Halloween is one of the most magical times of year. Children start dreaming of their halloween costumes months in advance and adults start scheming of ways to eat hide the trick-or-treat candy {or maybe that is just our household}! Another fun activity this time of year is decorating the house with pumpkins, fall colors, and of course ghosts!

Just like this year, I’d most likely try something new next year also. Maybe I’ll dress up as a ghost, finished with a jet black cloak, a Bald cap, dark red lipstick, and eyeshadow for a spooky makeup look. Anyway, we’ll see how things go next year. But the thought of it excites me.

This year we thought it would be fun to try our hand at cheese cloth halloween ghosts. I have to admit I am always a little nervous when trying projects of this nature because my version never seems to look anything like what I envision from the start. In fact…I am embarrassed to say how many of my project have ended up in the trash because the end result was a disaster. With great pride, I will admit that I believe these little halloween ghosts turned out just darling!

I will show you how easy it is to create these cute little halloween ghosts with just a few simple materials.

Materials:

Cheese Cloth

Liquid starch

Black felt

Pip Cleaners

My 5 year old lovingly named this one “Mama Ghost”

This one is called, “Baby Ghost!” Original right!!!! 🙂

I ordered a package of cheese cloth and the liquid starch off of Amazon and it arrived directly to my doorstep. I found this to be much easier than trying to hunt this stuff down in a store. Here is A LINK that provides all the information you need to find the starch product. Here is A LINK for the cheesecloth.

To make the smaller ghost I used a canning jar and simple placed one of the kids balls on the top. To create the arms, wrap pip cleaners around the neck of the jar.

Cut your cheese cloth to size based on the form created. Remember you can always trim excess as you go.

Poor liquid starch into a bowl.

Place your cheese cloth in to bowl until it is entirely covered in starch. Wring out excess starch.

Carefully drape the cheese cloth over your form. Be mindful that how you drape the cheese cloth is how the ghost will form.

Now wait for the cheese cloth to dry and harden. I left our ghosts to dry overnight.

For the larger ghost I used a 2 liter soda bottle with a ball on top. I had to get a little creative for the arms on the larger ghost as the material was heavier. The pip cleaners were propped up with straws and soda cans. It doesn’t look like much until it is removed from the mold.

Eyes were created by simply cutting an oval shape out of black felt. Craft glue was used to adhere the eyes in place.

I found the black / white string, black tags, and battery operated LED lights in the dollar bins at Target. The string was simply tied in place where the ‘hands’ might appear.

Not only are the halloween ghosts cute during the day…look how fun they are at night! Happy Halloween!

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