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DLTK's Halloween Crafts for Kids:
Soda Bottle Jack-O-'Lantern Craft 

"I love your site and wanted to thank you for all the goodies that you provide. I also wanted to share with you the jack-o'-lanterns that we made this week in our 3/4 year old preschool."   Charlene

Thanks to Charlene for taking the time to share this craft idea with us!

Look for a Frankenstein variation of this craft below...

Materials:

  • 2 liter soda bottle, with label removed
  • orange paint
  • self stick felt (need to pre-cut beforehand)
  • green regular felt cut in circles ( about 3-4 inches)
  • twine

Instructions:

  • Pour paint inside the bottle add a little water, put the lid on and let the kids swoosh it around to distribute it all around the bottle.
      
  • Pre-cut eyes, noses and mouths and let the kids choose which ones they wanted to stick on their bottle
      
  • Add the green felt circle to the lid and tied the twine around it with a bow
      

"The kids had loads of fun making this one!"  Charlene

  

 

I'm Lisa and I'm the leader of Junior Girl Scout Troop and Brownie Troop.  I wanted to share a "twist" we added to the 2 liter "Jack-o-lantern" project for our older Junior Girls.  

Turning the 2 liter bottle upside down, the girls painted the top (outside of the bottle) and about 2 inches down ,black. we then added green tempra paint to cover the inside of the bottle. we glued on 2 empty thread spools( painted black) towards the bottom of the bottle.
The girls added pre cut "Frankenstein" pieces to the bottle ( eyes, scar, etc).  They tied black raffia to the bottom to make a bow. These made the coolest Frankensteins ever, and the bottom of the bottle kind of looks like a brain anyway...LOL.  Hope you share this, its a nice companion piece to the jack-o-lanturn, but for older girls!

          Lisa

 

 

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