tin jack-o-lantern craft
i love the way pumpkins glow during halloween, but i somehow feel conflicted using pumpkins–it can be sorta wasteful.
i don’t mean to poo-poo pumpkins, just that after i found this cool craft using recycled cans as ghoulish faces, i figured we could save pumpkins for pie (that will get eaten!) instead.
yes, it’s from krylon, so you may have to find another low VOC paint to use…but the craft itself is solid.





[...] Tin Jack-o-Lantern Craft and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies, both by Garden Party We opted out of the pumpkins this year to reuse two Halloween candles we use ever year, but I like the tin-can lanterns and the cookies just sounded so good. Will have to try a batch. [...]