Milk Jug Ghost

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Rachel's Mom
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Here's a cute way to recycle your gallon milk jugs!

Approximate Time: About 20 minutes

Supplies:

empty clean gallon size milk jug
black acrylic paint

white acrylic paint
paint brush
black marker
scissors
battery-operated votive or
mini set of clear holiday lights

Instructions:

Use a black marker to draw your ghost face onto the milk jug.

White one gallon milk jug with two round eyes and a mouth drawn on.

Paint eyes and mouth with black acrylic paint and allow to dry.
Paint highlights on eyes by dipping the paint brush handle end into white acrylic paint. Dot onto each eye.

On back lower portion of jug, draw a 2 1/2 to 3-inch diameter circle and cut out to create a hole.

OUtline of hole in the side of a milk jug for a votive.

Insert a battery-operated votive or mini-set of clear holiday lights through the hole so that your ghost lights up.

By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC

Finished milk jug ghost. Black eyes and black mouth painted on white milk jug.

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October 31, 20110 found this helpful

What a cute idea. Do you have one for Christmas?
Thanks for sharing.

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Karen

November 3, 20110 found this helpful

I just used this for a car club Halloween party. All of those on the planning committee saved their milk/juice jugs. We cut the tops off, saving the handle, used markers to make the sweet and spooky faces. After a layer of sand in the bottoms, we put a votive candle inside.

We lined the path to the door where the party was. Once it was dark and they were lit, it was awesome! A cheap but very effective decoration!

In my photo, you can see the line-up of the luminaries - which also led out to the bonfire.

Karen H.

May 11, 20120 found this helpful

Very cute & inexpensive. I added a battery-operated string of white lights to mine. Just cut out a big enough square in the bottom back side to fit it in. Great for inside or on the front porch or steps. Just remember to shut off! Batteries won't last long.

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