It’s the year of turning 20. At least it is in my friend group, which means I have had to come up with some gift ideas for all of my wonderful friends.
One of my ideas is this easy-to-make jar of things I love about my best friend, the other is an equally simple jar of my favourite memories with my best friend. And as most of my friends are turning 20, I came up with 20 items for each jar.
YOU WILL NEED:
- 1 jar
- Scissors
- hole puncher
- 1 pen
- patterned sheets of paper (you will need 20 little notes)
- some kind of string/ribbon in a chosen colour (for reference, look at the photos below)
- some chocolate or candy with cute wrappers
- optional: letter stickers
TO-DO:
Step 1
Cut 20 little pieces of paper, ideally as big as a credit card out of the patterned sheets of paper and old them in half. Write 20 personal things about your best friend on them and stick them into the jar.
Step 2
Additionally, cut an extra piece of paper, punch a hole in a corner (optional: stick your friend’s first name initial onto the front side) and write a short and sweet message to your friend – this will serve as the label.
Step 3
Fill the jar with your chosen chocolates and sweets (I tried to stick with a colour theme for both jars). If you want to stick to the theme, fill the jar with exactly 20 sweets.
Please note: if you fill your jar with chocolate sweets, store it in a cool place in order to keep them from melting.
Step 4
Take your ribbon or string, loop it into the hole of your label and tie it around your jar. Close the jar and voilà!
And that concludes this quick and easy DIY birthday present!
✰ Do you like this idea? Have you done something similar yourself? ✰
Let me know!
Sticky Situation 
I must be your friend then because i also turned 20 this year😸 ,and this is such a cute and wonderful idea 👏
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YAY haha! I turn 20 in May… for some reason something about the number 20 makes me a little nervous (but in a good way). I’m sure I won’t feel any different when I enter my 20s, it’s just such big number to me for some reason. Anyway, thank you so much, I’m glad you like it!
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That’s good ,my best friend turned 20 in May ….it’s normal to feel nervous in fact I dreaded the day coming but it was March so oh well ,and yeah it’s pretty much the same except you’re treated as an adult
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such a creative gift idea! can’t wait to try it out myself! xx
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Thank you, I’m happy you think so! If you try it, feel free to send me a picture or something, I’d love to see your own twist on it! xx
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Omg thats the cutest thing ever! I’ll my friends have already turned twenty so now I’m regretting not doing something creative and cute like this Fiona!! x
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Well, there’s always 25 or 30😂 Happy you like this idea! x
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This is adorable!I love the little jars!
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Thank you! Me too, I am definitely known for hoarding small jars or vases, anything I can get my hands on hahaha!
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This is so cute and thoughtful! I can’t believe it’s less than 6 months until I’m 20…
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Thank you, happy you think so! 20 is SUCH a big number, I turn 20 in May – what gets me every time is that I can then say that I am “in my 20s”. And that just sounds so….old😂
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Oh my…. I don’t want to tell people I’m in my 20’s !!!!!!
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oops sorry😂😂
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This is such a cute idea – I am 100% borrowing this for upcoming birthdays and special events. Thank you for the inspiration. xx
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Aw thank you, so happy you like the idea! If you try it out or put your own spin on it, definitely send me a picture sometime, I’d love to see! xx
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Ahhh this is the cutest! I wish I was more creative in the DIY sense but things like this make it seem so easy!! This is a great idea xx
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Thank you so much Chlo! And trust me, this is one of the easiest and inexpensive presents I have ever made and it’s still such a personal gift – anyone could do it xx
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I love this idea, especially how you can use this for essentially any age!
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Thank you so much! Exactly, it’s such a flexible gift and I feel like you can really get creative with the “theme”/little notes as well.
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This is so cute! Definitely borrowing this idea.
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Thank you! Send me a picture or something if you do.
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This is such a cute idea, Fiona!! Hmmm it’s pretty freaky because most of my friends turn 20 this year and I turn 20 in a few months… anyways, I’m probably gonna end up using this idea as a Christmas gift because it’s so unique 🤗
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Thank you Shelly, so happy you like this idea! I know right, 20 is somehow such a big number. If you try it, let me know how it worked out or send some pictures! 🤗
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I definitely will!! 😍
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ahh such a lovely idea! much more sentimental..I love! x
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Thank you, I’m glad you think so! x
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I love this gift idea!! I might use it for my best friends present for Christmas 😊 xx
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Thank you! Let me know if you did, I’d love to see some pictures of how it turned out xx
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Will do xx
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Oh my, this is freaking adorable! I’ve added it to my list of DIY gift ideas 🙂 xx
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Thank yooouuuuuu xx
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