So Jacob actually wanted to be a monster for Halloween. But I had the whole easy iPad thing planned and a monster costume seemed like an awful lot of work. So we compromised and made these CUTE monsters out of milkjugs. They carried them around and collected their candy in these instead of a plastic bag. Jacob's is the green one with lots of eyes and scary teeth. Daniel's has "Mater" teeth.
FYI- Painting milkjugs with kids acrylic paint is impossible and doesn't work. After getting really annoyed after the second attempt (the first was to put a little paint inside the jug, shake it up, and let it dry... it never dries) I just took Jeff's advice and wrapped the peeling painted jugs in clear packing tape.
So Halloween is now long gone. The monsters have been well played with... but now are not recyclable...
Last week we made toilet paper roll bird feeders and they were a HUGE hit with the chickadees. We could stand right under the tree while the birds were eating. It was cool.
So this week I cut the mouths of the monsters open really big, filled them with bird seed and hung them in the tree. The birds aren't too sure yet, Jacob says they think the monsters are scary.
Neat eh? We have now spotted chickadees, blue jays, some sort of sparrow, and woodpeckers in our little tree.
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Deanna I love these milk jug monsters as candy buckets and as bird feeders. So cute! Also, I laughed that Daniel's monster has "Mater" teeth.
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