Ghost Craft 2005
sent in by ArtKat
What
you need:
1) Old material, like a
stained sheet or big piece of sewing scrap. Make sure your mom says
it's okay to use it. I got grounded for like a year once for using
my grandma's good material. Maybe
it wasn't that long... but it was a long time, so get permission.
2) Scissors...
again with the permission thing. My mom wouldn't let me do it alone
until I was nine.
3)
Clear plastic ponytail holders, one for each ghost.
4)
Markers and thread.
Step
1
Cut the material into squares. They don’t have to
be perfect. In fact they’re better if they're not.
They can be different sizes to make different sized ghosts.
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Step
2
An easy way to make sure your getting a general square shape
is to make one cut, then fold it over like a triangle and
cut along the edge.
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3
Use scraps of material, tissue, or newspaper to make the
filling of the ghost’s head. Since I use sheets
I cut the seams and corners off and use those. Waste nothing!
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Step
4
Put the material square over your hand, then put the scrap
ball in the middle. Use your finger to hold the scrap ball
in place while you fold the material over it. Gather the
material around the bottom of the scrap ball so it’s
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5
Use a clear plastic ponytail holder to fasten the ghost
together. Make sure it’s tight enough to keep the
scraps in but loose enough to slip a piece of thread through
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This
is a finished ghost. It doesn’t have a face because
we make lots of them to hang around the front yard and drawing
a face for each one would take way too long. But you can
draw a face on them using markers or fabric paint. Sometimes
I make a big one to hang in a window. When I do that I use
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| Hanging
You can use thread, string, or even another clear ponytail
holder to hang your ghosts. We like to put several where
they can be seen from the street and a few that are hiding
so people see them when they walk up to our door and get
surprised.
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