Halloween Crafting

Cheesecloth Ghosts

They look like they are floating in mid air.

So easy to make...liquid starch, cheesecloth
(purchased in the craft section not the housewares section at the Wally World.)
1.Just cut the cheese cloth to the desired length
2.take newspaper and crumple it into a ball
3.then cover the ball with foil
4. tape the ball on top of empty soup can or water bottle
optional 5.wire or newspaper rolled up into a long tube
taped just below the ball head to create the "arms"
6.dip the strips of cheese cloth into the liquid starch,
ring out and lay your cloth over your can/bottle form
7. Let dry for a couple of hours.
(once it starts forming you might need to check on it periodically
to make sure the cheese cloth isn't "sticking" to the form.)
8. Take the dried ghosts off the form.
9. String a double needle through the top of the ghost head.
10. Hang up and enjoy!

A fun banner I made to stretch across the eating bar.

It goes so sweetly with the place mats Bill's aunt Kathy made us for
Christmas a few years back!

(I love these so much I won't let the kids eat off of them.
I know, silly.
But I'm the boss here, so I can if I want to!)