Project Ideas

Spotted Monster Jars

This Halloween, we're bringing back one of our most popular crafts that you can do with your kids - Monster Jars! Grab your Glue Dots and your favorite candy and get ready to make these cute monster jars for your Halloween party, classroom, or just for fun!

Time: 20 minutes
Level: Beginner

Here's what you'll need:

  • Pop Up Glue Dots®Green Pop Up Glue Dots Monster
  • Craft Glue Dots®
  • Glue Dots® Glue Lines®
  • Eye'm Watching You paper from SEI
  • Scary Story Cards from Echo Park
  • Black marker
  • White marker
  • Glitter or Sparkly Fluff
  • Corked bottles
  • Black paint
  • Corked bottles or jars
  • JutePop Up Glue Dots Orange Monster
  • Ink

Here's what you do:

  1. Cut a monster body out of solid cardstock.
  2. Ink the outside edges of their body.
  3. Cut eyes out of Eye'm Watching You paper by SEI and attach using Craft Glue Dots.
  4. Draw in mouth with black marker and use a white marker to add teeth.
  5. Attach Pop Up Glue Dots on the monster's body and sprinkle with glitter or Sparkly Fluff.
  6. Cut out arms, legs and hair out of black and attach to the monster.
  7. Attach the monsters to the jar using 1" Glue Lines.Purple Pop Up Glue Dots Monster
  8. Paint corks with black paint and fill the jars with candy.
  9. Cut tags out of Scary Story Cards paper from Echo Park and mat on cardstock.
  10. Tie jute around the top of bottle several times and attach tags.

Don't forget to fill your jars with tasty treats for your ghosts!

~The Team at GDI

 

Either format of Craft Glue Dots can be used to complete this project:

craft-glue-dots

Glue Dots products for this project are available at:

A.C. Moore Hobby Lobby