DIY Hanging Ghost Tutorial

With the help of your little ghouls and goblins (aka your children) you too can make your own hanging ghosts! This project is fun for an older child (I would say 5 and up but it depends on your child’s maturity), as it requires more coordination– threading needles, sewing buttons, cutting fabric and drawing faces.

WHAT TO GET

• 1 Styrofoam ball- I used a 5″
• White fabric- I used half of a standard-sized pillow case
• 1 Embroidery needle
• Black embroidery thread
• 1 Button- make sure it’s at least 1″
• White ribbon
• Black Sharpie
• Plastic chopstick or skewer

THREADING THE STYROFOAM BALL

1. Cut a long piece of black embroidery thread and double it (fold it in half)
2. Wrap one end of the black embroidery thread tightly around the end of the chopstick, multiple times
3. Slowly push the chopstick through the center of the styrofoam ball
4. Pull the thread off of the chopstick (so the thread is through the ball) and pull the chopstick out
5. Thread the open side of the thread through the embroidery needle
6. Sew the button with the needle and thread a few times and tie a strong knot; cut the end and remove the needle

COMPLETING THE GHOST

1. Find the center of the fabric (fold length-wise then width-wise)
2. Cut a small hole at the center of the fabric
3. Place the styrofoam ball under the fabric and bring the black thread through the small hole in the fabric
4. Tie (and knot) a piece of white ribbon directly under the styrofoam ball; cut excess ribbon
5. Draw eyes and a mouth