Silly Faced Container

Supplies:
· Empty Oatmeal Container
· Empty Egg Carton
· Empty Applesauce Container
· Paper (Scrap or Newspaper)
· Tissue Paper
· Google Eyes
· Beads and Wire (optional)
· Feathers, Jewels, Lids from Water Bottles, etc.
· Tape
· Glue
· Scissors
Directions:
1. Glue or Tape paper onto your empty oatmeal container. (or you could also paint the container)
2. Glue part of the egg carton onto the container for eyes. Then glue the google eyes on top of the egg carton.
3. Glue tissue paper onto the container for the hair.
4. Glue an applesauce container on top of the lid for a hat.
5. I strung beads on wire for the mouth. This is optional, use tissue paper or other recycling materials for the mouth.
6. Decorate with feathers, jewels, lids from water bottles, or anything else you can find.
7. Make them as silly as you can! Have fun!

Easter Bunny Container

Supplies:
· Google Eyes ¾”
· Gray Construction Paper
· Empty Oatmeal Container
· Pink Construction Paper
· Cotton Balls
· Glue
· Craft Foam (White and Green)
· Black and White Crayons
· Tape
· Empty Cracker Box
· 2 Round-Head Brass Fasteners
Tools:
· Scissors
· Knife (adult only)
· Hole Punch
· Stapler
Directions:
1. Cut two rabbit ears out of the pink construction paper, about 6” long and 2” wide. With the white crayon color the middle of the ears. Staple the ears onto the top of the container about 2 ½” apart.
2. Cut gray construction paper to cover the oatmeal container. Tape the gray paper onto the container.
3. To make the handle: Adults only, with a knife make a slit about 1” below the top of the oatmeal container on each side. Cut a 12” by 1” green piece of craft foam. Punch a hole on each end of the craft foam with your hole punch. Insert your round-head brass fastener into the slit you made with a knife on the outside of the container. Then insert it into the hole you punched into the craft foam. Open the ends of the round-head brass fastener to keep the handle in place. Repeat on the other side.
4. Feet: Cut a 5” heart out of the empty cracker box. Cover and glue with gray construction paper. Trim the excess paper. Glue and tape the feet to the bottom of the container.
5. Face: Glue two goggle eyes below the ears. Cut a 1” triangle out of the pink construction paper and glue under the eyes for the nose. Cut out six 3-3 ½” x 1/8” pieces of white foam craft for the whiskers. Glue three on each side beside the nose. Glue cotton balls on both sides of the nose. With a black crayon draw a mouth.
6. Tail: Glue a cotton ball onto the back of the container for a tail.
7. You did it!! Great job!!!
Tips** It works best to lay the container down when gluing on items for the face.
I made it for my daughter’s first grade class and had everything cut out, so all they had to do was to tape and glue.

Valentine's Day Container

Supplies


Empty Oatmeal Container (42 ounces)
4 Pieces Pink Paper (50 lb weight)
Pink Tissue Paper
Markers
Valentines Day/Heart Stamp and Ink
Scissors
Glue
Stapler
Tape



Directions


1. On two pieces of pink paper, stamp hearts/Valentine’s Day stamps or decorate with markers.
2. Tape onto the oatmeal container to cover it. Trim off the extra paper.
3. Bend the lid and cut out half of the middle of the lid for an opening to insert Valentine’s Day cards. (adults only)
4. Trace or print the heart cut-out onto pink paper and cut out with scissors.
5. Glue the heart onto pink piece of tissue paper one inch larger than the heart. Cut out around the heart, so that you can see the pink tissue paper on the back of the heart. Write “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the heart. (Set aside)
6. Trace or print on pink paper the two pieces for the mouth and head. Cut out the shapes.
7. Staple the mouth onto the lid on each side and the back. (The opening in the lid should be in the front.)
8. Staple the face onto the sides and back of the lid.
9. Cut out two 6” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold in an accordion manner every inch. Glue one on each eye.
10. Cut two 2” tissue paper hearts and glue to the paper accordion on the eyes.
11. Cut two 8” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold one side under 1” and glue to the side of the container for arms. Do the same to the other side and glue to the center of the container where the two meet.
12. Glue the heart that you set aside in Step #5 in the middle of the container where the arms meet.
13. Cut out a 3” x 8” piece of tissue paper and round one end off to make a tongue. Roll the tongue around a pencil so it will curl up. Tape the tongue to the inside of the opening of the lid.
14. Great Job!! Your Valentine’s Day container is ready to eat up lots of Valentine’s Day cards.