October 1, 2024

A Fun Little Craft to Put You in the Halloween Spirit!

Supplies: What you will need to make this project.

1. An empty half gallon milk carton. Wash it out and keep the cap on the carton.
2. White and purple foam
3. Black paint and a paint brush
4. An Exacto knife
5. Glue
6. Black card stock
7. Parchment paper
8. White fine tip marker

Instructions: Let’s get started

1. Draw windows on two sides and a front door. Save your window cutouts.
2. Use an Exacto knife to carefully cut out the windows and three sides of the front door.
3. Bend the front door open.
4. Use a paper towel to dry the inside of the carton, as it may still be wet from washing it out.
5. Paint the carton with acrylic black paint. Paint the carton cap too. It will take two or three coats to cover over the carton.

Next: Making the windows

• Use the window cut outs as a template to make the window panes. Cut a square out of the black card stock a bit larger than your template for each window.
• Then, cut the window pane shape from the square.
• Cut a piece of parchment paper for each window a little bigger than the window template so it can be glued in place from the inside of the carton.
• Cut 2 rectangles for each window for shutters.

Putting it all together:

• Glue the window panes in place from the inside.
• Glue the parchment paper on the inside over the windows next. I used a clean paint brush to help me push the paper in place.

Making embellishments:

Cut out your fence pieces from the white foam, then cut them to fit each side of the carton.

Use the white marker to finish the shutters.

Cut out a ghost from the white foam. I used 2 different sized hole punches to make the eyes and mouth.

Cut a bat from the purple foam.

Adding the details:

Finishing touches:

Glue the ghost and bat on to the haunted house. Add a battery operated tea light and enjoy your Halloween haunted house!

Happy haunting! Kelly