A last minute decoration that I had to make were the eerie eyes out of toilet paper rolls. I always have a stash of toilet paper rolls for projects. When a opportunity comes up to use them, I take it. The only time consuming part was cutting out the eyes. I had to bend the roll to get a good first cut into it, then it went smoothly. My sister helped me, so this took about a half hour and I made about 10 different sets of eyes. This total project cost me $1.00. I bought the glow-sticks at The Dollar Tree and 15 came in a pack. I ended putting them throughout the house at night and with all of the lights off, they looked spooky. It was a nice extra craft project to make to set the scene for Halloween!
My supplies: Toilet paper rolls, scissors, sharpie and glow-sticks
I drew different sets of scary eyes on the rolls
I then cut out the eyes with my scissors
I inserted the glow-sticks into the toilet paper rolls
With the flash off, you can kind of see the color of the glow-stick better
I hid some in the bushes outside
Here are the eyes in the dark! This is the best my camera could do
I found the green and blue glow-stick colors worked best because they were the brightest
Another cute idea: Draw Halloween images onto pumpkins!
Eerie Eyes Supplies:
- Toilet paper/Paper Towel Rolls
- Scissors
- Marker
- Glowsticks
- Using the marker, draw different eye patterns on the toilet/paper towel rolls
- Cut out the eye shapes using scissors
- Place the rolls around the house or outside in bushes
- Turn on the glow-sticks and insert them into the toilet paper rolls
- Remember to do this only when it is dark so you get the full effect