![]() Paint the pieces purple and let them dry. For the purple box, cut 1 popsicle stick in half. Outline around the “mouth” of the monster (the opening of the tissue box) with a black marker. Once dry, paint the outside of the tissue box a color of your choice, and paint the inside a different color.Ĥ. ![]() Adding white will make sure the design of the tissue box doesn’t show through the paint.ģ. Paint the outside of the tissue box with white to prime the box. Pull out any plastic inner lining inside the tissue box before you start.Ģ. But not only that, it is all recycled crafts for kids too – paper rolls, egg cartons, cardboard, popsicle sticks, jars and more!ġ. Just make sure to let it thoroughly dry and press and hold for the glue to take.Īnd don’t forget to check out our NEW book which has this craft in it! Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials is bursting with easy cardboard crafts for kids like this one. – Glue – hot glue is always going to work best when working with large googly eyes and pom poms, but you can also use an extra-strong glue like this one. – 1 popsicle sticks (optional for the purple monster) – Googly eyes – extra large ones can be found at Michaels, different sizes work best and small ones are needed for the purple box. – Colored acrylic paint – we used two different colors, one for the outside of the box and one for the inside – Tissue Box – preferably one with a round opening so that it looks more like a mouth but a square opening could work too! Here are the Supplies You’ll Need to Make These Tissue Box Monsters If you’re looking for a fun Halloween craft, monster craft or just an easy recycling craft for kids – you have to try to make these tissue box monsters! Kids can paint them and easily glue on the googly eyes, teeth and pom poms. This craft is from our new book – Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials. Here are the Supplies You’ll Need to Make These Tissue Box Monsters.Decide if you want your monster to have arms and/or feet and cut those in your desired shape out of the black cardstock, too.Īnd now it’s time to let your colorful monsters shine bright in a window. You will also need some white triangles for teeth. And also punch some black circles in smaller sizes. You can also use scissors to form the eyes, but the paper punches make it a lot easier. ![]() Punch some circles from the white cardstock for eyes. Trim around the edges to discard the excess contact paper.Īt this time, customize your monster. Next, adhere another piece of contact paper over the shape to seal in the tissue paper. Begin sticking the tissue paper to the contact paper.Ĭontinue sticking the contact paper until completely filled. Adhere the shape to the contact paper.Ĭut a bunch of tissue paper in a variety of colors. Then, cut a piece of contact paper to fit the shape. Now, cut out the inside of the shape, leaving about a 1” border. You can cut any shape you like, but the simpler the shape the better as you will later need to trim around the edges. Halloween Monster Suncatchers Step by Step Directionsįirst cut a large shape from a sheet of black cardstock. Circle paper punches – 1.5”, 1”, and ⅝”.To make our Monster Suncatcher craft you will need black and white cardstock, tissue paper, clear contact paper, circle paper punches, scissors, and a glue stick. In fact, the quirkier and more lopsided the better. What’s great about monster crafts is that they don’t need to be precise or perfect. This Monster Suncatcher Craft is so cute, we couldn’t resist this last minute Halloween craft! It’s so fun hanging in a window, and catches some brilliant light.
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