Milk Jug Jack-o-Lanterns

Have any extra milk jugs laying around? In the Halloween spirit? Well lets get cracking!


Materials:

Milk style jug (no matter the size)
Hobby knife
Orange Paint (preferably pumpkin orange)
Sharpie or gel pen
Wire or String
Tea Lights
Lighter

Step 1: Cleaning

First, grab your jugs and clean them good.

Be sure to take the labels off.

Then set to dry.

Be sure to keep the cap, or else your Jack-o-lantern will not have a top.

Comments

[justjimAZ]

Good idea!
I wonder if spraying just the back with a coat of black or silver would improve the contrast and make the eyes stand out more?

[PotatoCoffee]

Nice!

[nail face]

 woah this is pretty cool! ima have to try this

[Chicken2209]

hard to see the eyes is it possible to add in a second suspended light to illuminate the eyes?

[DIYJosh]

Hmmm, suspending? Probably not. But you can try placing something under the tea lights to raise it up. Or try votive candle. You might also want to try two tealights as well.

[Chicken2209]

yeah but i can 't put something under the suspended one if it will block the grounded one

[Ward_Nox]

my mom made skeletons out of milk jugs this reminds me of that

[Kiteman]

What kind of paint did you use?

[DIYJosh]

For the black undercoat I used a very cheap Walmart brand. For the actual painting of orange I used Krylon "Pumkin" Orange.

[whatsisface]

How handy :-)

[Kiteman]

OK, thanks.