Meet Fred and Alice! They stopped by for a glass of cider. Halloween ghosts are fun to hang on your porch or in a front window in preparation for any ghastly trick-or-treaters that come knocking on your door. Our spooky Halloween ghosts are made using foam heads from Floracraft®, a couple sheets of cheesecloth fabric and a good dollop of mod podge glue. It’s a simple craft to make and would be a fun one for the kids to get involved in. Below is a picture of Hanging Bats Ghosts from the Flora Crafts Fun Halloween Ideas Booklet which was our inspiration for Fred and Alice.
Start by draping two lengths of fabric over a foam head. We propped our foam head on a pole and stand to hold it in place, but you could just as easily rest it on a covered table or workbench. Once the cheesecloth is in place, cover the foam head and cheesecloth with a layer of mod podge or similar craft glue. Leave it to dry, then repeat this process three more times. As the glue dries, the fabric will stiffen and once the final layer of glue is dry you will be able to peel the fabric off the foam head and the form of the face will remain – spooky huh? Attach a length of invisible thread to the top and hang your Halloween ghosts where they will give good scare value!
If you are on the hunt for more Halloween inspiration take a look at some of our other spooky DIY projects. If it’s kids crafts you’re after, take a look at our clothespin bat decorations, our jumbo paper skeleton or our mini Mr Paper Bones. For a grown-up Halloween affair you might like our pumpkin diorama, our 3D paper village or our gorgeous felt succulent pumpkin centerpiece. However you plan to decorate your home for Halloween, have fun and make sure you check out the other MakeItFun projects! ~ Lia
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How many yards of cheesecloth do you suggest??
2-3 for each, depending how long you want it!
How did you get the shoulder look?
We used a hanger!
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How did you get the heads/necks to light up? Is there any fire danger or is the light you used cool to the touch?
We used flame-less, battery operated LED lights inside the ghosts. They did not get hot. As for fire danger I don’t want to promise anything, it is at your own risk;-)
I love all your crafts and I’ve made quite a few but these are just too fun!
I’m having trouble finding the floracraft foam heads. Where did you purchase years?
We found ours at Michaels. Hopefully they are not sold out! 😉
Wow, this is soooo cool! Would love to scare some people with these two. Thanks for sharing
Ha ha thank you:-) Yes very spooky indeed.
Wow, this is soooo cool! Would love to scare some people with these two. Thanks for sharing
Have fun! Going to be so spooky for Halloween!
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how funny. loudly laughter. Especially the enlightened couple is so great
Kerstin
Can you tell that we were having a blast with these;-) Going to be so fun for my Halloween party.
I’m absolutely sure that these will be a “Knaller” for your Halloween Party (Knaller means something like blast in German, a similar Expression)
Kerstin
Hahaha! I love it.