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Easy Halloween Craft 👻 Felt Ghost

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Easy Halloween Craft for Beginners - Felt Ghost

Are you looking for an easy Halloween craft? This spooky project works up in no time. With just a few supplies and about five minutes you can make your own felt ghost!

Ghost in the leaves

About This Project:

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Every year I make some kind of project to celebrate the season. Last year it was an LED trick-or-treating basket for my kiddo. This year, I'm revisiting this spooky ghost. I first made these ghosts ten years ago and I still love everything about them.

A cool feature of these little ghouls is that they stand up on their own. The felt is stiff enough to support the weight of their styrofoam heads. With some minor adjustments to the bottom of the fabric, you'll be able to display your ghost on any flat surface.

And who doesn't love button eyes? There's something very spooky about walking out to the living room and seeing their red little button eyes staring at me from the side table, or the bookshelf. Yes, I have a few of them tucked around!

Another great thing about this project is that it's super easy to customize. Get creative with your button and thread choices so that you create the spooky ghost of your dreams!

Skills Needed:

Easiest level of DIY project

Beginner level sewing skills are optional. If you can't (or don't want to) sew button eyes, you can use a glue gun instead!

Supplies:

  • White felt, 18" x 17"
  • Buttons, 2 quantity, 5/16" (16mm)
  • Smoothfoam Ball, 3"
  • Thread & needle for the eyes, or a glue gun
  • White thread, or yarn, to secure the ghost's head

Tools Needed:

  • Scissors
  • Needle to sew eyes, or a glue gun
  • Something to mark fabric (pencil, chalk, fabric pen, etc.)
Ghost in the leaves

Felt Ghost - Easy Halloween Craft

Yield: Felt Ghost
Active Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Beginner

This is a super easy halloween craft that takes hardly any time at all!

Materials

  • White felt, 18" x 17"
  • Buttons, 5/16" (16mm)
  • Smoothfoam Ball, 3"
  • Thread & needle for the eyes, or a glue gun
  • White thread, or yarn, to secure the ghost's head

Tools

  • Scissors
  • Needle to sew eyes, or a glue gun
  • Something to mark fabric (pencil, chalk, fabric pen, etc.)

Instructions

Step 1:

  • Cut felt to size. Cut felt to size.

    • Step 2:

  • Wrap the felt around the foam ball. Mark the eye location. Wrap the felt around the foam ball. Mark the eye location.

    • Step 3:

  • Attach the eyes. I chose to sew mine on because I like the spooky look of black thread against the red eyes. Get creative with your color choices! If you can't (or don't want to) sew, you can also attach the eyes using a hot glue gun. Attach the eyes.

    • Step 4:

  • Wrap the felt around the foam, making sure to position the eyes correctly. Wrap the felt around the foam, making sure to position the eyes correctly.

    • Step 5:

  • Tightly wrap white thread, or yarn, around the base of the foam ball. Tightly wrap white thread, or yarn, around the base of the foam ball.

    • Step 6:

  • Tie tightly and cut loose ends.
    • © Elissa Jenkins
    Project Type: Crochet / Category: Tutorials

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