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Mummified Can

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By Noreen Doll.

Craft a mummified can for Halloween.

Mummified Can by Crafty Journal

Find an old faded white or ecru T-shirt or an old sheet to make mummy bandages. If they are too white you can coffee dye or tea dye them to look ancient.

I tried both coffee and tea dye, but I used a very light shade, and I used some of each on my mummified can.

Materials

Old or dyed T-shirt or sheet

2 Wiggly Eyes

1 Tin Can

Metal Spiral from an old spiral notebook

Mod Podge

Sponge Brush

Scissors

Directions

1. Tea dye or coffee dye the fabric if you need to make it look more ancient.

2. Cut the fabric into strips. If you use a sheet, you can tear the sheet and have lots of interesting threads on the edges.

If you use a T-shirt, cut the strips so they don’t curl.  I folded it in half to cut more quickly.

You can vary the width of the strips, and they don’t need to be perfectly straight and even. You are going for a raggedy look.

Attach Bandages to the Mummified Can

3. Paint the bottom third of the can sides fairly generously with Mod Podge.

4. Start with one end of a strip and lay it near the bottom edge of the can, and start winding the strip around the can.

Don’t try to be neat and even, but cover all of the can.

Continue winding the strip until it ends.

Add more Mod Podge or start another strip of fabric as needed, continuing until you reach the top of the can.


5. Start spreading Mod Podge over the top of the strips and wind more strips around the can, criss-crossing the other strips.

If some of the ends don’t want to stick to the can or lay perfectly flat, don’t fuss. It adds to the mummified can look.

You may want to add some more Mod Podge over the top of the last layer of bandages, but let edges stick up and look messy.

6. Let the bandages dry. A hand held hair dryer can be used to help dry. Keep the dryer moving over the surface of the can.

Finish the Mummified Can

7. Punch a hole on opposite sides of the can (where ears would be) near the top edge.

If you don’t have a punch, you can use a hammer and nail. Be sure to put a block of wood inside the can where you will be making the hole, so the can doesn’t collapse.

8. Remove the spiral from a notebook (that you aren’t going to be using again).

 


Stretch the spiral out, not trying to keep it neat and even.

9. Bend the stretched part of the spiral over the top of the can to see how long you want a handle to be. Cut the wire.

10. Put the ends of the handle through the holes in the mummy can and curl them into a small spiral to hold them in place. See the photo in number 7.

11. Glue or hot glue the wiggly eyes in place. Put them close together, and make one slightly higher than the other.

Treats may be added to the mummified can, or you can just use it as a decoration.

Tips

If you don’t have a notebook spiral to use, you can wind a piece of wire around a pencil or dowel and then stretch it slightly out of shape for a handle.

Noreen Doll

Crafty Journal

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  2. Liking this very much. I want to make one, now. I like to leave comments when I see something unusual or interesting. I think this is both. Linda

  4. Very cute! I’ve mummified some glass jars like this and put tealight candles in them! They make great evening table decorations for Halloween!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success

  7. Very fun. They might even be fun hanging with battery operated candles inside. The light would only project up unless you made some holes in the bottom of the can too but it could be interesting. I’m inspired and motivated. 😀 Thanks for sharing on BeColorful.
    p

  8. What a great idea.. I love innovatiions! Maybe you could make holes where the eyes are and have glowing eyes.

  10. This is so cute, and I love how you repurpose the spiral notebook wire. I always have a few of those around from my children’s previous years in school.

  28. Very fun! And a great craft for things everyone already has. Thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday. I hope we see you again this week.

  29. LOVE THIS! Super cute way to recycle the can, but I LOVE the idea of using the spiral from the notebook even more. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
    Michelle

  43. These are darling…and brilliant reusing the spiral wire! Thanks for sharing this creative project with us at Twirl and Take a Bow on Tuesday! Please join us again any week! ~Tammy

  49. This is so adorable and I love how even the handle is something recycled so I don’t have to run out and buy anything or spend money. Great job.

  62. I absolutely love this and so did the rest of us at Mommy Needs a Timeout Thursday. So much that we chose you to be one of our Top 3 links! You will be featured this Thursday. Thanks for linking up,
    Lauren
    Twin Tested, Pin Approved

  63. Hi there
    Just stopped by to let you know that I featured this on my Saturday Spotlight post this week!
    Thanks again for linking up! Hope you have a great week!
    Jill

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