DIY Packing Tape Halloween Ghosts

These Halloween DIY Projects show you how to make your own Halloween ghosts using packing tape or clear scotch tape. All of these Ghosts are fun to make and even spookier to decorate your Halloween party with. There are lots of step by step duct tape ghost tutorials online but we decided some of these Halloween tutorials were the best the internet has to offer up for Halloween.

You can use these Halloween ghosts as light up yard displays or set them out in the dark of night to resemble a transparent body walking across your front yard.

These ghosts are also perfect for hanging inside the house as they are lightweight and can be strung up with minimal effort. Try using fans or ceiling fans to make them move around the ceiling.

My favorite has to be the hand and gun coming out of the TV, of course, I would have to create a poltergeist coming out of the TV to scare everyone.

Once you have practiced making or casting these ghosts yourself you can try some more tricky positions for your DIY prop making. There are lots of different examples online of these ghosts to give you inspiration.

You can use shrink wrap, cling wrap or trash bags as the base which is much more cost-effective than using pure tape. You do need patience for this tutorial as well as a willing victim, I mean model. It takes around 3-4 rolls of tape to make one mannequin/ghost. Make sure your model goes to the toilet first (lesson learned the hard way).

Easy Packing tape Ghost

Ghostly Hands Tutorial

DIY Packing tape ghosts

TV ghost ideas – no tutorial on this one.

Halloween sitting ghost child tutorial

Packing tape and Trash bag Ghost tutorial

Halloween Packing tape casting tutorial

Most of the cross stitch projects I make are pretty small and not something I would consider heirloom quality (though I am working on a big project for my daughter that I hope to have done for her high school graduation in two years that I hope is something she’ll want to keep forever, but that’s another story).

But it is definitely possible to cross stitch projects that will stay around for generations, and one prime example of that is a cross-stitched linen tablecloth.

Linen tablecloths are classic, while stitching one can be a big project, depending on the size of your table, it doesn’t have to be really complicated.

Koekoek has a good, detailed post about figuring out how much linen you would need to make a tablecloth that you can cross stitch and/or embroider on (they also sell tablecloth linen in their shop if you don’t already have some or a linen tablecloth you already use). Of course for a project like this you’d want the best fabric you can find and afford, because you’ll be stitching it for a long time and hopefully using it for years.

The post walks through how to measure your table and determine how much fabric you’ll need including the drop you’ll want and hems. It includes the math for rectangular and square tables as well as circular tables, which helps take the guesswork out of buying fabric. It also talks about preparing the fabric and making mitered corners if you have a square or rectangular table, which will help the tablecloth sit nicely on your table.

The tutorial doesn’t include specific patterns to use for your tablecloth, but it does advise keeping it simple because this is a really big project. You can start with a motif in the center or doing borders, and this is a project you can add to through the years by, say, stitching a symbol for each family member or adding names, wedding dates, etc. and making it a real record of your family.

Would you ever cross stitch a tablecloth or have you done so? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Koekoek]

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