Great Ghost
Materials:
Newspaper
Wallpaper paste
Balloon
Paint (optional)
String for hanging
Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions
1. Take strips of newspaper and soak in wallpaper paste. Use to cover top half or so of blown up balloon. Do just a few layers and let dry over night. Then add more layers. Let dry.
2. Remove balloon (burst if necessary) and get BIG sheets of paper (whole sheets from a newspaper work). Soak the whole sheet and drape over the shell you have made, letting it fall in folds. You will have to have the shell you made held off the surface you are working on by putting something like a 2-litre soda bottle under it. Let the sheet dry and maybe add another top.
3. Paint the finished work white or with luminous paints and cut out or paint eyes - - there, a ghost!!
~~~
Paper Mache Ghost
Similar to the Great Ghost above except replace wallpaper paste with Paper Mache Recipe
Materials:
Paper Mache Recipe
Balloon
Paint (optional)
String for hanging
Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions
1. Take strips of newspaper and soak in paper mache. Cover entire balloon and allow to dry over night.
2. You may do as in the Great Ghost idea and cover entire balloon in large sheets of paper or instead hang white streamers from the underside of the balloon.
3. Paint the balloon white and draw on eyes or paint eyes.
Attach string to top for hanging.
~~~
Cheesecloth Ghost
Materials:
Cheesecloth
White sugar
Warm water
Bowl
Black and white felt for eyes (or purchase google eyes)
Scissors, aluminum foil, small jar or bottle
Instructions
1. Make a mixture of about 2 cups warm water with 1 cup white sugar. Stir to dissolve. While sugar is dissolving make a form to make your ghost. You can use a small jar covered with aluminum foil in the shape of a ghost.
2. Once sugar has completely dissolved soak pieces of cheesecloth in mixture. Remove and drape over "ghost form". Keep layering until you have about 3-4 layers of cheesecloth over the entire form.
3. Allow to dry a minimum of overnight. May take longer.
4. Once dry remove form from underneath. Your ghost should be quite firm. Decorate with eyes, nose, a hat or whatever you choose.
These make great Halloween decorations for dinner tables, at your doorway or on your office desk.
~~~
Simple Tissue Ghosts
Very easy for kids of all ages
Materials:
Tissue paper or Kleenex tissues
String or thread
Black marker
Instructions:
Have kids wad up balls of tissue to form a ball. Form a full piece of tissue around the wadded up ball. Tie off with a string or thread. Draw on eyes with the marker. Voila!! Hang from ceiling fans and watch them go!
~~~
Simple Cotton ball Ghosts
Very easy for kids of all ages
Materials:
Cotton balls
Googly eyes or
Black marker
Masking tape
Glue
Brooch pin back (optional)
Instructions:
1. Take one cotton ball and pull and manipulate into a ghost shape.
2. Glue googly eyes onto ghost's face. Put a piece of rolled up masking tape on back to temporarily stick to your shirt. Or, glue a brooch pin back to the back side of the ghost for a permanent Ghost Pin.
3. Magnetic Strips could also be glued to the back to use as Ghost Fridge magnets.
~~~
Plastic Bag Ghosts
Materials:
Balloons
White plastic garbage bags
Black marker
String
Scissors
Masking tape
Instructions:
1. Cover inflated balloons with the white plastic garbage bags.
2. Gather the bags under each balloon and tie off to form a head with the a piece of string.
3. Draw a face on the bag with markers. Tape another piece of string to the top of the head to hang!! Great for outside since they are waterproof!!
Materials:
Newspaper
Wallpaper paste
Balloon
Paint (optional)
String for hanging
Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions
1. Take strips of newspaper and soak in wallpaper paste. Use to cover top half or so of blown up balloon. Do just a few layers and let dry over night. Then add more layers. Let dry.
2. Remove balloon (burst if necessary) and get BIG sheets of paper (whole sheets from a newspaper work). Soak the whole sheet and drape over the shell you have made, letting it fall in folds. You will have to have the shell you made held off the surface you are working on by putting something like a 2-litre soda bottle under it. Let the sheet dry and maybe add another top.
3. Paint the finished work white or with luminous paints and cut out or paint eyes - - there, a ghost!!
~~~
Paper Mache Ghost
Similar to the Great Ghost above except replace wallpaper paste with Paper Mache Recipe
Materials:
Paper Mache Recipe
Balloon
Paint (optional)
String for hanging
Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions
1. Take strips of newspaper and soak in paper mache. Cover entire balloon and allow to dry over night.
2. You may do as in the Great Ghost idea and cover entire balloon in large sheets of paper or instead hang white streamers from the underside of the balloon.
3. Paint the balloon white and draw on eyes or paint eyes.
Attach string to top for hanging.
~~~
Cheesecloth Ghost
Materials:
Cheesecloth
White sugar
Warm water
Bowl
Black and white felt for eyes (or purchase google eyes)
Scissors, aluminum foil, small jar or bottle
Instructions
1. Make a mixture of about 2 cups warm water with 1 cup white sugar. Stir to dissolve. While sugar is dissolving make a form to make your ghost. You can use a small jar covered with aluminum foil in the shape of a ghost.
2. Once sugar has completely dissolved soak pieces of cheesecloth in mixture. Remove and drape over "ghost form". Keep layering until you have about 3-4 layers of cheesecloth over the entire form.
3. Allow to dry a minimum of overnight. May take longer.
4. Once dry remove form from underneath. Your ghost should be quite firm. Decorate with eyes, nose, a hat or whatever you choose.
These make great Halloween decorations for dinner tables, at your doorway or on your office desk.
~~~
Simple Tissue Ghosts
Very easy for kids of all ages
Materials:
Tissue paper or Kleenex tissues
String or thread
Black marker
Instructions:
Have kids wad up balls of tissue to form a ball. Form a full piece of tissue around the wadded up ball. Tie off with a string or thread. Draw on eyes with the marker. Voila!! Hang from ceiling fans and watch them go!
~~~
Simple Cotton ball Ghosts
Very easy for kids of all ages
Materials:
Cotton balls
Googly eyes or
Black marker
Masking tape
Glue
Brooch pin back (optional)
Instructions:
1. Take one cotton ball and pull and manipulate into a ghost shape.
2. Glue googly eyes onto ghost's face. Put a piece of rolled up masking tape on back to temporarily stick to your shirt. Or, glue a brooch pin back to the back side of the ghost for a permanent Ghost Pin.
3. Magnetic Strips could also be glued to the back to use as Ghost Fridge magnets.
~~~
Plastic Bag Ghosts
Materials:
Balloons
White plastic garbage bags
Black marker
String
Scissors
Masking tape
Instructions:
1. Cover inflated balloons with the white plastic garbage bags.
2. Gather the bags under each balloon and tie off to form a head with the a piece of string.
3. Draw a face on the bag with markers. Tape another piece of string to the top of the head to hang!! Great for outside since they are waterproof!!
