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Dancing Ghosts at Night

Name of Project

Dancing Ghosts

Ages This Project is Suitable For

kids, pre-teens

Approximate Time Required to Complete This Project

30 minutes - hour

Materials Needed

1. Coffee filters: (4 for each ghost).

2. Food color (you will experiment.....drops of red and yellow to make orange).

3. White twist ties.

4. Black marker to make the eyes and nose.

Instructions

1. For each ghost, take one of the coffee filters and dip it in the orange water, put it to the side till it dries. It won't take long.

2. Grab one of the filters and ball it in your hands to make a head for each ghost.

3. Put two of the coffee filters over the head of the ghost that rolled in your hand, together with the dried orange filter. (that one will the bottom layer).

4. Put a twist tie around the neck and make the arms of the ghost with the same twist tie.

5. With a black marker, make eyes and nose for each ghost.

6. With the arms of the ghosts, join their arms in a semi-circle as if they are dancing.

Tips and Tricks

  • You can do different variations with the ghosts... You do all white ghosts or add more ghost and put them in a circle dancing.

Sherri Osborn, Family Crafts Guide, says:

Enjoy this ghost craft and then find more ghost crafts on this page.

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