#Repurposed Milk Jug Ghost Halloween Crafts

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Milk Jug Ghosts are so quick and easy to create and they were a huge hit in our house!! Sorry the picture didn’t turn out the best. I wanted to get a night time picture to show the true “ghost” look.

We drink a lot of milk and iced tea in this house. Which means we have to make plenty of trips to the recycling bins each month. I am always trying to find ways to repurpose those empty jugs. If it’s not a craft like the Milk Jug Ghost, it’s a scoop, plant cover or water storage in case the power goes out. You can always find an alternate use if you try hard enough.

When I found this Arts To Crafts tutorial I knew the milk jug ghost would be right at home on our front steps. We don’t get a lot of action on Halloween night, but it’s nice to have a few decorations just in case someone decides to knock on our door and say, “Trick or Treat.”

I lit up the ghosts with these battery operated tea lights (affiliate link) you can find on the Amazon site.

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Supply List for Milk Jug Ghosts:

  • Empty clean milk jugs
  • Battery operated tea light(affiliate link)
  • Scissors
  • Black Paint Marker or Black Paint & Brush

Steps to Create Milk Jug Ghosts:

  • Be sure to properly clean milk jug and allow to dry
  • Use your paint to create the face of the ghost.  You can create any design on the milk jug and allow the kids  to create their own as well
  • On the backside of your milk jug right below where the handle is use your scissors to cut a hole to allow you to put in the battery-operated tea light
  • Turn on the tea light to create the light up ghost!


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15 Comments

  1. I love this. I am going to do this for halloween because I hate carving pumpkins.

  2. These decorations are haunting. Some of the best decorations I have seen are handmade-homemade.These milk jug Ghosts not only let one be expressive but they are inexpensive and can bring the family together in quality time making them.

  3. Some of the best decorations I have seen are handmade-homemade.These milk jug Ghosts not only let one be expressive but they are inexpensive and can bring the family together in quality time making them.

  4. These are really easy to make and milk jugs are easy to get – or TH tea jugs. I like that I can draw the face that I want on each one. I dont have to use real pumpkins and risk them getting bad before Halloween is over. thanks for the info

  5. I am planning on doing this project this year with my son. We go through at least 4 or 5 gallon jugs of milk and water a month so this is a great way to recycle those.

  6. ahh that is cute and looks like a fun craft for my little nieces and my son! I think I will try this this year. I bought a pumpkin and put it outside to await carving but something is already eating on it!!!

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