From festive to frightening, make your home boo-tiful with these DIY ghost ideas.
Make your own Halloween ghost decorations this holiday season.
From festive to frightening, make your home boo-tiful with these crafty DIY ghost ideas.
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DIY Ghost Wreath
Create this spooky ghost wreath in just 10 minutes.
It all starts with purchased paper bells and cheesecloth.
Glue your finished ghosts to a simple metal wreath form and thiseasy Halloween decorationis ready for your front door.
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Ghostly Book Pop-Ups
Make aspooky centerpiecefrom a stack of old books and some pop-up ghostly shapes.
Hold up each ghost with a touch of tape.
To complete this haunting centerpiece, use a hole punch or marker to make eyes for each ghost.
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Haunted Pumpkin
Carve out a faux pumpkin and spray paint it white.
You could even turn this into a festive terrarium scene by adding a few succulents or air plants.
For extra impact,paint your pumpkinswhite before carving.
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Choose pumpkins that are similar in size and accent with assorted white pillar candles.
Framed Apparitions Decoration
Start a ghost gallery with this DIY ghost decoration.
Use black fabric tape or book-binding tape (available at crafts stores) to seal the edges.
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Create afall mantel displaywith seasonal trims like bittersweet and mini pumpkins.
Customize yourDIY yard decorationwith your favorite colors and stencils.
Ghostly Patio
This eerie Halloween ghost craft starts with balloons.
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To make, simply draw black eyes on a white balloon.
Apply a thin coat of decoupage and cover each balloon with cheesecloth.
Cut the bottom for an uneven edge.
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These ghost decorations are perfect for Halloween night.
Ghostly Popcorn
Scare up an appetite with these adorable ghost treat bags.
To make, simply glue wiggly eyes on white or translucent treat bags.
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Fill withfresh popcornfor the ultimate Halloween ghost snack.
In a well-ventilated area, spray-paint a plaingrapevine wreathwhite; let dry.
Bake the shapes in the oven according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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Once cool, glue the ghosts to the wreath with strong glue.
Tie a gauzy ribbon in a bow and attach it to the wreath with wire.
and add black and white felt on top to create a ghost shape.
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Ghost Cupcakes
An arrangement of frosted cupcakes makes the cutest ghost dessert we’ve ever seen.
Simply arrange the cupcakes together to make the ghost form.
Frost with white icing and add black eyes and a screaming mouth.
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Haunting Ghost Lantern
Light your front walkway with luminaries that resemble mummies and ghosts.
Their frightening faces will cast an eerie glow on your yard, creating the perfect ambiance for Halloween night.
Trace a ghost shape (mimic ours or create your own) onto white cardstock and cut out.
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Front Porch Ghosts
Add haunting curb appeal to your house this Halloween.
These eerie spirits will look even spookier at night.
Ghost Candy Jar
This candy jar is frightfully good!
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Simply cut eyes and a mouth out of black vinyl and stick the shapes to a clear glass jar.
Fill this Halloween ghost with whitetreats like marshmallows.
Don’t forget to make a matching monster jar, too!
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The Sweet Side of Ghosts
No scary ghosts here!
These cupcake ghosts are easy to assemble.
Start with store-bought or homemade cupcakes dusted with sugar and place three marshmallow slices on top of each cupcake.
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Ghost Banners
These twirly paper ghost party decorations are easy as can be.
To create the ghost cut out, simply cut a circle of paper in a swirl pattern.
Keep the inside thickest.
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Add eyes and a mouth with marker and pull the swirl to create the paper ghost.
Gourd Ghouls
Made from small gourds, these fiendish friends are trimmed with crafts-foam accents.
Ghostly PB&J
Transform an ordinary peanut butter and jelly sandwich into a Halloween treat.
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Cut the sandwich with a ghost-shape cookie cutter and use raisins for the eyes.
Ghost Pinata
Make this flying pinata the centerpiece of the party.
Floating crepe paper streamers give it a ghostly presence.
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Fill the pinata with Halloween goodies and let the fun begin.
Ghost Leaf Garland
This spooky Halloween garland is the perfect fall decoration.
To make, simply cut leaves from white cardstock.
Draw on spooky curved eyes with black marker.
String the leaves up and hang inside or out!
Then add a mouth and eyes to the sheet to finish the ghostly creation.
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Use glue to draw the shape of a ghost onto a sheet of wax paper.
Then fill in the shape and add glitter.
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