Materials:
newspapers
balloons
drinking glass or vase
cheesecloth, cut into double-layer 14 inch squares
shallow bowl
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons glue (I used Elmer's)
1. Prepare your work surface with newspapers. Blow up the balloons (one per ghost) and set them in drinking glasses; this will let you mold the damp cheesecloth in a ghostly shape that you like.
2. Cut square of double-layer cheesecloth. In a shallow bowl, mix the glue and water. Dip the cheesecloth square in the mixture and squeeze out excess. Drape the cheesecloth on the balloon in a ghostly shape of a flying or standing ghost. Let it dry overnight on the glass.
3. When dry, add a face (we used googly eyes), then remove the balloon by popping it.
Our finished version:
This is so awesome!! I've just bookmarked this in my Halloween section so we can do this in a couple of months.
ReplyDeleteYou probably won't get this belated comment, but we probably made 10 of these ghost with various neighborhood kids. The children of East Millcreek would like to thank you.
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