Unleash This Mason Jar On Your Valentine

Sarah Essex
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Written in the 60’s, the classic song “Wild Thing I Think I Love” has lyrics that are the epitome of crazy, carefree and fun lovin’. So why not use it to show your Valentine you’re wild for them.

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Dollar stores often sell plastic kids’ toys, and we’ll bet you find a wild animal in there somewhere. Otherwise, Michaels’s stocks a variety of party favors and toys that will fit the bill.

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This Valentine’s Day seize the opportunity to tell your sweetie that nothing can keep your wild love tamed - not even a mason jar!

Materials:

  • Mason jar

  • Plastic toy tiger (or other wild beast)

  • Straw

  • Popsicle sticks

  • Shipping label

  • Sharpie marker

  • Card stock

Tools:

  • Utility knife

  • Scissors

  • Hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Lay 5 popsicle sticks out flat, side by side, and glue them together, flip them over and stick on the shipping label, write a message like “Danger: Live Animal” on it.

2. Hot glue the ‘shipping label’ popsicle sticks, and as many more needed to the inside of jar, side by side, to make the ‘crate’.

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3. Using the utility knife, cut the head, a paw, and the tail off of the toy plastic tiger.

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4. Hot glue the head to the lid with a bit of straw, the tail to the side of jar, and the paw just under the lip of the lid.

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5. Make a sign with the card stock and a popsicle stick that says “Wild thing, I think I love you!”

6. With the utility knife, pierce a slit in the top of the lid and push the sign in.

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