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TYPE: Halloween Crafts
Halloween Candy Corn Treat Clay Pot
Date Submitted: March 26, 2006
These are fun candy dishes to place around your house on Halloween. The fun craft idea uses tiny clay pots 
Materials:
- Clay Pot – any size (Pot used for this project was 2 ½ -inches high)
- Acrylic paint – yellow, orange, white and black
- Craft Bond Gloss Finish Decoupage (or other clear finish)
- Small wood plug (nose)
- Paintbrushes
- Glue
 Directions
Paint rim of pot and inside of pot yellow. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of yellow.
Paint the middle of the pot orange leaving 1/5 of the bottom of the pot unpainted. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of orange.
Paint the bottom 1/5 of the pot white. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of white.
Paint the wood plug white.
Enlarge or shrink the face pattern for the size of your pot. Copy the pattern onto your pot. Paint the eyes and mouth using black and white paint as shown on pattern. Glue the nose in place.
Cover the entire surface of pot with decoupage or other clear finish according to the manufactures directions.
If using for unwrapped candy be sure to use a non-toxic clear finish.
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