How to Make Halloween DIY Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch
These Halloween DIY ghost lights are the easiest light-up ghosts to make for Halloween! One of my readers, Cindy, submitted this project after she shared it on Facebook. I asked her to tell me how she made it and she was nice enough to send some tutorial pictures. Thanks, Cindy!!
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Materials Needed to Make DIY Ghost Lights
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- 6″ foam ball
- Tomato cage (tomato cages can be short at 19″ or taller, around 42″)
- Rubber band or something to clasp the ends of the tomato cage together.
- Twisty ties
- String of white lights
- Black felt (or use black duck tape cut into the shape of eyes and a mouth, or even a black permanent marker)
- Scissors
- Spray adhesive
- White sheet or white plastic tablecloth from the Dollar Store (not sure of the size, but it will depend how tall your tomato cages are. Just make sure it cover the entire tomato cage).
Don’t you love that kind of project?! This looks like something you could do in about 30 minutes or less for two!
STEP 1: Turn the tomato cage upside down.
If you’re already into gardening, re-using your tomato cages during the fall is perfect! Just clean then up with some soap and water before using.
STEP 2: Secure the ends with a hair tie or rubber band.
STEP 4: Attach the foam ball and lights to make DIY ghost head.
The foam ball head will stick on the top. Use the twisty ties to secure the lights to the metal tomato cage.
STEP 5: Place a white sheet over the tomato cage to make DIY ghost.
Several people have asked the size of the white sheet to use. I’m not sure, since Cindy didn’t mention the size, but based on looks alone, it looks to be about 4-1/2 feet to 5-feet wide, and a bit longer, maybe 6′ – 7′ feet. It’s hard to tell, but you’ll need to test this out to see which size works best for your tomato cage.
Another reader had a great idea: Use a white plastic tablecloth instead of a white sheet. This will make them waterproof. You can use a black permanent marker to draw in the eyes and mouth.
STEP 6: Cut out eyes and a mouth in black felt.
A comment below had a great idea: instead of felt, try using black duck tape to cut out the eyes and mouth! It’s already sticky so you’ll be able to easily attach it. 🙂 Not sure how it will hold up over the Halloween season, but spray adhesive with felt is pretty solid.
Spray on the eyes and mouth with spray adhesive.
Your DIY ghost light decorations are done!
Isn’t that super easy??
What’s even cuter here is that the little boy has his shoes on the wrong feet!
But this gives you an idea of how tall these DIY ghost lights stand. Love them!
Cindy was super creative with this project and I’m thankful she allowed me to share it here on Thrift Diving!
These would be fun in the house, too, don’t you think?
Something to light up a dark corner in the house.
And I just want to give a shout-out to Cindy’s husband, Barry.
This man has some mad scroll saw skills!
I have never used a scroll saw before (only a scroll blade on a jigsaw), so I was intrigued when he showed me his work.
Isn’t this beautiful?!
Thanks, Cindy and Barry!
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Very cute. You could probably draw the eyes on with a magic marker, too.
Thank you everyone and thank you, Serena, for sharing my project! I feel so honored to be featured! Barry and I both feel so fortunate to have met you and to have attended your presentation in Jacksonville. At first I was like “I see power tools… not my thing”, little did I know! haha. I thoroughly enjoyed it and now I have so many project ideas that I must focus on one at a time. I love spending time with Barry in the garage now, too. He’s been cutting out Christmas trees for days. Currently, I’m working on a project using a 100+ y/o piece of Tennessee barn wood that will be a Christmas gift for my daughter and her new home. Can’t wait to share it with you! Thanks again!
Awwww….Cindy, this is wonderful to hear!! And to know that you’re now considering tools after hearing my talk makes me VERY happy! You’re so talented, as is Barry, and you both love being creative, I can definitely see that being something that bonds you even closer. I WISH my husband loved stuff like that! He usually comes to the garage door and just shakes his head at me with a little smile on his face, like “What are you doing?” as if it makes no sense for his wife to be covered in sawdust. HAHA. So, yes, girl, get out there and use some tools, and you’ll be surprised how many ideas you have come to you. I saw Barry’s pallet trees on Facebook. I love them! Pallet trees are actually one of the projects that I have on my list post coming out this week about 10 projects you should make before having people over to your house for the holidays! 🙂
Next year’s project, maybe whole flock in the yard.
So awesome!!! One question, did you secure the sheet to the ball? I can see the wind blowing the sheet of if it isn’t secured, and it gets pretty windy here this time if year. Thanks Serena!!
Hey, Melissa! It doesn’t look like it is, but I could see how you could take some needle and thread and just lightly thread it through a chunk of the ball and attached the sheet to the ball that way, or maybe you can spray the sealer on the head of the ball and THEN drape the sheet over so that it adheres. Or maybe pin it!
hea pretty cool, they look great
Hey, Maria! So glad you like them! 🙂
Hey Serena,
Those ghosts are super cute!! Thanks for sharing them with us and thanks to Cindy for sharing them with you! Love ya’
You’re welcome, Patricia! I want to make some! There’s still time before Halloween!! Lol
Cute ghosts. I like making decorations with simple things you have about the house. What does the first sign say? USMC…Semper Fic????? Sherry
Hey, Sherry! It says Semper Fi which is the motto of the Marines and means “Always faithful.” Great sign, right? I can’t wait to crack open the box on my scroll saw and give it a try! Apparently it creates such fresh cuts! I will have to find a good YouTube tutorial!
These ghosts are adorable. Cindy is a great crafts person. Keep up the good work
I agree, Betty! She did a great job. People love easy crafts like this!
This is so cute! What’s great idea!
I thought so, too, Haley! This is so simple that even kids can do it. Great project one Saturday afternoon.
How cute, we don’t celebrate Halloween but if we did I would have to do this!