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Recycled Colorful Family Mummies

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by TurkeyMom in Crafts

Ages3–8 yrs
Prep20 min
Activity30 min
Leveleasy
MessHigh
Works for1:1 · Small group · Class

Glue googly eyes on recycled cans, wrap them in toilet paper, then roll them in crushed sidewalk chalk for a colorful mummy family. Tall cans make the mommy and daddy mummies and small cans make the kids.

⚠️ Safety first

  • Check opened tin cans for sharp edges before kids handle them. Use cans with smooth rims or cover the rims with tape.
  • An adult crushes the chalk: keep it sealed in a plastic baggie while hitting it with the hammer, and keep kids clear.
  • Googly eyes are small parts. Supervise young children closely.
  • Powdered chalk is dusty. Work outdoors, keep it away from eyes, and avoid breathing the dust.
  • Use non-toxic kids' glue.

Before the kids arrive

  • Collect and clean empty cans: tall ones (like Pringles cans) for grown-up mummies and short ones (like bean cans) for kid mummies.
  • Check the can rims for sharp edges.
  • Line an outdoor table with butcher paper.

Steps

  1. Glue a pair of googly eyes onto your can.

  2. Spread some glue on the can and start wrapping toilet paper around it.

  3. Keep wrapping until the can is covered, but don't cover the mummy's eyes!

  4. Adult: put a sidewalk chalk stick in a sealed plastic baggie and grind it with a hammer into powder.

  5. Dump the chalk powder on the paper-lined table and spread it around.

  6. Roll your mummy over the chalk powder again and again until it looks cool and colorful.

  7. Check that the color covers the whole mummy, then add more chalk powder if you want.

  8. Line up your mummies to make a mummy family.

Tips

  • Make a mommy mummy and a daddy mummy with the tall cans and use the smaller cans for the kids' mummies. My daughter thought that was hilarious!from the author
  • Remind kids not to cover the mummies' eyes when wrapping.from the author
  • Younger kids may need help wrapping. Our 3 year old did.from the author
  • Cover the label completely. Our daddy mummy didn't get properly covered, and the writing showing through looked like a creepy smiley face.from the author
  • If the mummies look 'too white,' that's the moment to bring out the chalk powder.from the author

Make it your own

  • Leave the mummies white for a classic look.
  • Let each person choose their own chalk colors. I chose pink and purple, and the rest of the family went for orange and red.
  • Use tape instead of glue to hold the wrappings.

The story behind it

By TurkeyMom · October 2013
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This year we made this set of 4 family mummies as a family project. Materials: tin cans (we used Pringles cans and beans cans), googly eyes and toilet paper.
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Recycled Colorful Family Mummies: the original post

It’s October already and the kids have been talking about Halloween ever since the stores started carrying costumes and the grocery stores started carrying pumpkins. We have been painting pumpkins and trying on our costumes. Time to get crafting with the kiddos. The kids enjoy seasonal crafts, especially Halloween crafts and Thanksgiving crafts. Something about fall and winter screams family crafting time. Last year for Thanksgiving we as a whole family made this wonderful Thanksgiving Art. This year we made this set of 4 family mummies as family project. So just a couple of action shots. Materials:

  • Tin cans ( we used Pringles can and beans can)
  • Googly eyes
  • Toilet Paper

materials for halloween crafts We love to repurpose household items. For a list of recycled crafts visit our category page.We decided to make a mommy mummy and a daddy mummy ( my daughter thought that was hilarious!) with the tall cans. The smaller tin cans were for the kids mummies. My older one started off this fun Halloween craft session by gluing a pair of googly eyes on a tin can. sticking googly eyes She applied some glue on the tin can and started wrapping the toilet paper around it. You could use tape as well. We just reminded her not to cover the mummies’eyes. My 3 year old needed help and the girls thought that it was so cool and crazy funny that daddy is doing Halloween crafts with them. rolling paper Once we all finished wrapping up our mummies, the kids thought they were “too white” and we decided to make this Halloween craft a wee bit cooler. How about colorful mummies? Sure, anything goes in this Halloween craft session. I powdered a couple of sidewalk chalk { place a sidewalk chalk in a sealed plastic baggie and grind it with a hammer - instant chalk powder} Then we dumped the powdered chalk on our outdoor table ( lined with butcher paper) and spread them around. The mummies were then rolled over the powdered chalk over and over until they got a cool looking style. mummy halloween crafts for kids Isn’t this “kid mummy” too cute for words? . kid mummy halloween crafts I chose pink and purple chalk colors and the rest for the mummy family went for orange and red. family mummies Ok this shot is purely creepy and at the same time funny AND coincidental. The “daddy mummy” just did not get properly covered with toilet paper and hence has the writing still visible. Those letters now look like a creepy smiley face. parents mummy halloween crafts

We had fun as a family making these mummies. Hope you have a great time connecting with your family over this season.

Thanks for reading

For more Halloween crafts for kids visit our category page

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  1. Pinkoddy · Oct 2013

    Oh this such a fantastic craft! So simple, so fun, so effective! Thank you I have pinned.

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