Speckled Egg Painted Mason Jars

The season is fast approaching for nests, birds, and eggs...

Three speckled mason jars

Easter is right around the corner!


While choosing a chalk paint color to paint my newest batch of painted Mason Jars...  


Duck Egg Blue jumped out at me... such a beautiful Spring color!


With a foot of snow still outside on my deck, 


I'm desperate for a little Spring!


coat of light blue paint on mason jars


I realized while painting the jars how much the color matched a pretty speckled Egg that was sitting on my workbench from another project.

Supplies needed for this project:




Mason jar and speckled egg

The jars were almost the perfect blue, now on to the next step... 


I made brown chalk paint using a mixture of green and orange but you can purchase brown chalked paint. 


I splattered the Duck Egg Mason Jars with the brown paint on a toothbrush to create the speckled egg look.


Three speckled mason jars and carrot

Truth be told... this is not a neat project. 


I ended up looking like a speckled egg myself by the time I was finished.


The jars came out beautiful and such a great decoration for the Spring!


Three speckled mason jars with carrot

Fill them with flowers, 
they make beautiful Easter gifts too!


speckled egg mason jars






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Homeroad
Homeroad

I am Susan, the author and creator at Homeroad. I am a wife, mother of 4 daughters, and a grandmother of 5 and counting. I am a retired teacher, a DIY blogger and an artist at heart. .

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  1. Joyce - Quilted NestMarch 9, 2015 at 8:19 AM

    Since when is creating anything 'neat'? Not in this house! Love it - you're ideas just don't quit.

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    1. HomeroadMarch 10, 2015 at 6:48 AM

      Thanks so much Joyce! ... nothing neat here ever! :)

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  2. grannieannie44March 9, 2015 at 6:18 PM

    So cute... thanks for the idea

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    1. HomeroadMarch 10, 2015 at 6:49 AM

      You are very welcome Grannie Annie! I thought they were adorable too! :)

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  3. At Rivercrest CottageMarch 10, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    Wow. I love your jars. Thanks for the warning about the paint from the speckling. I am inspired by your picture to make some, but will cut a hole in the bottom of a large green garbage bag and holes for my arms and slip it on to protect myself. I guess I could also put the jar inside the garbage bag when I speckle, but that's not as fashion forward as wearing the garbage bag!

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  4. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 10:40 AM

    What a fantastic idea! These are SO pretty!

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  5. BECKYMarch 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    Love these, Susan! What a great color and technique!! Thanks for sharing!!
    Happy Monday!!
    Becky

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  6. BECKYMarch 10, 2015 at 2:19 PM

    Oops! I mean Happy Tuesday!! LOL!!

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  7. monkeyMarch 10, 2015 at 6:38 PM

    i love painted mason jars and these are so cute but made my mind go bonkers with colors and speckles of all kinds of colors thanks xx

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  8. UnknownMarch 12, 2015 at 12:54 PM

    Susan, I absolutely adore this project! It's so charming! I've chosen your post as one of the features at today's Shabbilicious Friday party! Hope to see you there :)

    Stacy @ Anastasia Vintage

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  9. Karen @ karensuponthehillMarch 13, 2015 at 4:23 PM

    Just too cute! They really did come out perfect!
    I would love for you to stop by my blog and join our Something to Talk About link party Monday's- Thursday!
    Have a great weekend!
    Karen

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  10. Linda @ it all started with paintMarch 19, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    Love this!!! Hope you're okay if I feature it on Mason Jar Crafts Love! Just one photo and a clear link back. I'll even include a little tease about the speckles that will force them to come over! :) Linda

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  11. GwenMarch 10, 2016 at 9:31 PM

    I'm so glad you thought of another way to keep sweet mason jars in style!!! I absolutely love these. I've been glancing upon them as side notes so today mason jar love ( I believe that's the blog?) had the link to you to save and see directions. Ohh! I see comment above! Yes that's why I got to your blog. 😊 Only I see that was last year. It wasn't til, this year I've even seen them. Thank you!!!

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  12. MariaApril 10, 2019 at 12:27 PM

    Very nice Easter Project!

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  13. Linda at Mixed KreationsApril 14, 2019 at 4:13 PM

    These turned out so cute! I just finished a speckled jar myself. Love how much it turned out I may do more. I love the raffia around your jars with the mini cloths pins.

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