Ghostly Garland!
When All Hallows Eve rolls around, many MANY ideas zip through my mind on what wonderous decorating I can do this year!! Having a 7 year old also keeps me interested in projects that are simply fun for us to create together. I love working with yarn, and always seem to have spare kicking around from projects, so I figure, why not re-purpose!?
This Ghostly Garland only requires a few materials, most of which you will more then likely already have in your home, and has a wonderful spooky effect!
Let's get ghosting <3
Gathering Your Materials
What you will require:
- White yarn, as much or as little as you'd like (* I used one ball of yarn )
- Piece of cardboard, cut to 4 inches in width
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Fishing line ( or hanging string of your choice)
- Black marker ( for marking the face. You can opt for googly eyes as well )
- Tape, or tacks for hanging.
Creating the Form
Wrap your yarn loosely around your cardboard about 100 times. You can wrap it less if you would like your ghost to have a less full shape.
Once you have wrapped you desired amount of times, cut off the string at the bottom.
Giving Ghostie a Head
Cut a length of yarn.
Slide your wrapped yarn off the cardboard
Use your length of yarn, and tie a knot tightly toward the top to form the shape of your ghost head.
Marking the Face
Using your black marker, draw 2 eyes on your ghost head.
*You could use googly eyes in this step. Take a bit of school glue, and glue each eye to the head. Press and hold firmly for 20 seconds.
Creating the Body
Take your scissors, and run them through the bottom loops. Cut straight across.
*be sure to take a closer look for any loops that skipped the scissors.
Now you have created your ghosts body!
Repeat, Repeat, Reapeat
Repeat steps 1-4, depending on how long you'd like your garland to be.
I repeated the steps to create 5 more ghosts :)
String It Along..
Using your yarn needle and fishing line ( or string of choice ) thread enough line through your needle to string along all your ghosts.
Pull the needle through the ghost head, until it comes out the other side.
Keep Steady, Freddy!
Continue threading your ghosts until they are all on the line
* You can make a knot at the top of each ghost as you go, if you'd prefer a more permanent placement :)
Ghostly Encounters Await..
Using tape, or tacks, or any other means of securing, find a spot to display your handmade garland and Viola!
You are on spooky ghost cloud #9!!
Make as many , or as little as you like
Bonus tip! If you want to make individual ghosts for singular placing, thrad the line through the ghost head, and tie a knot at the top to create a loop for hanging.