Here is another simple (but messy) Halloween Craft! You need just a few supplies. My Mod Podge has gone bad I think, so we used it along with Elmer's Glue (My daughter sorta mixed it together---she is 3 so this wasn't exact science). I think Mod Podge alone would have been fine. We were using items we had so we used orange crepe paper on a roll for the pumpkins and white tissue paper like you use to wrap a gift for the ghosts.
My daughter coated the outside of the baby food jar with glue/Mod Podge.
She then took pieces of crepe paper and put it on the jar. We gave the whole thing another coat of mod podge. It is important to dab gently so you don't tear and wipe the crepe paper away.
We made faces with scraps of black construction paper and then waited for them to dry.
Once they were dry I thought they probably could have used another coat of Mod Podge, however that could be because mine was old. I didn't want to get it back out so I just gave them a shot of clear spray paint.
It is starting to look a lot like Halloween around here!
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I knew I saved that box of cleaned baby food jars for something! Those turned out so well, give the baby a high five for me! I’ll let you know how ours turn out…
They would really set the mood, and they look so easy! Thanks for the fun idea.
Very cute! I’m definitely going to make these!
This is such a cute idea and so easy to translate for other holidays, too! How adorable! Hey! I wanted to let you know that I’m doing a giveaway on my blog! You do so many cute things here that I really appreciate, so I just wanted to share! LOL!
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ACK! Those are so neat! Cute, simple, inexpensive, kid-friendly projects are the best
This will be a fun project for my kids and my nephews I babysit! Thanks for the great idea!
such a cute craft!
Love it!! Very cute – and EASY!
How adorable. I will be making these and inserting the battery operated tea lights. I might hang a few with wire over my tiny fish pond on my back patio for a eery night glow.
Check out my great fall photos of inspired decorating on my blog.
http://nataliemeester.blogspot.com
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing!
Everything on your blog is toooooo stinkin cute!!! Fantastic ideas and great tutorials! I love it and will definitely be back to see what else you can come up with!!! Booooootiful!
loving it. Just deciding if my 2 year old should get her hands into glue?! Of course, she would love it!~! thanks!
Now, when hubby asks what I’m going to do with all of those empty baby food jars, I have an answer! Thanks.
Those are too cute!
These are freaking cool! I’ll be linking to this.
That is too cute!! So easy too. I may have to get my modge podge out!
So perfect! My daughter and I are doing this tonight! I clipped an article years ago for a very similar project. But they didn’t have a photo, only a drawing. If I knew how great they’d look, we’d have done these a year or two ago! We used orange acrylic paint, as I seem to have every color tissue paper under the sun except orange. DD has decided to make one for each of her classmates, her teacher, the preschool director, Granny, Grandpa, etc… Thanks for the inspiration — this project and so many others!
love it! gonna try this!
I may have to have your little helper over to make these for my front steps — very cute! Love this idea!!
These look so cute! I’m so glad I found your blog and even more glad that I was able to get your button up on my blog!
Have a great weekend!
I love this project! My daughter did this in 3rd grade and I just brought it out from storage for our autumn decor.
Sheryl
These are so cute! I have some cheapy votive cups that are rounded; I could use those!
Hi Thanks for the cute idea! My kids had a great time making these and now they want to know what we are going to do next! Maybe the ghost garlands….we shall see! I linked you to my post…hope you don’t mind! http://earnhearts.blogspot.com/2008/10/pumpkin-fun.html
Thanks for a GREAT idea! My kids and I spent the morning making a bunch of them and they turned out so cute! I love them!
I love these and included this post on the Alpha Mom Reading List. You’re such a treat to read.
Love these! I’ve got lots of jars in different sizes and these are perfect. What a cute idea. xoxo
SO CUTE. My girls would really love a messy project like this! Now I need to clean out the fridge to find enough jars. Baby food jars would be adorable!
what an awesome craft. Thanks so much for sharing this. I cannot wait to try it out!
what a fun idea
GREAT idea–and looks easy enough for us seriously craft-challenged, but well-intentioned moms. Loves it (and just might try it! LOL!).
Wanted to let you know we did this at home the other night. We even made a black cat or two using black crepe paper. We cut out green “cat eyes” from construction paper and a little pink nose. I’ll be posting them on my blog tomorrow (hopefully). Thanks for the idea!
totally doing these! I might do them in big jars for the walkway and put LED tealights in them! Was looking for something like this to do!
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These are too adorable and so easy! I’m going to link to them for my blog as long as you don’t mind.
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Awesome! Thanks for the inspiration ( and the comment
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This was a great craft!
Thank you for posting this.
I love making messes. With glue!
See my own results here:
http://littleredbirdie.com/blog/archives/2008/10/a-halloween-craft/
Thank you for your inspiring ideas!
My daughter and I made some over the weekend. http://mylifeexpose.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-votives-and-slightly-bigger.html
thanks for the idea
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E’ bellissssssssimo,chi l’ha inventato è stato bravo.
What a clever idea!
Where did you get the idea from?
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I just made those last night using pint jars! So fun! I even had green tissue paper so I made a Frankenstein one too! So fun! Thanks for the idea!