![]() ![]() Mix PVA glue with water at a 50:50 ratio to make your own DIY mod podge. For a seamless finish, use a marker in the same colour you plan on making the monster. Trace around the outline of your eyes onto your container using a sharpie marker. Fold the black construction paper in half, then trace the outline of your shape against the fold. If you are using smaller containers or jars, set the page print size to a smaller percentage so they fit your container.Ĭut out the eyes and mouth you want to use. Print the facial features to plain white paper. Printable monster features template – enter your email address into the form below and it will be sent direct to your inbox.Black construction paper (we’ve used card stock).Recycled clear plastic containers (ours are 1kg yoghurt tubs) or large mason jars.How to make recycled monster lanterns You will need: To make them work, you could set print size to 70 or 50%, or design your own unique monster eyes and mouth. If you have smaller jars, you can use those too but the printable monster features would be too big for them. A large plastic milk bottle with the top cut off would work just as well, or any large upcyled jar. Ours are made from 1kg Jalna yoghurt tubs, but these may not be available where you live. You can make them multi-coloured, design your own facial features (if you don’t want to use our template), and use whatever recycled plastic container you have on hand. We’ve used DIY mod podge to glue tissue paper squares to the containers, but if you’d prefer to use real mod podge that would work great too.įeel free to get as creative as you like when you make your monster lanterns. These monster lanterns are another DIY luminary made using the same technique but they have a totally different look. Not long ago, we made some geometric tissue paper lanterns. You might also like these 3D monster portraits They look awesome after dark lit up with LED tealight candles! We’ve even included a free printable monster features template. This can help in identifying triggers and expressing anger in safer ways, simply by writing or drawing about it.Make colourful monster lanterns to decorate for Halloween! These DIY luminaries are super-easy to make using upcycled plastic containers (or you could use large mason jars too). ![]() □Ī variation of this for children who struggle expressing anger safely is for them to write down things that make them angry that they would like to let go of. After they have noticed and written down the worry or thought, they can choose to let it go by feeding it to the monster! I also help children see they can pretend to take thoughts out of their head and throw them into the box for when they don’t have paper. It’s also helpful to let the child know they can simply notice their thought without judging or labeling it (more mindfulness based than CBT). that they would like to not think of in that moment.ģ) Have the child write or draw the worries on pieces of paper and notice the worry or thought. You could also make an animal, shark or whatever else may be more engaging for the child instead of a monster.Ģ) Talk about worries or “thinking” with the child and have them identify some worries, thoughts, frustrations, etc. Create the monster using paper, eyes, feathers, pipe cleaners etc. This is basically a variation of a worry box to help children tangibly notice thoughts and worries and choose to let them go.ġ) I use empty tissue boxes to make the monster but any box would work as long as you can cut out a mouth.
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