Monster Jug Heads

Monster Jug HeadsSupplies You Will Need:

  • Gallon plastic milk jugs
  • 8 oz. bottles of acrylic paint (black, green, white, orange)
  • Paint brushes
  • Permanent marker (can be black for all faces except the black cat)
  • plastic cups for neck (holder of counter top jugs
  • String of white lights for hanging jugs
  • Hand drawn designs printed (Frankenstein, Cat, Skull, Pumpkin)
  • Cups or bowls for paint
  • Duct tape

Instructions:

  1. Print sketch of monster jug heads off the website to use as a guide.
  2. If you want to make a hanging jughead the jug’s lid should still be the top of the face. If you want to make a counter top jug head, then the lid will be the bottom of the face. To make a monster jug head, turn over the jug and rest it in a plastic cup. Tape the jug to the container with duct tape.
  3. Paint the outside of the jug entirely with the base color (Frankenstein-green, Cat-black, Skull-white, Pumpkin-orange).
  4. Let dry for 2 hours.
  5. When dry, use the permanent marker and the Friday Zone completed pictures to see how to draw the faces (eyes, mouths, scars, noses, etc.)
  6. Paint over the drawn designs with the acrylic paint.
    - Cat: white eyes, nose, whiskers, ears, mouth; green pupils
    - Pumpkin: black eyes, nose, mouth
    - Frankenstein: black hair, scars, nose, mouth, pupils; white eyes
    - Skull: black eyes, nose, mouth
  7. Let dry for 2 hours.
  8. If you made a monster jug head, set inside a paper cut filled with rocks.you’re finished.
  9. With the hanging lights, use #7 lights or smaller. Use black tape to tape lights inside the mouth of the jug.