Two weeks ago across the street, I saw some awesome homemade ghosts in our neighbors tree. I went over to see how they made them and I was surprised to find that they were only handkerchiefs, cotton and string. I thought this would be a great craft to do with Brook, so I promptly went to JoAnn Fabrics to get the material.
Brook's Ghosts Hanging In Our Tree
While at JoAnn’s, I picked up some styrofoam balls for the heads and some white floral wire for hanging, but the didn’t have any handkerchiefs…
Here is where my stupid shows up…
I proceeded to spend the next two days driving around town trying to find handkerchiefs for this project. Why did I have to have handkerchiefs? Well, because I had a one track mind…stupid.
I went to Khols, Target, Marshall’s, Michaels, TJ Max, Ross, Sears and I went…CRAZY!!!
Finally, I started to think outside of the handkerchief box when Travis suggested I buy a sheet and cut it up…Yeah, couldn’t find a cheap enough sheet…That is another day of running around…See my stupid is really showing now!
So, have you figured out my solution yet? On the third day my brain decided it was sick of being stupid and the light bulb came on (don’t worry, my brain is now being ran on eco-friendly CFL light bulbs)…
Ready for this? JoAnn’s sells fabric by the yard!
WHO KNEW?
Not me obviously! So, I went back to the very first place this whole quest started and bought 3 yards of white fabric for a whopping $2.99 a yard. Oh and the $40 of gas that I spent to run around town and figure out my solution was underneath my nose. Unfortunately, the gas was not so eco-friendly…crap!
Was it worth it?
Yes! Brook loved the project and now you can learn from my mistake…you can get everything you need at the craft store and it’s actually really inexpensive to do and the little ghosts look so good outside hanging on the tree.
Brook loved making different faces and she could twist tie the styrofoam balls in place too.
One of Brook's Scary Ghosts In Our Tree
So, here is the the supplies and instructions for making Halloween Ghosts…
Halloween Ghosts
18 – 2 1/2 inch Styrofoam balls
3 yards of White Fabric
18 pieces of 20 Gauge White Floral Wire – 18 or more inches
Scissors
Sharpie Pen Thin Tip
1 – Cut out 12″x12″ squares out of the White Cloth (or whatever size you want)
2 – Put the Styrofoam Ball in the center of the cloth and pinch the cloth around the ball.
3 – Secure the ball in the cloth by twist tying the Floral Wire around (see picture)
4 – Use Sharpie to make Ghost Faces
5 – Hang in a tree or anywhere you want using the remainder of the floral wire after twisting it around the bottom of the Styrofoam Ball.
As always, go and make some memories with your kids and Happy Crafting!
Brook Tying a Ghost to the Tree
