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Earlier this week I was invited to participate in a sponsored post campaign for Collective Bias where I was asked to come up with a DIY craft using Wrigley’s Extra Chewing Gum to create a holiday gift.
When I think of chewing gum my thoughts instantly run to airplane travel because that’s the one essential I ALWAYS make sure I have close by for take off and landings. Making a craft with it stretched my creativity and I had (what I thought was) a great idea that I shared with my campaign leader to use it to decorate a plate to use as a wall hanging. Well you know how it goes sometimes…something that seems absolutely possible in your head doesn’t translate so well when you actually try to do it.
Anyway, take two on the craft project and I found some really neat snowflake embossed mason jars at Walmart, and thought “this, this I can use the gum with!” I was shopping with my mom at the time and when I told her my idea, I think she thought I was a little crazy to want to make a craft with sugar free chewing gum.
To make an “Extra” Special Mason Jar Gift you’ll need:
* 1 package of Wrigley’s Extra Chewing Gum (15 sticks, available in Walmart checkout aisles) in Peppermint, or Polar Ice (these mint flavor colors look really nifty as snowflakes)
* Mason jar (you can get Anchor Hocking embossed ones at Walmart in Snowflakes and Snowmen which will make your craft a bit easier)
* Glue Gun
* Modge Podge
* Wrigley’s Extra Chewing Gum for filling the jar
One could certainly use a blank mason jar to do this and plan their own template, but I cheated and bought the embossed jars with the snowflake on them.
So I measured the different parts of the snowflake on the jar, and cut the sticks of gum to fit the lengths and widths of them.
And then I took my glue gun and glued the cut pieces of Extra chewing gum to the jar.
It’s pretty simple to do, I’d say the most time intensive part is just cutting the gum to fit your template. And if I can do this craft, honestly, anyone can!
Once the chewing gum is glued on, coat the gum with some Modge Podge, let it dry and then coat it again once more. If you get Modge Podge on the jar outside of the design, when it’s all dry you can just scrape it off.
Then once it is completely dry, fill your jar with the wrapped sticks of Wrigley’s Extra Gum in Peppermint, Polar Ice or Spearmint flavors, or the packages themselves.
Using the embossed jars worked really well because the snowflake stands out a little bit more than it would if the gum was just glued flat onto the jar surface. The finished product looked pretty good, if I say so myself (way better than Take One of this project, that’s for sure!).
Of course the “Extra” special theme makes a great gift to show someone how much you appreciate them this holiday season. I gave one of the jars that I made to my mom.
The other one I’m keeping for myself!
Wrigley’s Extra Gum single packs make great stocking stuffers too.
How would you #GiveExtraGum this holiday season?
Very cute, I love little homemade gifts like this.
Cute idea! I love those mason jars!
This is perfect for my daughter who only wants sugar free gum and pop for presents.
These are so cute! What a fun gift idea,
Wow, you are so creative! I love the way those snowflakes turned out! So cute!
How cute! And I bet it smells delicious! Wish I was crafty enough to think of these things!
my husband would love a gift like that. He chews more gum than anyone I know!
It turned out cute and is definitely going to smell good.
Very cute! I bet it smells good too~!
What a fun gift idea…love those jars.
What a creative way to use gum in a craft. They look adorable.
What a super cute idea to glue the gum to the front…and make it smell good!
That is awesome! Extra is my favorite brand of gum.
That's cute, my daughter loves gum & this is a nice way to gift it.
I love that you used gum for the snowflake. Such a neat idea. And it turned out so cute.
This is so cute! I never would have thought to do this!! Great job!
Those are adorable, I really like the way the white one turned out.
You're so creative! I never would have thought to do something like this!
This is so unique and adorable!
Your mason jars came out so cute and sometimes take twos are perfect.
What a cute idea – and very original. I never would have thought to decorate a jar with Extra gum!!
My mom loved extra! I think it would be perfect in some stockings for the family 🙂
This would make a great gift for some who loves gum.
That is such a cute idea!
Those are SO cute! I was crazy obsessed with Extra's Polar Ice back in high school {I still love it, just don't chew it as much} so just looking at it brings back memories!
That is cute. Thinking about Extra takes me back to the 80's when I was in Biology class. My lab partner always had Extra. Memories…
Who would have thunk it? This is such a great idea!!! I have oodles of gum that's not chewed yet. I need to get crafty too!
You are so creative to use gum to decorate the outside too. WTG on thinking outside the box. I love extra gum, I always have some spearmint or peppermint in my diaper bag.
Now, that is amazingly creative!
That is really cute I need to get my crafty on! I have a project that is sitting on the counter that is for Mason Jars.
This is fun for a small treat, I love the note to your mom 🙂
Who'd thunk you could use actual gum to do that? 🙂 Love it!
Wow so fun and would have never thought you used gum! I love the white since it has the flavor crystals – so pretty!!!
LOVE this idea! It is so creative and I love any time I can use my handy dandy glue gun 😉 Thanks for sharing!
Those would be cute for the secretaries at work!
I've been looking for a way to "wrap" Extra Gum! LOVE this so much!! Thanks 🙂
I love the jars! I need to look for them. I'm pinning this to my Girl Scout board.