Dress Up Bottles: Plants vs. Zombies

If you ever think Plants-vs-Zombies characters are cute (except the zombies anyway) and you're planning a themed party based off it, well here's a tip on creating decorations that are not that complicated and overly time-consuming: simply dress up some empty bottles to play the part.

Things you'll need:

• crepe papers of the right colors
• cartolinas or construction papers of the right colors
• clear tape/double-sided tape
• pair of scissors
• craft knife
• plastic jar lids of the approximately right sizes 
• wooden sticks or used toothbrushes (you may pull out bristles first: dip in hot water then remove manually with a pair of pliers.)
• old newspapers
• clean empty bottles
• plastic bottle (choose one that is shaped somewhat like peashooter)
• black marker 

SUNFLOWER

To make Sunflower

1. Attach stick or old toothbrush on top of a bigger-than-mason-jar lid. An 800 ml ice cream tub lid is about the right size.
2. Fill the hollow part of the lid with newspaper or used brown bag.
3. Cover the 'face' part with two to three layers of orange crepe paper.
4. Cover the bottle stand with green crepe paper.
5. Put petals and face parts using cartolinas or construction papers.
6. Put paper leaves at the bottom part of the bottle. If the paper you're using for this is not sturdy enough, attach a folded strip of  paper at the other side of each leaf, make it bend a little.

MARIGOLD

To make Marigold

1. Attach stick or old toothbrush on top of this time~ a mason jar lid. 
2. Fill the hollow part of the lid with newspaper or used brown bag.
3. Cover 'face' part with two to three layers of yellow crepe paper.
4. Cover the bottle stand with green crepe paper.
5. Put petals and face parts using cartolinas or construction papers.
6. Put paper leaves at the bottom part of the bottle. 

PEASHOOTER

To make Peashooter

1. Cut the appointed plastic bottle that will assume the head of peashooter at the right size. 
2. Cut a hole that will fit the mouth of the glass bottle that will serve as its stand.
3. Customize the shape by adding layers of newspaper pieces where they'd be needed.
4. Cover with green crepe paper.
5. Put face parts using cartolina or construction paper.
6. Cover the bottle stand with green crepe paper
7. Put paper leaves at the bottom part of the glass bottle.