The Halloween hand is just an adorable craft/snack project. The ingredients are simple and very cheap/frugal. Candy corn, popcorn, plastic gloves and bag ties! Watch this fun vlog to see exactly how to make your own.
A few notes:
You want clear plastic gloves for this project. Opaque or powdered surgical gloves would be a bad idea! The ones I used were so cheap and thin they were almost like cellophane-and in this particular project that works out perfectly!
You don’t have to use bagties. A piece of string or a rubberband would work just as well. I know you can get (again at the dollar store) a huge package of those little tiny rubberbands that get used for cornrow braids etc. Those would be the perfect size (and price point!) for this project.
For all that is holy, don’t use bagged microwave popcorn for this project. That would quickly turn it from a frugal Halloween treat to a very expensive one. Air pop some popcorn, or even buy one of those huge bags of popcorn they sell cheap in the potato chip aisle.
Enjoy!
What a great project! Did you know you can make your own microwave popcorn? I saw this in last month’s All You. You take a lunch size paper bag(I use “giant size” lunch bags), add 3 tablespoons(3 small handfuls) of popcorn to the bag, fold the top over 2X and microwave for a little over 2 minutes (exact time depends on your microwave). Tada! It’s just like air popped, but without the noisy air popper and it takes less time, too!
Is that the same recycled Candy Corn that Lewis Black rails against? 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KpkvmBOnuw
Great vlog post Jen! I have used this as a project with kids at the public library and it’s very popular and easy. And I like using the popcorn with just the few candy corns for “fingernails”. I feel like the kids get a little bit of treat but mostly whole grain healthy snack with popcorn.
Found this on Youtube and thought this was a cute idea.. I posted your video on my blog… thanks 🙂
We used this same giveaway in my daughter’s kindergarten class last year. The kids loved it. Thanks for the reminder. I’ll have to do it again.
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Glad you all enjoyed the vlog and the idea (and no-it is not recycled candy corn!!!) I’ve already had several folks tell me that they’ve used the idea for treats at school parties and such since watching this!