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Recently, my daughter had a tonsillectomy. Therefore, I had to have copious amounts of Jello on hand, and with my fridge, there was no room for several bowls of Jello. I had a Newton moment and started dragging out my fruit jars. These bad boys can hang out in the door and take up no room at all and my girl can get her Jello fix all day long.

Jello in Mason jars.

It's slightly a misnomer. I didn't mix the Jello in the jar. I didn't take photo's of working on it. Yeah, I know. But I promise I can talk you through how to do it without photos.

You will need:
A bowl with a pour spout (Pampered Chef has a fabulous one! Can't live without mine.)
Metal 1 cup measuring cup (seems redundant to me)
Spoon
Pitcher of Iced water (as many cups of water as you have packets of Jello)
Pot of boiling water (as many cups of water, hey this sounds familiar.)
Mason jars
Jello

Okay, this is the only part that is specific. The small boxes of Jello will fill the pint jars and the large boxes the quart jars.

I lined up the clean jars on the counter and then opened my boxes of Jello. I dipped out one cup (the large package calls for 2 c of water for each temperature) of hot water and poured it into my bowl, and then dissolved the Jello into the hot water. Make sure you don't slack on this step or you will get some tough Jello. Then pour in one cup of cold water and stir for a minute or so. When it is completely combined, pour this into the jar. If you're changing flavors, rinse the bowl between flavors and repeat until you've made as many boxes as you need. Allow them to cool completely before putting a lid on them. You aren't wanting to seal them, after all. :0)

Here's some Jello recipes just for fun!