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Home / Latest Posts / Party Ideas / Mason Jar Picnic Ideas

Mason Jar Picnic Ideas

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 6/10/13Updated: 6/11/20

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Putting together a Picnic is so easy with these fun Mason Jar Picnic ideas.  Put all your favorite Picnic foods in jars and you are ready to go!  Just add a spoon or fork. It makes transportation easy and it’s just plain fun!

We love spending as much time outside in the summer as we can.  Some other fun summer activities include a S’mores Bar, a neighborhood Movie Night and an Ice Cream Sandwich bar.

mason jar picnic

Picnic season is here.  One of our favorite summer activities is to pack up a picnic dinner and head to a local park for a concert or play.  Portland has a wonderful program of concerts and plays in their parks each summer.  There is usually something going on somewhere almost every night of the week!

Packing up your picnic in mason jars is not only easy but it looks dang cute too.  Clean up is a breeze also.

You can basically take any of your favorite picnic foods and just put it in a mason jar.  You can use the mason jar as a serving piece or give everyone their own jar and eat right out of the jar.  No need for plates.  If you are going to eat out of the jar a wide mouth jar is a bit easier but the narrow one will work too.

Mason Jar Picnic

Of course a cute picnic basket and blanket is always nice too.  For our picnic I grabbed a few things from our local deli  because I am usually planning last minute!

Picnic Food

I picked up some chicken salad, pita bread, baked beans, broccoli salad and hummus and veggies. But of course you could make all of these things at home.

Mason jar Picnic

I love the little half pint size jars – perfect for lots of things including dip for veggies.

Mason Jar Picnic

Of course what would a picnic be without lemonade!.

Mason Jar Picnic

We also had to add a little pretty.  I picked a rose out of our garden and just floated it in some water in a jar – instant centerpiece!

Mason jar flower centerpiece

And a few tea lights in a jar complete the scene.

mason jar tea lights

For dessert I went  homemade and I made a fresh blueberry and raspberry crisp.  I baked them right in the little mason jars.

mason jar berry crisp

A Mason Jar Picnic is a fun and easy way to put a picnic together.

Mason Jar Picnic

Transportation is easy too – just put the lids on the jars and pack everything up in your cute picnic basket!

Mason Jar Picnic

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  1. Cathy Pollak ~ Noble Pig says

    Posted on 6/16 at 8:11 pm

    I love your little picnic!! I grew up in Southern California and my parents were big into concerts at the Hollywood Bowl….we always had season tickets with box seats. My Mom and everyone would pack these elaborate picnics, candelabras and all. We would listen to the symphony under the stars with our fried chicken and candles and salads often in mason jars. This just reminded be of it. So cute.

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 6/17 at 8:08 am

      My mom grew up in San Gabriel, not far from Pasadena and also went to the Hollywood Bowl. I remember going once as a young girl!

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  2. Michelle Muckala says

    Posted on 6/16 at 7:14 pm

    This is adorable! So cute, gave me lots of ideas and I had no idea you can cook in mason jars! Going to have to start stocking up on some.

    Reply
  3. Shelley says

    Posted on 6/14 at 11:33 pm

    This is my kind of picnic! I love it! Thanks for sharing at Party In Polka Dots!

    Reply
  4. Linda says

    Posted on 6/14 at 4:51 pm

    Thanks for linking to Tumbleweed Contessa. Tomorrow we are hosting Saturday Dishes featuring cupcakes/cakes. Hope to see you.

    [email protected] Contessa

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