Ghostly Hands
Buy a bunch of plastic gloves (you can get them at the dollar store) with no powder on them. Pop mounds of popcorn. Have Kids fill gloves with Popcorn. Tie off the end with string or twist tie. Draw a ghost face on the palm part of the glove. They are ghosts!
~Submitted by April
Handprint Ghost
Paint hand white - fingers together- and press down on
black paper. Turn upside down so fingers are pointing down (bottom of
ghost). When dry add eyes and mouth to palm area.
~Submitted by Susan N.
Paper bag Ghost
Take a white lunch sack. Turn sack upside down so the opening is touching table. Glue black eyes and a circle for a mouth onto sack (near top) On the open end, glue orange streamers hanging down. Looks cool hanging from ceiling.
~Submitted by Susan N.
Adorable Ghosts
Cory did an adorable craft with the kids today. I thought maybe some of you might be interested. She took old cool whip lids and cut out a piece of fun foam (you could use just white construction paper too) to glue in the inset of the cool whip container to make the whole thing white. Then she punched holes all around the rim of the container. She took white fabric, but you can also use recycled white plastic grocery bags, and cut it into strips. then she used twist ties on each strip to make it easier for the little ones to 'thread' them thru the holes. she had them take one strip in a hole and out one, then another strip for the next two, and so on. When they were done going all the way around with strips, she cut off the twist ties and put a piece of yard thru one of the holes so they could be hung up, then she let the kids put wiggly eyes and draw a nose and mouth with a black marker. They were adorable ghosts that sort of 'fly' when you swing them around. Very, very cute to hang in a tree for halloween!
~Submitted by Nancy
Ghost Windsock
Draw thick straight lines every two inches along the short side of 12 x 18
pieces of white construction paper. The lines should end about halfway up the
paper. Let the children (or you, for the younger ones) cut strips to make
tatters in the ghost's sheet. Have them draw a face in the middle of the
uncut paper. (Or glue features cut from black paper.) Staple the edges of the
paper together to form a windsock. Punch holes at the top and run yarn
through them. Hang the ghost windsocks where they will catch the wind.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Simple Cotton ball Ghosts - Very easy for kids of all ages
Materials
Cotton balls
Wiggle eyes
Glue
Masking tape
Brooch pin back or magnetic strips (optional)
Instructions: Take one cotton ball and pull and manipulate into a ghost
shape. Glue wiggle eyes onto ghost's face. Put a piece of rolled up masking
tape on back to temporarily stick to your shirt. (Or, glue a brooch pin back
to the back side of the ghost for a permanent Ghost Pin. Magnetic strips
could also be glued to the back to use as Ghost Fridge magnets.)
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Appearing Ghost
Adult draws ghost with white crayon on white paper. Children then paint the paper with dark color watercolors or diluted tempra paint wash. Encourage child to paint entire page.
Ghost appear through paint.
~Submitted by Hope in Florida
Foot Ghost
Step on white paper. Trace around shoe. Use crayon or felt-tipped pen to make face. Cut out. Decorate room or yard with the ghost.
~Submitted by Hope in Florida
Footprint Ghosts
Need: white paint, Black paper, markers
Directions: Paint each child's foot with white paint and print it on a black sheet of construction paper. When it dries add eyes to the heel part of the foot. That will be the ghost's head.
~Submitted by Judie in FL
Tissue Ghost
Roll a facial tissue or aluminum foil into a ball and place in the center of another tissue. Attach string, twister seal or rubber band below ball to secure head. Leave ends free. Glue two small black circles on face to make eyes.
~Submitted by Hope in Florida
Tissue Ghosts
I use 2-3 tissues...I bunch the tissue in my hand (like i was going to blow up a balloon) and let the kids stuff the middle with 3 cotton balls. Then I tie it off with clear fishing line, where the neck would be...Then using a permanent marker, make eyes and nose. I get kids to make me bunches of these so I can hang them around the house for decoration...with the clear fishing line...it appears they are floating in the air on there own. Very cute!!
~Submitted by Lisa's Little Folk's HDC
Bean Ghost Pictures
Supplies:
~Black Construction Paper
~Large Lima Beans
~Glue
~Fine point Markers
Glue the beans onto the paper, and use a fine point marker to make a face on the bean. This is the ghost. If you want, you can have the child draw a scene on the paper too!
~Submitted by Paulette
