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
My favorite candy would have to be peanut MMs. They're the perfect candy and I tell myself that since the nuts have protein its a legitimate snack option!
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Jinxy and Me says
I love Dark Chocolate Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!
theolotto says
My favorite is reese's peanut butter cups.
LindsayC says
One of my favorite memories is the only Halloween I can remember spending with my father since he passed away when I was 7. We went to the haunted house in our town and my Dad took me through. Its one of my most vivid memories of him.
LindsayC says
I love milky way bars. Yum!
TiffsPixieDust says
Favorite is most definitely Almond Joy! ....Tiffypoot@aol.com
Anonymous says
my fav is pretzel M&M's.
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Hotsnotty2 says
I love Snickers the most, thanks!
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Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Tara,
What a lousy way to spend Halloween. I hope your siblings or friends shared their candy with you.
Tara W says
I can vividly remember running ahead of the pack in order to be the first to knock on the door. I tripped on the curb and landed on a large cactus. OUCH! I had to go back home and let my Grandmama pick out the thorns. Trick-Or-Treating was over before it started.
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Tara W says
My favorite candy is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
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Anonymous says
I have always loved Snickers Bars since I was a kid.
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Anonymous says
I am a follower! My favorite candy is a Caramel Bull's Eye!
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Anonymous says
My FAVORITE candy
whether I'm north, east,
west or south,
is usually the kind
I have in my MOUTH...
But since I have to narrow
my choice down to one—
DARK CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
are always second to none!
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becky says
My favorite memory is when I was in junior high, my friend had a Halloween party and we thought we were the coolest kids ever. But when we went trick-or-treating, a creepy guy dressed as Batman kept following us so we got scared and ran home. Needless to say, we stayed inside the rest of the night! Random but funny memory : )
Becky says
My favorite candy is Sno Caps - there's just something about those little guys that gets me every time! : )
allisonsbj3 says
My favorite memory is taking my little cousin out and getting some candy too.
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allisonsbj3 says
My favorite candy is Peanut Butter M&Ms.
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Hoa says
My favorite candy is sour patch! I love sour candies!
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idahomom says
I'll never forget the year that my little sister's bag got a hole in it and I walked behind her picking up all her candy. We used pillow cases after that.