Its okay to admit it. Or to laugh.
Because if you know me in real life, it is pretty clear that you'd be lookin' reeeeeal hard for some jugs on this girl! Does anyone actually use that term anymore?
You can blame the husband. His first response after he saw the milk jugs on our front porch? "Babe, how do you think the other women in the neighborhood are going to feel about you showing off your jugs like that?" Gotta give it to him...the dude is funny.
Actually, I just had to post this Halloween craft idea that turned out really well. Something you should know about me: I am... shall we say... thrifty. Not to say that I won't break down and pay full price for things on occasion, but generally it takes me a while to come to terms with spending any amount of money.
So when I found inexpensive craft ideas on a family fun website, I was hooked. I began having visions of Hania and I doing our daily mother-daughter craft (after our scheduled 2 hour nap time, of course!), while snacking on organic apples from a local orchardand listening to music representative of a wide variety of cultures on NPR. Stop snickering. It could happen. Someday. Like after she learns how to hold a crayon.
Anyway... here are our adorable milk jug ghosts, made using everything that we already had in the house.
And a close up of the faces that I drew on. We were going for funny, not scary.
A big thanks to my neighbor, Jen, and my parents for saving their milk jugs!
Here are the instructions:
Wash out milk jugs. Remove labels and determine which side is going to be the front of the face.
On the back side, cut a 2 inch diameter hole on the lower half of the jug using an exacto knife.
Draw a face on the front using permanent marker.
Stuff Christmas lights into the back of each jug.
Plug them in and.... Viola! Halloween decor on the cheap!
I'm so happy with my jugs.
12 comments:
Those are some good looking jugs! :)
I love them! Have you ever done this for Christmas? When I was little we did this with multi-colored lights to line our walkway and (especially half buried in snow) they looked like gumdrops. Super cute! :)
Anyway, you are awesome! I hope your organic apple filled dreams come true! :)
Those are darling! Great job! I was recently thinking about the winter that your parents lined your sidewalk with ice bowls that they froze themselves and lit with candles. Do you remember that? I thought it was awesome! No surprise that you inherited the family creativity gene.
that is just so cute. I saw this at a friend of mines and loved it. Awesome!
Those are really cute! Maybe next year when we have a bit more time.
I love it! You remind me of your mom. ( No surprise there I am sure! ) I would love to see you face to face and get caught up.. maybe someday!
Your jugs are AWESOME! I love them! I'm jealous!
lol... I feel a little silly saying that to another woman, but I do REALLY love this idea! I wish I had found you before it was too late for halloween! Maybe I can modify and do something like this for christmas- snowmen or something? I'd have to figure out how to make the hats... hrmmm...
Anyway, I found you through the blogalicious website, and I love your template and your blog. Have a great day!
Those are so cute, I love Family Fun.
I totally love your jugs. !!
Those are great. I will have to do that with the kids next year!
I love your blog design.So pretty and the saying is so true!
Hi there,
I'm visiting from Texas via BATW and have really enjoyed your blog/ The jugs were a great idea..I can't wait to try something like this for Christmas. Thanks for the idea and instructs..:)
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