Ghoulishly Cute Monster Candy Holder

Scare Up Some Fun

This Halloween, make your own monster candy holder using a repurposed Hiland Dairy milk jug. How adorable would this look on your front porch for the trick-or-treaters? What’s more? It’s eerily easy to create!

Monster Candy Holder

What You’ll Need:

• Empty Hiland Dairy milk jug, gallon-sized
• Spray paint, any color
• Craft foam sheets, any color
• Feather boa, any color
• Googly eyes, various sizes
• Extra-thick yarn, any color
• Scissors
• Tacky glue

Instructions:

• Rinse jug and remove label with warm, soapy water. Allow to dry completely.
• Spray-paint entire jug (leaving the lid on). Allow to dry completely, at least 24 hours.
• Using scissors, cut out a large mouth opening in the front of your jug.
  • Tip: The handle should be on the opposite (back) side of the mouth opening.

• Using scissors, cut out spiky feet, hands and teeth from the foam sheets.

• Using scissors, cut a string of yarn for the eyebrow.
• Using scissors, cut 6 inches of feathers from a feather boa for the hair.

• Glue the foam feet, foam hands, foam teeth, googly eyes, yarn eyebrow and feather hair to the jug. Allow to dry completely.
• Add candy and get ready for trick-or-treaters!

Diva’s Tip

You can add red acrylic paint to the foam teeth to add “blood” to your monster for some extra-gruesome fun. Happy Halloween, Divas!

~The Dairy Diva