Here is a project I did with many a classrooms and also with my children when they were younger. What you need is a baby jar, cover, green felt or sticky paper glue gun and sticks, black sticky felt, candy corns to act as a color for the pumpkin yellow contact strip or yellow felt. Saran wrap or clear cellophane if you want to wrap them up and give as a gift, a strip of green ribbon and scissor's. Wash jars good dry well. Trace a circle out of the cover and add more dimension so it will cover the sides of the cover you want to cover. Now in the middle of the green circle make a small circle. In the middle of the small circle find it's own middle and make a couple of slits so there will be an opening for the folded yellow stem to fit in. Overlap a small square of a stem and glue the ends so it makes a strip for the stem. Then attach it in the middle of the green opening on cover. turn the black felt over so you can see the paper backing. With a pen draw the eyes, nose and mouth of your choice and cut out. Peel the backing off and stick the face that you made on the jar. As you can see They all don't have to be the same. They can if chosen though. Put candy corns in a bowl and have the children with a small scoop or tablespoon or spoon have them spoon the candy corns in until it is filled. Close the cover to the top and you have a treat and a decoration for Halloween all in one. I had them wrapped and on the back put a sticky label and had my daughter sign her name on the label to give to her preschool for their Halloween party. Another tip, if you do not want to use glass jars for this project you could save smaller peanut butter jars or pill containers or whatever works for you. (I hope if you try this you will send me a pic. I would love to see how they came out. ) At any rate I hope you will give it a go. :). Remember to press on the pic.. to enlarge picture if you need a closer look.
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