Since you did sand and shells this year, what about fake snow for next year? Blue is for Hanukah, right? So maybe some prepunched snowflakes that are blue tones? There's an idea on Pinterest, I think, about making the outside of a jar look like snow by using Epsom salts and something else (forgot). Then the person decorated the ridges at the top of the jar with twine wrapped around a few times and the bow of twine. She stuck an artificial pine cone branch in with the twine. Really cute!