Halloween Ghosts Made from Cheesecloth

To me Halloween means fall, and I love fall!  I don’t love Halloween, but I like a lot that comes with it.  I love pumpkins, caramel apples, popcorn, dressing in fun costumes, eating candy, going to the farm to pick pumpkins and go through the corn maze, and basically just fall!  I guess what I don’t like is greedy kids, scary or creepy costumes, gross candy that looks like brains in a bottle and the evilness that might go with it. I love to participate in lots of fall events!!  I even like a few decorations, not to much though!  Growing up my mom would make fun crafts with us on Fridays for Fun Friday for home school.  I thought I would do that same thing with my kids!!  This year we decided we would make ghosts!! 

The kids had a lot of fun making them and so did I!  I think they turned out great!!!

 

 

Halloween Cheese Cloth Ghosts

• Starch
• Package of Cheese cloth {found in the fabric sections of any store}
• A quart jar or glass cup
• A balloon
• Scissors
• Pipe Cleaner or Sticks

• Pour starch in a bowl {or the bucket you take from the hospital after you have a baby 🙂  }
• Cut cloth into about 16 inch strips {or however long you want}
• Blow up balloons and put them on top of the jar to make the head.  Then make arms out of the pipe cleaner
• Take a piece of Cheese Cloth and dip it in starch.

• Ring it out really good and drape it over the balloon
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• Repeat 3 times
• Make sure you have a good strong base because that is how it will stand up.
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• And even if it’s messy, LET THE KIDS HELP!!
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• Let dry for 24 hours
• The next day Pop the balloons.
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• Take out the cup or jar.
• Decorate!
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