Recycled Milk Jug Ghost Luminaries
These Recycled Milk Jug Ghost Luminaries give old milk jugs a new life by turning them into an easy craft for kids and DIY Halloween decorations!
Servings: 1 Ghost Luminary
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Fiskars HD Craft Knife Or scissors
- Stapler
Ingredients
- 1 Milk jug Plastic, clean and dry
- 1 string Fairy Lights OR tea lights/Flameless Tea Lights/Glow Sticks
- ½ yard White fabric
- Goo Gone Safe label & sticker remover
- Permanent Marker Black
- 2 feet String
Instructions
- Take the label & date stamp off the milk jug with Goo Gone
- Draw a face on one side of the jug with magic marker
- Insert a string of fairy lights into the milk jug, keeping the control out and wrap it around the handle. Tape in place. Replace the lid.
- For a sitting ghost luminary: Add some sand or rocks to the bottom of the jug to keep it from blowing away.
- For a hanging ghost luminary: Cut off the bottom of the jug.
- Cut the fabric into 2 inch wide strips. Staple the strips along the bottom of the open milk jug.
- Cut two small holes on either side of the lid and draw the string through the holes. Tie the ends of the string together into a knot for hanging the luminary.
- Wrap the fairy lights up into a loose knot so they stay inside the milk jug when the luminary is hung.