here: https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/mason-jar-snow-globe/

Gift homemade preserves, chutneys and jams Mini glass jars filled with your homemade creations will look even more beautiful when presented neatly in a custom three-jar carton - and you can achieve really professional results with our ready-made gifting kit. With this sustainable and naturally attractive brown card carrier, you can showcase your chosen sweets, preserves or bath salts with ease. Even better, if you buy in bulk for your kitchen table business or craft enterprise, you will enjoy fantastic unit cost savings as well as our usual low delivery rates: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/3-jar-gift-box-in-natural-small/

Create beautiful jewel-coloured gins

Stock up on glass bottles and you still have plenty of time to make beautiful berry and jewel-coloured liqueurs for the holiday season. Perhaps bright red raspberry gin and deep purple sloe gin, contrasted with bright yellow limoncello, an orange liqueur and even a coffee or chocolate-flavoured cream liqueur? You could make a beautiful little selection box for a cocktail lover using our 50ml jars and a pretty hamper or gift bag. We're loving this White Christmas Dream recipe featuring cream, nutmeg, amaretto and vodka. Just let us know if your attempts ever actually leave the house in a gift bag, or get fully enjoyed at home! See the recipe at: https://www.thespruceeats.com/white-christmas-dream-cocktail-recipe-761214

Shot fun for those Christmas parties

Who doesn't love a cheeky shot or two? Get the girls or guys together and enjoy some festive shots with these glass shot jars in miniature sizes and with their own lids. Simply fill, add the lids and chill before the party begins! https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/shot-drinking-glass-jars-60ml-set-of-six/

Use bottles and jars as table decorations Find a selection of different shaped and size glass bottles and jars and fill them with goodies for an exciting table decoration. For example, you could fill a tall glass bottle with seasonal evergreens, stack pretty tealights into a series of small glass jars. Then, stack Christmas cookies, candy canes and peppermint patties into large glass confectionary jars and wind battery-operated LED lights inside metallic-sprayed bottles for a riotous Christmas centrepiece that will sparkle and shine as soon as evening arrives. We love our Mountain Bottles filled with tiny strings of sparkling lights and they really do look magical when dotted around your interior: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/bottles/drinks-and-wine-glass-bottles/mountain-bottles/

Make table favours

Kids will love to receive little glass jars filled with smarties or colourful Christmas sweets and adults will love pretty glass jars filled with foil-wrapped truffles for an indulgent treat. You can easily make your own truffles with high-quality chocolate, cream and flavourings of choice and then wrap them in confectionary foils. Decorate your jars with pretty labels and ribbons for the occasion and you've got a Pinterest-worthy treat that will make your dining table look wonderful. These snowball truffles are fun to make and look wonderful too: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/snowball-truffles

Christmas hot chocolate

Beautiful glass Mason jars also make the best-ever Christmas hot chocolate drink glasses, and you can buy them in different sizes to suit your audience. Make a rich and indulgent hot chocolate, top it with whipped cream and sprinkles and add pretty festive metallic spoons and a large bowl of homemade cinnamon cookies for an evening treat. These are perfect for the occasion: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/mason-drinking-450ml-glass-jar-with-lids-sold-in-packs-of-6-12-24-48/

All the decorations you could need!

We love this time of year and stock up on all the beautiful Christmas crafting accessories our customers could need! Visit our online Christmas shop to see a wonderful range of bows, ribbons, tags and more to craft and personalise your Christmas glass bottles and jars, whatever your design scheme or gifting opportunity: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/christmas/

Show us your creations

We'd also love to share your creations and projects on our social media feed! Do tag us in your photos and sign up for our newsletter so you can keep up to date with the latest product releases, ideas, inspiration and competitions as we approach the most festive time of year! Need any help with your purchases? Our customer services team is here to help and we pride ourselves on offering a superb experience, so please do some exploring and discover the Wares difference for yourself!