How to Make Tissue Ghosts

Halloween is a time where ghost, goblins, and spooks abound. Children and adults alike enjoy the anticipation of trick or treating and the scariness of Halloween decor. Many people use elaborate store bought Halloween decorations to celebrate the holiday. You can enlist the help of young and old and avoid paying a lot of money at the check out line by using items you have at home to decorate. Create some simple tissue ghosts to ramp up the ghoulish atmosphere in your home.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Threads
• Cotton Swabs
• White Facial Tissues
• Pens

1. Put a large cotton ball in the center of a white tissue paper or bathroom tissue.

2. Gather the tissue around and under the cotton ball so the covered ball looks like a head.

3. Tie white thread at the neck to keep the cotton ball from falling out.

4. Use thread to suspend the ghost from the ceiling, a lampshade or a tree.

5. Make several ghosts and hang them from the ceiling as party decorations, or hide them in various places and have a ghost hunt.

Tips & Warnings

• You may draw faces on the ghosts with a pen. Note that felt pens may cause the tissue to absorb too much ink.

• Tissues may tear unless you are very gentle.

• Keep tissue ghosts away from hot lamps or flame.