How to make a ghost from gauze with your own hands
You can make one big ghost out of cheesecloth, or you can make many small ones and connect them into a Halloween garland.
Take a round object (the tutorial uses a small pumpkin, but you can use any other round object) and place it on a glass or any other surface that will serve as a base (vase, plastic bottle). The pumpkin should lie steadily on the glass and not tip it over. If this is an issue, you can always tape the item down for added stability.
If you want to make a ghost with “handles,” place two glasses or smaller plastic bottles on the sides. When the base or conditional shape of your ghost is ready, start cutting the gauze. The size of the gauze depends on what size ghost you want. Cut the gauze in half.
Cover your work surface. Place a form in the middle for the future ghost. Take one piece of cheesecloth and fold it in half, then cover the prepared pan.
Place the gauze underneath to give the ghost the desired shape. The ends of the gauze must touch the surface so that the ghost can “stand.” If you're going to hang a ghost, then this is optional.
Once the cheesecloth is laid out the way you want, take your starch spray and spray the liquid onto the cheesecloth to completely saturate it. Check whether the gauze is sufficiently saturated with liquid. Also check the hardening of the ghost as the gauze dries. If the gauze does not become hard, spray more.
How to make liquid starch with your own hands
Liquid starch is usually used for washing or during ironing. To make liquid starch at home, dissolve corn or potato starch in cold water. Make sure to mix the mixture well so that there are no lumps left. After this, set the mixture aside and boil water in a saucepan. When the water boils, add the diluted starch to the pan. Stir the contents of the pan. Continue stirring for about a minute before removing the pan from the heat. Let the mixture cool and only then pour it into a spray bottle.
Once your ghost is firm enough, remove the mold from under the cheesecloth. If done correctly, the ghost should stand without supports. Add eyes and mouth if desired. Black paper, black felt, or a black marker are all great options to add expression to your ghost.
Halloween garland
It was decided to use the materials that were lying around the house: black cardboard, wire... I think it turned out very nice.
You will need:
- cardboard;
- printer and pen;
- scissors;
- hole puncher;
- wire and wire cutters.
Step 1. Print out the mouse template and transfer the silhouette onto cardboard.
garland for halloween
Step 2. Cut out enough pieces to make a garland. I needed 24 mice. The result was a garland in three rows. Punch holes at the tips of the wings. (This one took me about an hour. If you want to do it faster, involve the children).
garland for halloween
Step 3. Make springs from the wire by wrapping it around a pen or pencil about seven times and then cutting it off. It will take about 8-10 inches of wire. Make as many springs as needed for the garland.
garland for halloween
Step 4: Thread the spring through the holes. Connect the parts of the garland in this way. You can stretch the springs or compress them. Adjust the tension as you like.
garland for halloween
Step 5: Once you've secured all the pieces together, hang the garland on the wall!
garland for halloween
Note: if you don't have wire, connect the pieces with black satin ribbon, tying it in a bow.
GHOST GARLAND
Fold the white napkin, already folded into four, in half. You can fold ordinary office paper like an accordion, but the ghost napkin turns out to be light, translucent - almost like real ones
Attach the ghost template to the folded napkin so that its sleeves extend slightly beyond the edge. Cut out. Unfold the napkin.
You should get 2 garlands of 4 ghosts each. Glue them into one. Draw faces for ghosts. Ours are good
A garland of such ghosts can be hung on a wall, you can decorate a postcard with them, and they also look good on a dark surface, for example, on a TV screen. We rarely watch ours, so they don’t bother us
To do this, attach a very small piece of tape to the sleeves of the two outermost ghosts. Then this garland is very easy to peel off and leaves no traces.
BAKING PAPER GARLAND
All you need is some baking paper of sufficient length.
Fold the paper like an accordion, draw a cast pattern on the topmost one and cut it out. Please note that the sides of the paper should not be cut, otherwise you will not end up with a garland, but many individual ghosts. You don't want this, do you?!
The child will really like to draw scary faces for ghosts)))
Here's a DIY Halloween decoration.
FIRELAND WITH BULBS
Such a wonderful Halloween garland can be made in one evening. After all, you don’t need any clever materials, tools or special skills.
To make a Halloween themed garland, take:
- Christmas tree garland (preferably with red lights)
- decorative skeletons - a few pieces are enough if your garland is not too long
- thread for tying skeletons
- scraps, ribbons or scraps of black and red fabrics.
Skeletons can be replaced with other themed figures. A garland, for example, with witches, will look much more fun.
Manufacturing process:
Distribute the skeletons evenly across the garland and tie.
Tear the flaps into short ribbons and tie them to the garland, alternating them with each other, as shown in the photo.
That's it - the garland is almost ready! All that remains is to find a place for it, hang it up and plug it into the network.
It can decorate a fireplace or windowsill. And if you decorate your windows and doors with similar garlands, not a single evil spirit will enter your house on Halloween.
In addition, this kind of decor will decorate your home both inside and outside. After all, red lights flashing in your window will at least arouse keen interest among passers-by.
