There are only three words children want to hear at Halloween: Eat More Candy! Thanks to fabulous crafting supplies those are exactly the words I painted on our Giant Candy Bucket for Halloween!
This oversized candy bowl is going to make our neighborhood kids scream with delight when they see it filled with goodies on Halloween night!
I have to admit that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. But what I really love is digging through Target’s after Halloween sales even more. That’s where I stumbled upon these giant plastic jack-o-lanterns last year. How could I leave them on the shelf when the sales tag said 90% off?
My first thought was: how fun would they be turned into giant candy buckets?! So they jumped into my little red buggy and have been living in the attic for the past year. This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. {Click here} to see my complete disclosure policy.
Giant Candy Bucket for Halloween: Supplies
- one giant plastic pumpkin
- FolkArt Multi-Surface Paints
- Mod Podge Mod Melts
- Mod Podge Mod Molds
- high temp hot mini glue gun
- hot glue sticks
- small paint brushes
- wired edged ribbon
Giant Candy Bucket for Halloween
Let’s get started! The first thing I did was remove the black handle. This giant pumpkin was going to be filled with sweet treats for the neighborhood kids making it way too heavy to be toted around.
Next I turned it around to the back (blank) side to take a look. The bright, plasticy orange pumpkin wasn’t working for me. Thankfully watered down brown acrylic paint toned down the orange. A little bit more paint in the pumpkin’s creases really helped to define those lines.
I must be the only crafty girl in the world without a cool Silhouette or Cricut machine. Are you listening, Honey?
So instead of placing pretty die cut letters on my giant candy bucket pumpkin, I used FolkArt’s vibrant purple paint to hand paint the words “Eat More Candy”.
The paint is wonderfully creamy and had great coverage as I painted the words. FolkArt Multi-Surface paint can be used on multiple surfaces (wood, plastic, glass) which makes it my go-to craft store paint.
After I added highlights to the letters with the FolkArt’s Multi-Surface silver paint, I headed inside to watch over Big Boy as he used the Mod Melts and Mod Molds to create candy pieces for the outside of our candy bucket pumpkin.
They call it “hot” glue for a very good reason so I stood close by as he worked filling in the candy molds with the glue. After 10 minutes they were completely hardened and easily popped out of the silicon molds.
Welcome to the candy painting factory!
All three of the children loved helping by painting each of the candy pieces for our pumpkin bucket. Of course, Tootsie insisted that all her candies would be red {because I hid the pink 😉 }.
Once the candy pieces were finished I used hot glue to attach them to the outside of the pumpkin. A polka dot ribbon glued around the top and wrapped over the edge dressed up the top of the bucket. A big bow finishes it off!
I love how the embellishments the children made fit perfectly with the theme of the Giant Candy Bucket for Halloween. They are so proud and can’t wait to show off to their neighborhood friends!
Well, if there’s any candy left by the time Halloween gets here!
Want more inspiration from Mod Podge?
More Halloween Decorating Ideas:
Outdoor Halloween Yard Decorations from Happiness is Homemade
Halloween Front Porch Decoration from Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
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This is adorable! I love it! I am living the hot glue candy! I will be searching for candy molds now to do this! What a great idea!
Great job! Love those Mod Melts! They are just the cutest. I wish I could stick them on everything – Hubs might not like that though. 🙂
This is just the CUTEST thing!!!!! I love that the kiddos helped out as well! Such a great idea and a cool project you’ll use for years!
Thanks so much, Michelle! So excited you’ve found my blog!
~ Ashley
This is adorable! And it’s great that it’s the kind of craft that the kids can get involved! Great job! 🙂
This is so cute!
I like the ribbon especially. Not traditional Halloween ribbon so it’s a fresh look.
That is absolutely adorable! Great DIY craft tutorial.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment love!
~ Ashley
What a great idea for a candy bucket. Love it, Ashley!
This is so cool!I only found out what Mod Podge was about a year ago and have yet to use it…this could be the perfect opportunity 😀
Such a cute idea! Mod Podge is the best.
This is such a cute idea! The buckets were already super cute, but I love how you transformed them into something even more amazing. Mod Podge is my favorite craft product!
Love this. What a fun way to create together too. I hope you will share this at the Thursday hop this week xoxo
Thanks so much, sweet friend!
~ Ashley
The candy molds are such a great idea. Awesome way to get the kids involved in crafts.
The children love helping me with anything crafty. {it drives me crazy most days!} 😉
~ Ashley
I love how you completely jazzed up that pumpkin! This is so awesome (and cute).
Thanks for sharing.
Have a great day!
xoxo
I’m all about jazzing something up! 😉
So happy you love my giant candy pumpkin!
~ Ashley
I love those molds! I have the candy one, too, and I would have never thought to do something so adorable! Great job!
Thanks so much, Stephanie!
~ Ashley
These look super cute!! I couldn’t leave one out, as kids would steal the candy, but displaying one in the house is a fantastic idea!
I have officially hidden all the candy that I bought last week! Crossing my fingers the littles don’t find my hidey spot!
~ Ashley
Such a cute idea, i love the paint colors. I’m having so much fun with the mod melts!!
Mod Melts and Molds are the most fun! Thanks for the comment love!
~ Ashley
I would love to jump mouth first into that huge pumpkin full of candy! You are so talented, Ashley! Who would have thought to turn that big plastic orange pumpkin into the cutest candy bucket I’ve ever seen? It doesn’t even look plastic any more! Pinning, for sure!
YAY! I’m so excited that you love my giant pumpkin!
~ Ashley
This is adorable! I love the idea of making the candy container special. Cute way to make halloween even more special!
My kiddos love this giant candy bucket! Thanks for the bloggy love!
~ Ashley
LOVING this project, Ashley! I would’ve never thought to do something like this to transform those pumpkins into a candy bucket, and I know your kiddos (and the neighborhood kids) are enjoying this now and will enjoy it on Halloween! How could they not?!
Oh, my neighborhood children are going to LOVE this Giant Candy Pumpkin!
~ Ashley
This is so adorable! I love that the kids got involved too! Super super cute idea, I cant wait to pin this!
My kiddos are always all up into my craftiness! Might as well give them some jobs to do. 😉
~ Ashley
How cool is this?? What a great idea. I see those buckets at Target every year and think, I should really buy one!
I know! I just had to buy two giant pumpkins last year.
You better get one quick! 🙂
~ Ashley
What a fun craft, and I love that your kiddos helped. Those candies made from the mod podge melts are too cute! Thanks for sharing at On Display Thursday, I’ll be pinning this to our party board!
My children always love to help with their mama’s craftiness! Thanks for hosting your fun party.
~ Ashley
Adorable!!
Thanks so much, Jenny! My kiddos loved helping me create this Giant Candy Bucket!
~ Ashley