Recycled Aluminum Can Halloween Wind Socks

My oldest daughter told me the other day, "wouldn't it be neat if we could make some Halloween things like those things we made at Church?" She was talking about the paper wind socks we made during our lesson about Jesus calming the wind and rain.

So that got me to thinking about how we could put together a fun Saturday afternoon project to make some Halloween decorations.

This Halloween project using stuff we found around the house turned into cute wind socks for our front porch. I gathered some aluminum cans, ribbon, beads, and paint for our project.

I started with some soup cans, the kind with the pull tabs so we wouldn't have to worry about the sharp edges from the can opener. I drilled holes around the top edges of the cans, near the open end, and another hole in the center of the bottom of the can.

Then we painted.

My oldest made Frankenstein.

My youngest a four-eyed monster.

While we waited for the paint to dry, we chose thin ribbons and strung some pony beads on them, just for a little decoration.

The ribbons were threaded through the holes in the can and knotted on the inside to keep them secure.

We threaded another ribbon at the top (or bottom of the can) as a holder.

And now they adorn our front porch. My oldest said, "finally some Halloween decorations for our house!" I guess our 3 carved Jack-o-lanterns wasn't enough for her taste.



Jesus Calms the Storm - Mark 4:35-41
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”