Pet Treat Jar - Personalized for your furry friend

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This project is great as a gift for your pet lover friends, or for yourself to organize your own pantry. It keeps your dog's or cat's treats fresh, and you can easily see if you're running low on these very important supplies.

See the Steps to Make and Materials Needed below the Photo Gallery.

If you make this, please post a pic or your creation in the comments, I would love to see it.

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Photo Gallery:

Steps to Make:

1. Select a treat jar to etch. It needs to be glass, and can be any size. Be sure to pick one that has a flatter surface length-wise. If the jar is too rounded, you will have a hard time keeping the sticker and stencil edges down. If they pop up, your glass etching cream will get underneath and cause fuzzy edges.

2. Be sure to thoroughly clean the outside of the glass. If there is any residue from label on the outside, Goo Gone works really well to remove them. Once all residue is gone, rub down the outside of the glass with rubbing alcohol. This will get all dirt and oils off so your stencils stick really well.

3. Design your stencil. I used my Cricut Maker 3 to design and cut out the ones you see in the picture gallery. Links to patterns I made can be found here: https://design.cricut.com/landing/project-detail/5f052bc749e7880dbc5cde08

4. Now you can cut your stencil, weed it, and place it where you like on the glass - make sure it's on a flat area of the jar.

   1. Make sure that the edges of the stencil have no air bubbles by using a scraper. You can flip the glass over and look from the other side to see if you have any bubbles, if so, flatten them out using the scraper.

   2. If you're new to using a Cricut, there is a good training video on how to do this step here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2l4QNAa0SY

5. One you have your stencil on the glass, use a small paint brush to dab glass etching paste onto the open areas inside the stencil. You can pour some of the paste in a separate container first - but I just dipped my brush into the paste container. You can use the paste over and over again, so if you put in another container, put in back in the paste jar after use.

Materials Needed:

• Glass Jar. Be sure to pick one that has a flatter surface towards the top. If the glass is too rounded, you will have a hard time keeping the sticker and stencil edges down. If they pop up, your glass etching cream will get underneath and cause fuzzy edges. I got the one I used at Michael's and used a 40% off coupon. You can find this same style here if you would rather order online: Jars with lids

• Glass etching paste. Several brands to choose from. Can get this at any craft store or on Amazon. It does seem a little expensive, but it lasts a very long time. I have had the same 10 oz bottle for several years and many projects. The brand I used is Armour Etch:

  • Link to cream: https://amzn.to/3r4UDWB

  • With two paint brushes: https://amzn.to/3NTDCYw

• Stencils. You can buy stencils at a craft store or make your own using a Cricut or other dye cutting machine. See #4 above in 'Steps to Make' for Cricut info.