Spooky Cheesecloth Ghosts

I love hanging ghosts around the house and in our yard for Halloween. Starch makes these cheesecloth ghosts retain a ghostly shape in such a spooky way. We did some research on how to do it and found a lot of confusing tutorials. Through trial and error thought, we figured out a really simple process for them.

Here’s how to make them…

Supplies

1. Cardboard
2. Boxes
3. Balloons
4. Tape
5. Cheesecloth
6. Liquid starch or Elmer’s glue (about the same cost)
7. A large bowl
8. Rubber gloves
9. Permanent marker
10. Fishing line

Step one

1. Create your figure with boxes, tape and a balloon. You can do any size or height you’d like!
2. Drape the cheesecloth over to find your desired length.

Step 2

1. Dump your bottle of liquid starch (or just Elmer’s glue works well too) into a bowl, add about a cup of water, and mix well.
2. With rubber gloves on, dip your piece of cheesecloth into the bowl until saturated. Squeeze and move the fabric around until evenly dispersed and squeeze out any excess.

Step 3

1. Your cloth will be in a big wad, so gently stretch it back out to its original shape. Drape over the form. Add a little additional liquid starch to the head portion, that will be the most difficult part to maintain its shape afterwards.
2. Add sticks or other objects to hold up end where the arms and legs might be.

Step 4

1. Let dry overnight, then pop the balloons and hang with fishing line through the top

This one stretch out to the green bowl ended up with a really nice movement so definitely pull out a corner or two on each!

Voila! Spooky Halloween decor done!

Comments

In the day of Halloween, this spooky ghost costume will be very charming to look and it will add an extra decoration at home. It looks very simple to make to me. Hope will try in the next Halloween. Can I use any silky fabrics for making this? Thanks a lot for sharing such great stuff.

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This is one Halloween craft I can get behind! I am going to try making some big ones and baby ghosts too!

WoW… Beautiful Technique…. so simple and extremely creative…. not scary just like a friendly casper…. 🙂

my kiddo will be super excited if i make one… 🙂

This is such an easy and fun project!

Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com

This is incredible – or “boo-tiful” – and looks fairly easy too!

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Oh, I saw this DIY the other day. It’s genius (and quite cute, too, haha)!

Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
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