What you need:

recycled tin cans
drill
paint
candles

First we washed and cleaned a few of our leftover tin cans.  Then we decided what design we wanted them to have. (BOO is what my two year old says when she sees the Halloween decorations)! I used a permanent marker to write each letter on each can.  Then I drilled holes around the lines of the letters.

After drilling the holes, we painted the cans first with gesso and then with a burnt orange acrylic paint.  I’m sure you could omit the gesso (primer) and just paint a few extra coats of color instead.  We also sponged a black design on the cans so they looked decorative when they weren’t lit.

We dropped some pumpkin scented candles in our creation, turned off the lights, and Boo!

We kept this project easy and fun. We didn’t worry how far apart the holes were drilled and left them looking handmade and spooky!

Happy Halloween!

Some of our other Fall decorating ideas:

Hairy Herb Pumpkins

Fall Button Trees