Jar-O'-Lantern

Kaylee loves to do "projects" so while Daddy was out of town this weekend we decided to do one. I got this idea for Jar-O'-Lanterns from the Family Fun magazine....I love all the great ideas it has each month....I have been ripping out pages and filing them away for rainy days or for next summer!

For this project you will need clean, dry glass jars, orange acrylic paint, paintbrushes, masking tape, newspaper and bowl or plates for your paint.

We also needed content little sisters, so we went to the zoo in the morning to make sure they were tired.

The first thing we did was cut out the shapes for eyes, nose and mouth out of the tape. The girls told me what shape to make and I did the cutting!!!

Whitney didn't stay happy in her swing for too long so we needed to take a short break to get her happy/sleeping.....notice she is now in the bouncy seat!!!!

Next, the girls started painting the jars with the orange paint. You paint over the tape too.

After the girls did two coats of paint...letting the first one dry before doing a second......I did a third coat on each and we let them dry overnight.

The next morning we took the tape off to see our funny faces!!!!

Since we don't really need a whole pumpkin patch at our house we are going to stuff the jars with goodies and give them as Halloween teacher gifts. Kaylee decided which one we should keep and we tested it out in the dark bathroom with a candle this morning....they loved it!!!

Life is Good when you have projects to keep you busy while Daddy is out of town!!!