Easy Mummy Craft

C loves to come home from school and make something fun.  He was very excited to make a mummy. 

I used an empty cereal box, brown craft paper (you could use paper grocery bags), and crepe streamers (I used the whole roll) to create this mummy.

First, I used the brown craft paper to wrap the empty cereal box just like I would wrap a present.  This step is necessary or you will see the print on the cereal box through the crepe streamers.  I liked the brown because I thought it created the right background for the mummy, but you can use brown paper or paper bags instead of craft paper.

Then, C and I worked together to wrap the box with crepe streamers.  Every once in a while, he would place a piece of clear tape somewhere on the back to keep the streamers in place. 

Once he was satisfied with the wrapping, he used a black marker to draw eyes and a mouth.  This was easy and fun - perfect for a quick after school craft.

C, R and I enjoyed reading Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi.  This book features a little mummy who wants to play one more game of "hide and shriek" before going to bed.  Baby Mummy starts off his game in the cemetery and ventures off into other scary places. Baby Mummy meets a variety of scary creatures without showing any fear.  It's only when the creature that is not scary at all (I don't know why I said not scary at all, it's a mouse, and I would scream like a baby if I saw a mouse cross my path) crosses his path that Baby Mummy calls out in fear for his mummy.  The rhymes in the book are fun and the book is delightfully spooky without being scary.  

I am linking this to stArt at A Mommy's Adventures.