Cheesecloth Ghosts

When Audi was a young’un in Sugar House, Utah he enjoyed making cheesecloth ghosts with his family.  I had never heard of such a thing.  So over the weekend we had a grand time reliving Audi’s childhood and creating some Halloween decor that our house has been lacking.  These ghosts are really fun and easy to make.  Plus, we had practically all the necessities to make them (except for the cheesecloth) right here in the house!  Meaning these guys are super friendly on the decorating budget!  Casper was a friendly ghost, right?

Here’s what we did in pictures:

  

You can seriously use anything to create your ghost form.  Balloons, bottles, plastic forks for the arms, etc.  We used aluminum foil for the head and attached with duct tape.  Doesn’t duct tape have just so many uses???  Then drape your form with the cheesecloth.  And then… As you can see we used spray Mod Podge, because that’s what I had in my craft room.  Spray starch or hair spray would also work just fine.   Just spray all over and let dry.  Then repeat once the first application is dry.  After your ghost is completely dry you can carefully remove the form and you are left with a ghostly apparition that stands up all on his own!