| Under construction for free standing ghost project ..2008 season |
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| Ghoulish Ghost |
| Material List |
| 2x2's, plywood or mdf styrofoam ball screws rags duct tape drop cloth white gauze fabric starch scissors pail straight pins bricks or rocks |
| Courtesy of HGTV |
| 1. Cut the 2x2's into 3 pieces (one long with square ends and two short with one end angled on each) and cut the plywood or MDF into a circle( about 24 inches in diameter for the base. Screw the pieces together to create a lifesize stick figure. Tape rags over the arm ends to simulate hands and screw half the styrofoam ball to the top of the middle piece for the head. Place the whole figure over a drop cloth. 2. Cut about 12 -20 six foot strips of wite gauze for each ghost and dip them into a pail of fabric starch. Pull the gauze out slowly, wringing it out as you go. Unfold each piece and drape the lenghts of guaze over the ghost frame until you have created the deired thickness and shape. You can create hoods, capes and high or low arms depending on how you put the frame together. Be sure to lay the gauze as flat as possible at the bottom, which will aloow for bricks or rocks to hold the ghost down so they don't fly away in the wind. 3. The gauze will eventually dry and harden. If desired add a couple of dry strips of gauze and pin them in place to the head and the hands. They will look spooky on a windy night. Place the ghost on a covered porch or out in the open for short lenghts of time on a dry evening (rain will soften the dried starch and leave you in a puddle of gauze instead of a frightening ghost). |