Jack-O-Ghost

by ptninjamonkey in Living > Halloween

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Jack-O-Ghost

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Make some improvized halloween decorations in fifteen minutes or less with household items.

Materials

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White Fabric
Small Nails
Medicine Bottles*
Straws**
Black Sharpie
Hammer
Scissors

*Preferably fitting together
**Try to get the bendy kind

Bandana

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Cut the fabric into a long strip and tie it around your medicine bottle that will be for the head.

Ghost Part

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Cut a strip of fabric and make it any cut you want. Then cut little strips in the edge and make sure the whole thing fits around the bottle.

Face and Body

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Make your big medicine bottle a face with sharpie. Then fit the two bottles into each other.

Pre-Nailing

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Get your hammer and pre-nail holes for where the arm-nails will go.

Attaching the Fabric

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Wrap your fabric around the smaller part of the bottles and nail it in place using the pre-nailed holes.

Poofing and Bandana

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Poof up your ghost part and add the bandana

Arms

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Cut your straw into two one inch strips. Make some very small cuts on the side as shown. Fit the straw pieces on the nails on either side.

Hands

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Cut the ends of the straws so it looks like hands/claws.

Done!

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All done!!
Let me know what you think or if you have any improvements in the comments!