My oldest daughter Attalie actually came up with the idea for this craft based on Aimee’s adorable Mummy t-shirts
from last year. Your little goblins will enjoy creating an eerie Mummy
Parade door garland to greet trick or treaters. The treat for you is it
uses only supplies that are probably already in the cupboard!
Items Needed:
:: 3 white paper plates
:: 1 roll of first aid gauze (ours was 4 inches x 4 yards)
:: black paper
:: scissors
:: school glue
:: Optional: Circle paper punches (we used 1.25-inch and 1.5-inch)
Instructions:
Tear the black paper into 1/2-inch strips (it’s perfectly OK to
approximate here). Cut or punch out circles for the eyes. Glue the
strips to the back side of the plates to make a mummy face. It might
help to show your children the picture of our finished mummies to get
their imaginations going.
Once the mummy faces are complete, cut slits about three-quarters of an inch away from the top and bottom of each plate. Unroll the gauze. Make a knot for hanging about two-thirds of the way down so you have two uneven tails. Thread the gauze through the plates — put two plates on the shorter tail and one on the longer tail, centered in between the other plates. It is OK if the gauze snags on the plates — this adds to the eerie look.
Reposted with permission by Aimée Lowry & Bettijo B. Hirschi from PagingSupermom.com
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