Have fun transforming a tissue box into a silly face! This is a great craft project for kids of any age to make.  One of our talented designers, Debbie Saenz made this funny craft project. A perfect craft to make for Halloween. Use your favorite Apple Barrel paint colors to create your own silly face tissue box. This is a beginner craft that will only take between 30 minutes to an hour to make.

Plaid Supplies Needed:

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20246 Plum Kiss, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20740 Parakeet, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20504 Black, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20764 Apricot, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20503 White, Mod Podge - CS11302 Matte

Additional Supplies Needed:

Tissue Box, Corrugated Cardboard, 15 Foam Packaging “pop-corn”, 2 Green Chenille, 1 silver Chenille, 2 Plastic Water Bottle Tops, Scissors, Paint Brush, Hold Puncher, Craft Knife, Top of Spray can (or other 2.5 inch circle template), 3 popsicle sticks

Instructions:

1. Remove plastic from inside opening of empty Tissue Box.

2. Paint box with Plum Kiss. Allow to dry.

3. Paint a “wavy” mouth around opening with Parakeet. Allow to dry.

4. Use Spray can top to draw 2.5” circle eyes onto cardboard, draw ears; cut out.

5. Paint eyes with Black and ears with Apricot. Allow to dry.

6. Paint water bottle tops with White, Allow to dry.

7. Paint one packaging “popcorn” with Apricot for nose. Allow to dry.

8. Cut Green Chenille stems into 2 inch pieces. Insert into the “holes” of the corrugated cardboard on top of each eye as eyelashes.

9. Punch a hole into each earlobe with hole punch. Cut silver chenille stem into two 3 inch pieces for earrings.

10. Insert a popsicle stick between the corrugated cardboard up through the bottom of each eye.

11. Cut remaining popsicle stick in half and, in the same way, insert a half into the straight side of each ear. 

12. Use Mod Podge to glue “teeth” and nose in place; and water bottle tops on cardboard eyes.

13. With supervision, use craft knife to cut slits into tissue box for eyes and ears, insert popsicle sticks and use a dap of Mod Podge around each popsicle stick.