To Make Uncialle's favorite little Demons, you will need: food or dog food cans, medium sized; black matte spray paint; an old-fashioned can-hole punch, the kind used to make triangular holes in the tops of cans and take tops off bottles (sometimes affectionately known as a "church key"); bathroom-sized paper Dixie cups; votive candles. Cans for pork and beans, vegetables, and dog food are the right size to stay lit and show light out the eyes properly. Soup cans are too small, and V8-sized cans too large to use without some experimentation.
These are simple, but verrry eeeerrrie! There are few sights more frightening than flickering eyes gleaming from the shadows. In the dark, the black cans simply disappear, leaving only the gleaming eyes. Place a Demon at the base of some bushes--it's chilling. Cluster them for dens of demons. Elevate some on bricks or cinder blocks for taller demons. Perfect for a graveyard!
Eye Bead Demons are intended to be used outdoors, but if you wish to bring some indoors, fill a baking pan or other container with soil at least an inch deep, to insulate surfaces from the heat, and place the Demons on the bed of soil. Be as careful with the Demons as you would with anything containing living fire. Don't place these demons where little children might touch or trip over them--the cans get very hot. Don't forget to punch the vent hole on the back, as shown in the first diagram. Without ventilation, your Demon's candle won't burn brightly. Keep the cans to use year after year.
May Uncialle's little Eye Bead children watch over your Halloween festivities for many years to come!
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