Easy Easter Bunny Mason Jar Craft — Cute Candy-Filled Gift Jars

Get ready to hop into some simple and sweet Easter crafting! This Easter Bunny Mason Jar craft turns ordinary jars into charming candy-filled gifts or table decor. It's kid-friendly, great for upcycling jars you already have, and uses basic supplies like paint and painter’s tape. Follow the step-by-step tutorial below to create your own bunny silhouette jars and fill them with colorful treats.

Two finished Easter Bunny mason jars—pink and blue—filled with candy.

Supplies To Make Easter Bunny Mason Jar

Use any mason jars you have for canning or specifically for crafting. Another option is using a honey or pasta sauce jar for an upcycling project.

I use this cute jar with a plaid lid I found at a dollar store. It is a 5 inches jar that holds 500ml volume.

• 2 mason jars
• Bunny templates
• Acrylic paint or chalk paint
• Paintbrush or foam brush
• Painter’s tape
• Wax paper
• Scissors
• Pencil

Easter Bunny Mason Jar Tutorial

Print a bunny template and cut each bunny template.

Printed bunny templates ready for tracing.

Cut wax paper into a 4-inch square, or just enough length to trace the bunny shape.
Cut several pieces of painter’s tape to match the length and width of the wax paper.

Wax paper square with painter’s tape strips prepared for tracing.

Attach the painter’s tape pieces to the wax paper.
Trace the bunny template on the painter’s tape.

Tracing the bunny template onto taped wax paper.

Cut the traced bunny shape.
Remove the wax paper, then attach the bunny-shape painter’s tape to the mason jar as your stencil.

Cut-out tape bunny adhered to the mason jar as a stencil.

Start painting the mason jar with your favorite colour.
Depending on the paint you use, you might want to paint the mason jar with several coats.

Painting the mason jar with acrylic paint over the taped stencil.

I use acrylic paint, which needs four coats to make it look fully painted.
Wait until the paint is fully dry between coats.

Multiple coats of paint applied—allow each coat to dry between layers.

Once the last coat has dried, carefully remove the painter’s tape bunny shape.
If the bunny silhouette edge seems rough, you can use the smallest paintbrush and paint it with the same or different paint colour to smoothen it up.

Peel off the tape to reveal the bunny silhouette; touch up edges as needed.

Make sure you clean inside the jar before putting in some candy treats. Put candy treats in the jar.

Blue bunny mason jar filled with mini chocolate eggs.

You can fill the jar with Skittles pieces, dairy-free cookies, or wrapped hard candies if anyone has a dairy allergy, as shown on this pink mason jar.

Pink mason jar filled with colorful candies (Skittles) and allergy-friendly options.