Last week I showed you how to make a Milk Jug Vampire Candy Holder.  Well, you seemed to have loved that idea, so I thought I would show you another cool Milk Jug Halloween Craft.  Today I’m going to show you how to make a Pumpkin Milk Jug Candy Holder perfect for handing out candy this Halloween.  Kids will love reaching inside this Pumpkin for the treats…. almost as much as your kids will love making it.  Keep in mind you will need some Adult Help for this craft as a knife and/or a scissor will be needed to cut open the milk jug.  So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Milk Jug

Scissors

Knife (for adult only)

Orange, White, Green, Black & Red Paint

Brass Fasteners

Black Marker

Green Foam, Felt or Paper

Paper Plate

Glue

Candy

 

Step 1

Peel labels off milk jug.

Step 2

Cut milk jug in half.

 

Step 3

Paint both sides orange.

 

Step 4

Use brass fasteners to attach both sides… to look like mouth is open.

Like this.

It looks like this from the back.

 

Step 5

Draw eyes and nose.

 

Step 6

Paint eyes white.  I painted nose a lighter color.

 

Step 7

Paint red for lips.

 

Step 8

Draw a leaf on foam, felt or paper.

Cut it out.

 

Step 9

Roll some foam on a triangle like angle… like this.

Like this.

Push top in and it stays in place on its own.

 

Step 10

Push into open spout.

 

Step 11

Paint spout green.

 

Step 12

Outline features with black paint.

 

Step 13

Draw a letter C for each eye’s pupil.

 

Step 14

Draw rectangles on paper plate.

Glue in mouth.

 

Step 15

Shove leaf in the spout.

 

Step 16

Fill with candy.

Wonderful!!  Wasn’t that fun?!  But, the fun doesn’t end there.  Use it to hand out candy to the Trick-or-Treaters….. they will love it!!

You might also like the How to make a Milk Jug Vampire Candy Holder ….. both crafts are perfect for Halloween.

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