Mummy Jar Arts & Crafts Activity

Do you enjoy making arts and crafts with your kiddo at Halloween? I so do! Another thing I also greatly enjoy is sharing all these great ideas with you. Spending time with our children during such activities is simply priceless. Now so far I have introduced arts and crafts about ghosts and pumpkins... what's next? How about mummies! This Halloween character is so mysterious, yet frightful and intriguing, makes it impossible not to create a mummy craft!

To be original and diversified, I decided to turn my creation into a candy jar, but, you have many options at hand. The mummy jar could also be, for example, a candle holder, a decorative object or a vase. Make many and group them or line them up to create an even more dramatic effect!

What you will need

• An old jar, such as a Mason jar, jam jar, peanut butter jar, etc. 
• Gauze, crepe bandage, cheesecloth, white streamers, toilet paper, basically whatever you can find that is narrow, white and can be wrapped around a jar! 
• Clear tape 
• Googly eyes (if you can't get your hands on some, draw a pair on paper with a black marker and glue them to your jar) 
• Glue (if not using self-adhesive eyes) 
• Flameless votives, if you want to turn your jar into a luminary decoration 

How to make it

• If necessary, clean jar and dry off completely. 
• Take gauze and tape the edge of it to the back of the vase at the bottom. 
• As you wrap the gauze around the vase twist and turn the gauze to give it some dimension. 
• When you have completely covered the vase, cut the gauze and tuck the end under a layer or glue it in place. 
• Next, glue on 2 wiggly eyes or simply stick them on if using the self-adhesive type (if desired, tuck them into the cheesecloth a bit to make it look like the mummy is peeking out). 
• If you would like to give your mummy an oldish look, ink the edges of your strips with a bit of brown ink and a q-tip. 
• Easy peasy! 

Happy Halloween everyone!