I’m NOT a Halloween person. As a kid I loved it, but as a college student I got totally turned off because all I saw was an excuse for girls to dress highly inappropriately and it was acceptable. LAME.
So now that I’m a mom, I’m realizing I need to embrace Halloween again. Gotta make it fun for LJ.
Only problem…ZERO budget for Halloween tom foolery (as BSB would say).
So what’s a thrifty mom to do……get crafty!
Mummy Candy Bucket
Materials
empty bucket (I used an old cookie dough container)
white paper
black paper
toilet paper
glue stick
liquid glue
scissors
Cover bucket in glue stick
Wrap whole bucket in white paper
Wrap bucket in strips of toilet paper, gluing only at the top of the strip. Overlap the strip to get a layered texture.
As you get to the top, cut strips to fit on the bucket while maintaining layering.
You should now have a fully layered bucket.
Cut two eyes from the black paper and glue on partly underneath a layer of toilet paper.
Add a few more small strips of toilet paper to help cover eyes and give dimension.
There you have it! The perfect candy bucket for this “mummy”….corny, I know!
I think my favorite part of this project is that you soooooo don’t have to be precise. The more wacko your layers of toilet paper are, the better!
