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!
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.
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.
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 the gauze over the glue and begin to wrap the gauze around the 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.
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 just a few dollars and can be used for Trick or Treat or can be filled with candy and given as gifts.
If you are looking for more ideas for Halloween, be sure to check out my Halloween Baskets for Kids and all of my Halloween recipes.
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Anonymous says
beggars night memory -
My mother taking us to a haunted house when i was four - she had to carry me and tripped over something and we both ended up on the ground with FREDDY behind us, not so fun 😛
Anonymous says
Believe it or not my fave candy is the ghost 'peeps' 😉
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Laura says
A favorite Halloween night memory is when I was about 5 years old and my mother sewed me a cool pink ballerina costume with a net tutu--still remember twirling around in our yard waiting for it to get dark!
Laura says
My favorite candy is Reese's peanut butter cups (original--tried the dark chocolate and didn't like them at all).
pilotsjs89 says
My favorite memory is scaring trick or treaters by sitting in a scarecrow costume next to the door when they came by for candy
pilotsjs89 says
My favorite candy is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
It is so fun to see the variety of candy people have listed as their favorite. I so love to hear your stories about Beggars' Night (Trick or Treat). Here's one of my memories.
One year it was so cold on Beggars' Night and I was dressed as a Baton Twirler. I wore a leotard with a very short skirt, had my hair done up and wore more makeup than any 8 year old should wear. I proudly carried my baton, twirling for candy at each door. We started out the evening so excited that we barely noticed the cold but it didn't take long before I had to run home to get some long pants before going off to beg at more doors. The evening air grew increasingly colder as we ran from house to house, so when we reached our backyard neighbor's house, I ran home for a coat. As the night wore on my baton began to stick to my hands, so I left it at a friend's house. At that point we still had lots of houses to get to and unfortunately I just looked like an 8 year old who had raided her mom's makeup drawer. I got lot's of comments, but still got candy and that is all that mattered to me.
clynsg says
Must be a regional thing, but I had never heard of Halloween being called Beggars Night--it fits though. My memories are not terribly specific, but because my childhood was a LONG time ago, it was before all the fears of homemade goodies, dangers put into fruit and candy, etc. I lived in a very small town and we knew virtually every house we would go to--one of my favorites was that of one of my classmates. Her mother made the BEST divinity--but my mother loved it too, so the 3 of us kids had to divide up that particular house loot with her!
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clynsg says
Follower via GFC, and my favorite candy is chocolate mints--virtually any brand!
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Carole says
I love any type of hard candy. Helps keep my mouth moist during radiation treatments.
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Lucky's Luna says
I have a lot of great memories, I remember one year it was too cold out, snow was everywhere, so my mom took us to the Mall to Trick R Treat. I got some really cool stuff there like baseball cards, I was a ballerina that year.
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Lucky's Luna says
My favorite candy is Almond Joy, I love coconut and chocolate! It's so good!
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sweetsue says
My favorite candy is my mom's peanut butter fudge-so good!
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Joy says
To much to choose from. I guess I would pick snickers and 100 grand.
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Holly B says
I love Snickers bars!
Kristen says
I remember one year I gave out full-size candy bars...Abba Zabbas. One of the neighborhood kids came to my door and was super excited...so she went home and changed into a different costume to try to trick me into giving her another one! lol I gave her another one just for effort and enthusiasm (and for making me laugh!)
Kristen says
My favorite candy is Goo Goo Clusters
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Shooting Stars Mag says
mmmm yummy giveaway. I love halloween. my favorite candy though? this is hard. I do love the cookies and creme hershey bars though!
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