With the 4th of July fast approaching (can you believe THAT?!) we have a fun and easy craft to bring some American color into your home and your kids can even help too!

Just take a look at these darling 4th of July Mason Jar Candles!

Here’s what you will need to get started:

Pint or quart sized mason jars

White long grain rice

Food coloring (I used Wilton True Blue and Red Gel Coloring)

Ziploc baggies

Votive or tealight candles

Instructions:

Pour your rice into a Ziploc baggie.  Then add your food coloring, zip real tight and shake away!  Or you could also put the rice and food coloring into a separate mason jar, screw the lid on and let your kids shake away!  It’s that easy to color rice.  Add more food coloring if you want your rice to be a darker color.

If you let your kids “shake away” with the Ziploc baggies, be prepared to have rice shaken all over your kitchen.

This did not happen to me when I made these.

No it did not.

Okay yes it did.

And I’m an adult.

Sometimes.

I think I had a little too much fun shaking.

Once your rice is ready, starting with the red rice, scoop the rice into your mason jars.  I put about 1/2 to 2/3 cups of rice for each layer into the pint jars and about 1 to 1 1/2 cups into the quart jars.  It’s all up to you!

Top with a tealight or votive candle and you are ready to go.

This literally took minutes to create but look at the results!

A big thanks to Today’s Creative Blog for the inspiration for these 4th of July Mason Jar Candles.  We hope that you enjoy making them as much as I did!

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