Mason Jar Solar Lantern Giveaway
Mason jar solar lanterns are a fun and eco-friendly way to have outdoor lighting! With a mason jar solar light you can harness the sun’s power and have your very own solar lantern. It is that time of year when the weather is warm and we want to spend time in the great outdoors. When the sun sets, light up your nights with these eco-friendly solar lanterns! These are great to use around the house, on the deck, in the yard or garden, and we’ve even taken them camping.
These twist on solar caps have one extra bright LED light that gives off a nice glow. If sitting in a spot with good sunlight to charge, they can even last all night. I woke up at 6am one morning and it was still glowing! The solar lantern caps come in two sizes to fit the two standard size mason jars: wide mouth or narrow mouth.
Wondering how they work? There is a small solar panel on top that collects the sun’s energy and stores the power in a battery underneath. Every night when it gets dark, the light will automatically come on and turn off when it gets light out or is near a light source.
If the battery ever dies, you can buy a new one at any hardware store and easily replace them. These can be indoor/outdoor and are fine to be out in the rain. Mason jar solar lanterns work best when they get a good charge by direct sunlight. They will charge sitting inside but the light will not last as long at night.
You can put fun things inside your glass jar to add to the glow in the lantern such as colored crushed glass or marbles. These come with metal wire handles which makes them easy to carry or hang from a hook.
We’ve been making and selling mason jar solar lanterns in our MontanaSolarCreations Etsy shop for the last two years. We sell them in a variety of colors, quantities and parts. Here’s what you can find in our Etsy shop:
- silver solar caps
- brown solar caps
- solar caps (in silver or brown) with handles
- complete solar lantern with clear pint size mason jar
- complete solar lantern with pint size blue mason jar
In this giveaway you will have a chance to win 2 solar lantern caps with metal handles. This means you just have to supply the jar. This is a $25 value in our Etsy shop!
If you just gotta have a solar lantern now and don’t want to test your luck in the giveaway, you can hop on over to our Etsy shop and start shopping by clicking here!
This giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada. The giveaway will end on June 16, 2014. Enter below for your chance to win!
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Love this idea. Always trying to leave the earth a better place.
Right now my main “green” thing is my big garden! Working hard growing things in the dirt so we rely less on the grocery store!
These are a great idea. Jonni
this is really cool. I love this idea1
Awesome idea. I like to sit outside at night but our backyard is very dark. A set of these would add some light while not ruining the ambiance. Plus battery free is always a good thing! We use rechargeable batteries around the house. I also have a small garden, up-cycled an old Rubbermaid trash can into a compost bin, and recycle weekly.
We have been trying to cut down on our plastic bottle, packaging and plastic bag use by using recycleable canvas, glass bottles and carrying our own grocery bags.
Eating locally and hunting/fishing/growing/gathering as much as possible!
I’m currently working on removing plastic tupperware and replacing it with mason jars and pyrex.
By recycling, canning, and sewing
We recycle, compost, and grow and raise a lot of our own food.
I grow my own veggies and share them with neighbors and friends!
What a great idea! Those would be perfect going out after dark to get wood out of the shed, and for closing up the hen house in winter! It gets totally dark about 4:00 here in the winter. I raise fowl for eggs, trying to get rid of most of the plastic in my house, especially food containers. I use my own grocery bags, “recycle” kitchen scraps to the poultry, use the chicken coop clean-out for compost pile, have a garden. I work from home, so often don’t drive anywhere for days! Less fuel. I’m a Craigslist queen, so most things needed around here I get for free or cheap. Thanks for the giveaway!
I try to do everything organically. I never use chemicals in the yard or garden. Inside, I make my own toothpaste, laundry soap, etc. I maintain a compost bin to reduce waste and enrich the soil. I would love to win the solar lantern caps!
Too cool! Hope I win!!!
We moved out to a homestead place and now have chickens. We’re growing a garden this year. Bit by bit we’re making baby steps to being more self sufficient and healthier.
We can our own veges from our own garden and recycle anything we can.
These would be great to take camping with us.
Have left typical suburban for more rural living. I eat what’s fresh at the farmers market and am gathering supplies to can this year.
What a great idea. I want one by the backdoor so I won’t trip on something our dog left for me to find.
Thanks so much for the chance to win your solar lights 🙂
We use cloth diapers and wipes, cloth in the kitchen and recycle.
These look awesome! I’m thinking they’ll go great in my (soon to be built) duck run, to attract bugs (food).
This is such a charming idea! Thanks for giving us an opportunity to win!
We try to live as green as possible because i have many heath problems including food, chemical and environment allergies.
Love the items in your Etsy store.
Great idea! These would be great to take camping.
Gardening and homemade cleaning supplies