BOO! Happy Halloween!

The world’s shortest horror story was originally published in 1948; it was written by Frederic Brown, and consists of two sentences. It reads: “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…” If this line doesn’t haunt you after reading it one, two or three times. It will after you think about it. This is why people are scared of ghosts and also jump when someone says ‘BOO’. Even when Reviewing pictures of this ghost, a color unexpectedly showed up with an orange glow in one of my pictures. Check it out! This was not planned in advance. I quickly grabbed my ghost display and took it outside and placed it on the front porch. Halloween is a time when ghosts make there presence known. Happy Halloween!

Supplies Needed for Ghost Display:

Metal Ghost

1 can of white Rust Stop spray paint

1 can of black Rust Stop spray paint

1 black stand

2 Magnets (quarter size to half dollar in size and 3/8ths to 1/2-inch thick)

Optional: Halloween Magnets

2 Pairs of latex gloves

1 damp cloth

1 flat box to let ghost dry after spray painting

Optional: 2 Tiger Pumpkins for decorating around final ghost display.

First, clean off the ghost on the front side with a damp cloth on the front side and let dry.

Put on latex gloves.

Take the white can of spray paint.

Spray holding button on the can and spray 6 to 8 inches away from ghost until ghost is covered.

Place the ghost on the white box.

Let dry for 10 minutes.

Optional: Repeat process for spray painting back side of ghost.

Secondly, clean off the stand on the front side with a damp cloth on all sides.

Put on latex gloves.

Take the black can of spray paint.

Spray holding button on the can and spray 6 to 8 inches away from stand until stand is covered.

Place the stand on the white box.

Let dry for 10 minutes.

Pick up white ghost.

Place a magnet (red) in the middle 7 inches from the base on the back of the ghost.

Place the other magnet (green) in the middle 3 inches from the base on the back of the ghost.

Line up the magnets on the back of the ghost with the stand.

Make any adjustments to make sure the ghost is straight on the stand.

Optional: Add Halloween magnets to the display at the bottom, randomly on the ghost.

Place ghost where you want to display or add interest for trick or treaters.

The porch is the entry way, so this was placed on table between two chairs with two tiger pumpkins on each side.

Trick or Treat!