Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Egg Cup Treat Holders

Difficulty: Very Easy
Age: 6 and up

What you'll need:

Cardboard egg cups
Acrylic paint in Halloween colors
Tissue paper in Halloween colors
Scissors
Glue stick
Medium wiggle eyes
White craft glue
Scissors


How to make it:
Trim egg cups with scissors to give them a neat edge.
Cut 3” squares from tissue paper.
Paint egg cups in various Halloween colors and let dry.
Use glue stick to put a dab of glue in the center of a tissue paper square. Glue side facing downward gently press center of tissue paper into center of the inside of the egg cup.
Glue two wiggle eyes on each cup.
Fill with treats.

Tips:
Try black with red or purple for a vampire, green with black for Frankenstein, orange and yellow for pumpkins, and so on.
To give these cups handles, cut skinny chenille stems into thirds and carefully poke a hole in each side of the cup then thread the chenille through.
Save egg cartons for fun craft projects such as this!

From: http://crafts.kaboose.com/egg-cup-treat-holders.html

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