A textured tabletop mummy dispenser wrapped in distressed gauze fabric with peering plastic googly eyes.

  • Cut an unbleached cotton cheesecloth or sterile gauze roll into thin 1/2-inch strips; soak briefly in black coffee to distress.

  • Glue two small plastic googly eyes or red rhinestone beads to the upper third of a white pill bottle.

  • Wrap the coffee-stained gauze strips criss-cross around the bottle body, leaving only the eyes peering through a narrow slit.

  • Secure the gauze ends with fabric glue or Mod Podge.

  • Fill the interior with wooden matchsticks (for lighting jack-o’-lanterns) or Halloween candy corn and party toothpicks.

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