What Can I Do With Empty Gerber Puffs Containers? Easy Ghost Craft.

What Can I Do With Empty Puffs Containers? Easy Ghost Craft.

Gerber Puffs seem to have the youngster snack market in a chokehold. My toddler has loved them for years. My teenage niece still loves them! That's a lot of empty puffs containers.

I love crafts, but lack patience and like to use items I have on hand. This easy craft using empty Gerber puffs containers was simple to do. While I used my ghosts as decor, there are lots of other things you can do with them.

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Supplies

Empty Gerber Puffs containers, clean with label removed
Black Sharpie Permanent Markers
Burlap Wired Ribbon or spooky ribbon

Instructions

Draw the ghost face with the Sharpie
Embellish with ribbon around the narrow part of the empty Gerber puffs container

Versatility

Decoration/shelf sitters
Teacher or classmate gifts (fill with candy, gifts, etc.)
Boo your neighbor

FREE you've been booed printable

Bowling, filling/dumping or stacking activity
Cut a hole or slit in the lid and insert items (feed the ghost) for fine motor skills practice

Not gushing over ghosts?

Mummify with white gauze and googly eyes
Add a pom pom hat and wintry ribbon to make a snowman

If you want a permanent snowman, then draw a carrot nose with an orange sharpie and use a hot glue gun to attach buttons. Consider poking a hole to add brown pipe cleaner arms.

Can you think of any other things to do with empty Gerber puffs containers?

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