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Halloween Craft – Mummy Bucket

July 11, 2010 This post may contain affiliate links.

Have fun with your kids and make a fun Halloween Craft! This spooky Mummy Bucket is so easy to make and can be filled with your favorite Halloween candies!

halloween craft mummy bucket

When I was a kid my favorite two hours of the entire year happened on the evening of October 31st. Growing up in suburbia had it’s share of fun, but nothing was more fun than spending an evening dressed in a homemade costume racing from house to house begging for candy. Arriving at home after two full hours of running I was exhausted but filled with anticipation. I would pour my pillow case filled with treasures onto the kitchen table and sit in utter amazement.  All of these delectable sweets were mine.  The trading would begin immediately as my brothers and sister and I would swap candies for our favorites, being sure to create a pile of Mounds and Almond Joy bars for my mom. There aren’t too many candies that I don’t enjoy, but of course I have my favorites.  I love Twizzlers, Swedish Fish, Tootsie Rolls and Reese’s Cups. I gave away anything sour and was more than glad to swap out bags of chips for a candy bar. I treasured my candy bars and had a special place in my heart for those households that passed out full size bars. There was one house in the neighborhood that could not be missed and often we stopped by more than once in an evening. The man of the house worked for Hostess and they always had a Hostess character in their yard to  greet us. Every year we would meet a new character and get a different product. I’ll never forget the year they passed out tiny loaves of Wonder Bread.  I went back three times. We had so much fun making cute little sandwiches on that bread.

Now many years later our house is the place to be on Beggars’ Night.  Our house is always decorated and we pass out really fun candy like Pez, Halloween Peeps, or Nerds Ropes.  Someday an adult will think back on Beggars’ Night and fondly remember the lady on the block that always passed out the coolest candy and that lady they will be remembering will be me.

Last year we hosted our kid’s Halloween party and many of the neighborhood kids attended. They all created a mummy bucket to use on Beggars’ Night.  It was so fun to see them come to my door and shout “Trick or Treat” while holding out their crafty pail to receive their treat.

This project is so simple that with a little guidance even very young kids can create their own bucket. If you decide to do this project this Halloween, try to buy your buckets at the end of the summer. They go on clearance then and you will have a lot of pails to choose from.

Mummy Buckets

supplies needed to decorate halloween bucket

Supplies:

1 beach pail (any color)

1 roll of gauze (3″ x 4.5′)*

2 wiggly eyes

glue (or double stick tape)

 *I purchased these short rolls of gauze at the dollar store.

kids crafts halloween

Squeeze glue out in three lines down one side of your bucket (or put one or two strips of double stick tape down one side of your bucket).  Stick one end of gauze over glue and begin to wrap gauze around the bucket.

how to decorate Halloween bucket

Wrap the gauze up and around the bucket gently pressing it into the glue. The end of the gauze will most likely not end up over the glue or tape, so glue or tape it down. Pull two layers of gauze apart a few inches down from the top of the bucket.

easy halloween craft

Glue or tape two wiggly eyes onto the bucket.  I like to use two different size eyes to make the mummy look a little silly.  Each of these mummy buckets will cost about $2.

Be sure to check out all the Halloween recipes here on Hungry Happenings.

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  1. Laurie

    July 11, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    OMG! What a great idea! thanks Beth…love it!

    Reply
  2. Laurie

    July 11, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    and favorite candy would have to be peanut butter cups!

    Reply
  3. debbie

    July 11, 2010 at 11:45 pm

    My favorite candy is heath bars. Once I took my little sister trick-or-treating,she is 12 years younger than me. This boy around the block, knew I was taking her trick or treating, and wanted to pull a prank on me. He rigged a body to come out of the tree when we walked by. It scared my sister so much she wet her pants. He felt really bad about it and gave her a bunch of candy.
    I commented on your recipe.
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  4. Rachel

    July 12, 2010 at 5:07 am

    My favorite candy is Reese's PB cups or Butterfingers…must be the pb and choco combo. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Rachel

    July 12, 2010 at 5:08 am

    My favorite memory is winning a radio contest when I was a kid. To encourage kids to be home by a certain time they would hold drawing after 10 pm and I won a Dr. Pepper prize pack!

    Reply
  6. Pete S.

    July 12, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Beth, I love your creative genius! I guess you might call it "Sweet Inspiration." (Hey, that could be the title of your next book!)
    Now, it's going to look like I'm trying to kiss something, but my favority candy is your chocolate truffles. They are awesome. If I have to choose a favorite of a more commercial nature it'd be heath bars…or butterfingers…or sugar babies. Pretty much anything that sticks to you teeth with the exception of tootsie rolls.
    A good Beggar's Night memory:
    We didn't have much money and buying a costume was out of the question. I always liked something that looked different. So I got an old t-shirt and sewed a skinny two-sided pouch down the back, and added another three sided pouch to the back of a pair of jeans. Then I got the handle to a mop my mom threw out, and nailed a laundry basket upside down on one end. I drew a BIG crazy face on a bed sheet, threw it over the laundry basket and stuck the mop handle into the pouches. I had a costume that was about nine feet tall, easy to wear, and was fairly different. Got lots of candy that night!
    Your quesadilla recipe sounded good, but I didn't try it. We went to the opening night instead of having an eclipse party. But I like the idea: change the image to suit the occasion.

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  7. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    July 12, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Hey Pete,

    I LOVE the fact that my chocolate truffles are your favorite candies. My friend gave me some red currents this week and I made truffles using their juice. Yum! I have extras if you'd like some:) I also love creative costumes. I never wore a store bought costume as a child. Of course back then store bought costumes consisted of a plastic mask and a plastic cape.

    Reply
  8. Monica

    July 12, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    I love Chico Stix!

    Thanks!

    Reply
  9. cdziuba

    July 12, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    Without question, my favorite candy is Reese's Pieces. Sometimes my husband will surprise me and bring home a bag, and I just find them irresistable!

    cdziuba@aol.com

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  10. cdziuba

    July 12, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    Commented on the Twilight Vampire Quesadilla Post

    Reply
  11. cdziuba

    July 12, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    Beggar's night memory: the man that lived next door to us was a dentist, and every year he gave out toothbrushes and toothpaste, along with FULL SIZED Hershey bars!

    Reply
  12. MOMFOREVERANDEVER

    July 12, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    follow

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  13. MOMFOREVERANDEVER

    July 12, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    favorite candy- nerds, jawbreakers, junior mints, milky way

    Reply
  14. Tonya

    July 12, 2010 at 7:32 pm

    When we were little we didn't get candy very often except holidays. Halloween was the best time when I was younger. I love Almond Joys and Skor bars.

    Reply
  15. 5webs

    July 12, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    I love Swedish Fish the most!
    Alicia Webster
    5webs@comcast.net

    Reply
  16. Dawn

    July 12, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    I follow you on google friend. My favorite candy is Jelly Belly jelly beans..the margarita flavor.

    Reply
  17. Dawn

    July 12, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    My favorite beggar's night memory is my mom would suprize me with my costume. I would give her a short list of what I wanted to dress up as and she would pick one and make the costume and suprize me right before it was time to go out.

    Reply
  18. Kiara

    July 12, 2010 at 10:54 pm

    My favorite candy is Twix.
    austma7@aol.com

    Reply
  19. peg42

    July 12, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    What a super giveaway.
    I'm a follower. (rickpeggysmith)
    Thanks
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

    Reply
  20. peg42

    July 12, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    I have two favorites, Reeses Peanut Butter cups and Almond Joys.
    Thanks again
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

    Reply
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