The girls and I made a fun and easy craft this week: Cheesecloth ghosties. This project may be old hat to some of you, but it was new to us and the girls loved it.Supplies
- balloons
- cheesecloth
- white school glue
- water
- paint brushes (optional, if you don't mind a mess)
- drinking cups
- string
Directions
- Inflate the balloons you will be using (but not too much, we discovered, or your ghosts will have weirdly bulbous heads). Place each balloon on top of a drinking cup and drape with a layer of cheesecloth.
- Prepare a mixture of white glue and water in a 1:1 ratio. Coat the cheesecloth that covers the balloon (don't worry about the part that falls down around the cup) in paste using a paint brush -- or your bare fingers if you like to get messy.
- Add more layers of cheesecloth and paste until you're satisfied with your ghostie's thickness (we did just two layers). Allow to dry overnight.
- When completely dry, pop and discard the balloon. Draw a face on your ghost if you want to, then thread some string through the holes on top to hang your lovely creation. Voila!
We have three of these spooks hanging in our living room, and one hanging next to Dos's carseat in the minivan. They're pretty cool if I do say so myself.
Happy crafting!
~RCH~
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