Tools and Materials

• Found wooden bins, such as desk drawers (alternately, shoe boxes or small cardboard shipping boxes)
• Masonite (alternately, 1/4-inch foam core, sturdy cardboard, or MDF)
• Jigsaw
• Sandpaper
• Pencil
• Drill
• Disposable baking pans or bowls
• 1 yard neutral-colored spandex
• Scissors
• Heavy-duty tape

Spooky Bin Ingredients

• Cooked, tubular pasta (for witch's Intestines)
• Gelatin cubes (for toad livers)
• Slime (for dragon boogers)
• Pinecones (for rat skeletons)
• Sweet gum pods (for baby porcupines)
• Dried flowers (for monster dandruff)
• Moving creatures, such as battery-operated spiders, rats, and bugs
• Live hand

Halloween Touch Bin How-To

1. Measure length and width of box. Cut masonite to these dimensions with jigsaw to make a fitted lid. Sand edges smooth.
2. Draw a 3-inch circle in the center of the lid. Make a pilot hole in the center of your circle with a drill, then use the jigsaw to cut out the circle. (Tip: Use a bowl or jar top as a template.) Smooth edges with sandpaper.
3. Cut spandex 2 inches larger than lid in width and length. Stretch spandex over lid evenly and secure with tape on underside of lid.
   (Tip: You can distress the look of your spandex by sponge-painting it with a darker color or by coffee-staining it.)
4. Mark a 1-inch circle on the spandex over the center of the hole and snip out with scissors.
5. Place bowl with desired ingredients inside bin. Fit lid on top of box. Secure with screws or tape if needed.

Resources

Masonite available at The Home Depot.