Halloween Can Craft

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Mummy Candy cans......
You need:
Empty cans, labels removed (Check for sharp edges and pinch down with pliers) ( Use any size can you want, use large cans for trick or treating buckets)
Nail & Hammer
white spray paint (Wal-Mart 98c a can is good)
Cheese cloth (If you have muslin it would work to, I would tear muslin & cut cheese cloth)
Brown or black paint (just a little)
White glue (watered down just a bit, Wal-Mart has this too for 15c a bottle right now.) (I use a clear drying wallpaper paste I buy for crafting, it's $4.50 a gallon at Wal-Mart, I do crafts on such a large scale it works for me and is CHEAP ! It dries hard and clear too )
wire for hanger.....

Turn can open side down and spray paint white, the paint does not need to perfect, only the bottom will show. Punch 2 holes on opposite sides at the top for handle to go in. Cut or tear fabric in 1 to 1 1/2 inch strips (You don't need to be to neat)
Now dip your strips in the watered down glue or wallpaper paste and ring out a little, use a 3 or 4 inch piece for the mummy's nose, roll in a ball and apply to the front of can. Use the gooey strips to cover the mummy, just wrap around the can and over the nose, leave the ends at the bottom loose or hanging off, a mummy is a bit messy after all. After your piece has dried, check to see just how stiff it is, if you want more stiffness, spray with clear coat or cover with lacquer. Put a small piece of wire in the holes at the top for a handle, Use your finger or a pencil to dot eyes on with brown paint and 2 nostrils under the nose. I hope I have explained this well enough... For those of you that can paint use the can and handle thing and just paint orange with jack o lantern faces......

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