I have always loved old vintage and folk-style candy buckets, and while these are by no means replicas of those antiques, I wanted to try my hand at making my own papier-mache treat buckets with my own spin on them. Turns out it was a fairly easy process with a little patience and a whole lot of messy hands.
- Plastic pumpkin candy buckets
- Celluclay
- Elmers Glue
- Masking Tape
- Acrylic Paint
- Ribbon
- Drill with bit
I used these plastic buckets as my form to keep the pumpkin shape which you can pick up for a dollar at many craft or dollar stores. Before covering them with the paper mache, I did a layer of masking tape in order for the pulp to adhere better to the form (the plastic pumpkins).
Follow the directions to mix the celluclay, and then add a couple of tablespoons of elemers glue. I've found this help everything to stick and stay in place while working. The first layer of papier-mache was just a thin layer to cover everything...
Then I went back and did a second layer to add all the dimensional and definition aspects to it based off of a couple sketches I made:
Next, I painted them!
The final step then was to drill holes on the side and thread in the ribbon to make them into candy buckets.
Viola! All done!
