How to Make Ghosts for Halloween

Make some Halloween ghosts to hang in your trees. Using kitchen trash bags, it's easy and very inexpensive.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• kitchen trash bag
• 2 applesauce cups
• grocery bag
• 1 paper clip
• 1 wire-tie
• hot glue
• black marker

1. 

   Start with white kitchen trash bags. The best kind don't have drawstrings; if they do, cut them off.

2. 

   Poke two holes in one applesauce cup and run the glue the two cups together, top-to-top, to make a "head." Wrap the grocery bag anround the cups to make a ball. Turn the colored designs inside so they don't show, or cut the designs off.

3. 

   Put the ball into the center bottom of the trash bag, poking the paper clip through to make a hanger. Tie it tightly around the "neck." Be sure to catch some grocery bag in it so the neck won't be too skinny.

4. 

   Draw faces on both sides if you wish, so there won't be a "back" to your ghost. (Drawing a face on wrinkled plastic is probably the most difficult part of this craft!)

5. 

   Bend the paper clip over and hang your ghost in a tree. Make several more to hang around your property on Halloween night.

Tips & Warnings

• If you're a cheapskate like me, don't throw the bag away after Halloween. Use it to hold bottles for recycling - or save it to use year after year.

[jenng]

on 10/26/2009 great article on
How to Make Ghosts for Halloween 5*

[apalmer]

on 10/25/2009 Great article. I made ghost our of old white sheets which works good too. I think using trash bags is a great idea because they can take the damp and wetness of the season.

[w1127]

on 10/23/2009 Great idea, save money and have fun at the same time, 5*