Making a Ghost Baby
I was looking for a quick and easy project idea to add to my Halloween decor and was inspired by the infant costumes at my local thrift store. I came up with the idea of a ghost baby.
Here is my costume I found at my thrift store for $1.99. It's a size 6-9 months. There was a variety of costumes to choose from but I was drawn to the pumpkin face. I purchased a styrofoam ball from the Dollar store that I will be using as the head.
I had a bag of packing peanuts left over from my cushion project so I will be using them to stuff my costume. You can also use plastic bags.
I began stuffing the legs first and making my way up.
Before I began on the arms I took two small elastics and wrapped them around the bottom of each arm. You can also sew the arms if you like.
Here is what the arm looks like. I began stuffing both arms before moving onto the body.
Here is my costume stuffed.
Next step was to draw a face on my styrofoam ball. I placed the ball in a bowl so it wouldn't roll around. If you google cartoon ghost faces it will bring up an assortment of faces. I used a black permanent marker to draw the face.
Here is my face. I chose a happy face as I have alot of small children on my street that come to our home Halloween night. You can make a scarier face, or instead of a ghost baby you can replace with a skull or mask. I attached using my glue gun.
Here is my little ghost baby complete.
Here he is sitting on my front porch eagerly waiting for Halloween night.
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Mine is over 20 years old. Stuffed with grocery bags. Used coat hangers to make arms/legs pose-able. No head, whipped stitch opening closed His name is Ichabod. Sweet pumpkin face makes him look friendly. He moves around the yard every year. So much fun to include. Try it. Got my costume on 11/1 80% off sale ($2.00). Rest was free from around house
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Might make those who lost a baby sad. I'm fine with dog ghosts, grownup ghosts but not baby ghosts. Too sad.
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