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If you're hosting a New Year's Eve bash, listen up. There's one item that can totally take your hosting game to the next level on the cheap: the mason jar. Great for serving food and drinks, using as party favors and giving your place a decorative boost, the cute little glass containers should be your go-to for ringing in 2016.

How, you ask? Scroll through a few ideas below and get inspired to invest in your own set of mason jars to get the party started.

Give them as party favors.

Use them to display appetizers.

Create hanging tea lights.

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Use them as a centerpiece.

DIY individual cocktail mixtures for your guests to choose from.

Use them as drinking glasses and personalize them with chalkboard paint.

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Put fairy lights inside for glowing accents for your tabletop.

Serve festive sweet treats in a jar.

Use gold spray paint to turn a mason jar into an elegant vase for fresh flowers.

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Organize the drink station in style.

Make jars of confetti to open and throw at midnight. They also look nice as decoration.

Use them as no-mess sipping glasses for cocktails, champagne or kids.

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