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Non Food Recipe For Halloween Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Chefelaine / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago Adorable little ghosts you can have fun making with the kids, these little cuties are sure to dress up your Halloween haunted mansion! Prep:30m Servings:0	Chefelaine
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the hat

body of ghost

feet

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Ingredients

4 sheets black felt (or whichever color you prefer)

! yard of white cotton broadcloth

2 dowels, 1/4 inch roundness, for arms -- about 7 inches long

1 styrofoam ball, 6 inches in diameter

a small bit of dowel to attach head

2 longer narrow dowels for legs

wooden base to attach head, arms and legs (about 5" by 5"

material scraps for adding 'socks'

two shoe laces, white, or whatever color you prefer

1 length of chain

1 glue gun and glue sticks

cotton batting

Directions

The head and body:

Make the wooden base on which to attach the head, arms, and legs

To attach the head, drill a hole just big enough to accomodate the little dowel piece into the head.

Drill a hole, same size into the wooden base, and glue into position with the glue gun

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The arms:

Drill a hole for the arms into the wooden base, attach, and glue into position

Shape 'arms' with batting

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The legs:

Same instructions as for arms; just be sure the doll can STAND when finished, so balancing the legs is necessary.

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The hands:

Place the length of chain on the end of each hand, tacking the end of the chain onto the dowel.

Cover with batting

Cover batting with any scrap material you desire.

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The socks:

Any piece of scrap material is fine. Simply wrap a chunk around the base of the legs, and glue to stay. stuff with batting

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The shoes:

Wrap a little of the white cotton broadcloth around the 'foot' area

Make an L-shaped piece of material for the 'shoe base' and glue into position to give the appearance of a shoe

poke holes into the 'laces' area, and tie as you would regular laces.

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The ghost sheeting:

Take the white cotton broadcloth, and loosely attach to the top of the doll head, then glue into position. There is no set dimension for this, as the material should flow to appear more ghost-like!

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The hat:

Cut 2 layers of the black felt (or whatever color YOU choose!) into a 9 inch circle.

Sew together, and invert

Reserve...

Cut a a triangular shape, then glue to form the peaked part of the hat.

Sew the rim of the hat to the peaked part.

Take another color of any scrap material to use for the hat trim.

Glue the hat trim into place, and glue the hat onto the head of the ghost.

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The face and body trim:

Cut letters spelling "BOO" out of any scrap material, bright enough to vividly contrast the white sheeting

Make another shape, such as a witch, pumpkin, whatever you desire, out of another color of any scrap material, and glue wherever you want to place them

Apply three little dots to the head area to represent eyes and nose.

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*****For added effect at nigh, place a small battery operated white light underneath the 'ghost clothing' !!

BOOOOOOOOOOOO! Happy Halloween! :+D

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Comments

minitindel 1 year, 1 month ago said:
How cute is this ...........very good elaine

tuilelaith 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Too Cute!!! I think this is a must!!! I love this holiday........

dagnabbit 1 year, 1 month ago said:
You are one CRAZY CHEF! 5 :)

elgab89 1 year ago said:
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THIS RECIPE HAS WON THE October Non Food Recipe Contest : BEST PRESENTATION

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