Halloween is a great time for crafting with the kids. These fun little tubes are easy to make and can hold treats
of any kind. As a bonus
the tubes themselves turn into fun little puppets to play with when they are
empty.
We are filling our mummies and bats with small glow sticks, a
fun necklace and a joke teller. Some other fun things to include could be tiny
bottles of bubbles, plastic spider rings, small Halloween erasers, tiny note
pad, stickers, little wind up walkers, rubber bracelets, or a small grow a pet.
Party stores and dollar stores have a great selection of Halloween themed
trinkets to choose from.
Hope you enjoy making these for your kiddos to play with.
HOW TO MAKE MUMMIES
Materials:
Empty toilet paper tubes (or you can cut paper towel tubes
in half)
White crepe paper
Googly eyes
Double sided tape
Glue
Scissors
White tissue paper
String
Assorted trinkets (or candy)
To make the mummy:
Begin by cutting approximately 15 inches of crepe paper. Fold the crepe paper
in half to make ½ inch wide. Stick a piece of double-sided tape to the top edge
of the tube. Adhere the end of the crepe paper to the tube and begin wrapping. You can leave a few gaps to
give the “wrap” a whimsical look (and less like a roll of toilet paper). When
you get to the end, use another piece of tape to hold the end in place. Next,
glue on googly eyes.
To make the treat
pouch: Cut a length of tissue paper to fit your trinkets, or candy. Roll the items up and
tie the ends with string. Slide the pouch inside the mummy tube. That’s it!
HOW TO MAKE THE BATS
Materials:
Toilet paper tubes (or paper towel tubes cut in half)
Black tissue paper
Tape
Bat shaped cut outs (or make your own from construction paper)
Googly eyes
Glue
Scissors
Begin by prepping the ends of the tubes. Using your thumb,
gently press one side of the tube opening toward the inside of the tube. It
should make a semi-circle closure. Now press the other side in to meet. Do this
to both ends to pre-score the ends to make a closure when wrapped.
Next cut the black tissue paper 1-2 inches longer than each
end of the tube. Wrap the paper around the tube and secure with tape in the
center of the tube. Tuck the longer edges of paper inside the tube and push the
ends closed. Glue the googly eyes onto the bat and glue the bat onto the tube. When you are ready to fill with treats, open one end and put them inside the
tube and close the end.
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