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How to Make Halloween DIY Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch

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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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How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Thrift Diving

 

 

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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.

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Use a tomato cage turned upside down. - Thrift Diving

 

STEP 2: Secure the ends with a hair tie or rubber band.

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Use a hair tie and tie the ends of the tomato cage together. - Thrift Diving

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Clasp the ends together. - Thrift Diving

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Clasp the ends together with a hair tie. - Thrift Diving

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Tomato cage tied at the top. - Thrift Diving

 

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.

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Stick foam ball on top and use twisty ties to secure lights. - Thrift Diving

 


How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Foam ball on top and lights attached with twisty ties. - Thrift Diving

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Foam ball head and lights make DIY ghost lights. - Thrift Diving

 

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.

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Use white sheet to make DIY ghost lights. - Thrift Diving

 


How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Place sheet over the tomato cage. - Thrift Diving

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.


How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Cut out black felt eyes and mouth. - Thrift Diving

 

Spray on the eyes and mouth with spray adhesive.


How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Use spray adhesive to attach black felt eyes and mouth. - Thrift Diving
How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Use spray adhesive to attach black felt eyes and mouth on white sheet. - Thrift Diving

 

Your DIY ghost light decorations are done!

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - AFTER - Thrift Diving

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Make multiple ghost lights. - Thrift Diving

 


How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Light up ghost lights. - Thrift Diving

 

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!

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Under three feet. - Thrift Diving

 

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.

 

How to Make Halloween Ghost Lights For Your Front Porch - Make your own DIY light up ghosts. - Thrift Diving

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?!

 

Barry Watts woodworking

 

Thanks, Cindy and Barry!

DIY Light Up Spider!

If you love this Halloween DIY ghost decorations, you’ll love these Halloween light up spiders! They can be used outdoors or indoors because they have waterproof lights.

Make your own Halloween DIY candy dispensers using fish bowls from the thrift store!

If you’ve got young kids, you can make their own Halloween DIY superhero shields, too!

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41 Comments

  1. Danielle Greynolds says:

    How many were on the string of lights?

    1. Hi Danielle, I’m not sure how many lights were on the strand of lights. From what I can tell, it can be a pack of 25 – 50. As long as they all fit underneath. 🙂

  2. Love these ghosts. What size sheet did you use for each? 👻

    1. Hi. What size sheet did u use? Super cute

    2. Hi Lisa! I’m not sure what size square of sheet, but I think you can figure out the size based on your tomato cage and styrofoam ball head. Drape a sheet over it and eyeball it. You want it completely covered, but not pooling on the floor. 🙂

  3. My area is generally very windy during Halloween. What would you suggest we do to secure the sheet to the cage without sacrificing the asthetics?

    1. I used white tacs on the top and back of the head. I also used yard spikes to secure them in the ground.

  4. These are so stinkin’ cute! Now I have to see if we still have tomato cages in the shed. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

  5. Tomato cage ghosts are super easy and super cute! Thanks for sharing the tutorial on Share Your Style.

  6. Diane Scotch says:

    Thought you would like to know since I sent a comment on the Duluth ad, I saw a commercial this morning and guess who was in the ‘Duluth’ ad, YOU! So cool. Congratulations as you move up in DIY!

  7. Diane Scotch says:

    The ghosts were cute AND easy without having to buy anything! ?. I keep forgetting that I can sign up to win incredible tools.
    You also looked great in the Duluth ad. It is nice to see women doing commercials that aren’t all sexual. I like Duluth clothing, except a bit pricey. Good quality though.

    1. That’s such a good point, Diane! You are right. Most commercials done today are sexual and just make women look like objects. But Duluth’s commercials are totally about strong, capable women who aren’t afraid to get dirty and sweat. I love the message behind their clothes! And you’re right–they are pricey. But they’re worth it. They give me samples here and there, so lately that’s all I’ve been wearing. And I have to say that they’re the best quality of clothes I’ve ever worn. They have these pants called Black Hills. OMG….slimming, lined with light fannel…and water-resistant (sort of feels like that stuff from snowpants), but they totally look good. Pricey at $60-ish but knowing how much I love them, I would pay for that. You have to look at it this way: if it’s something that makes you feel good and you’ll keep it for years and years to come, $60 is money well spent! LOL

  8. You’re all a talented bunch! I’m happy to hear you met up in person.

    Those ghosts are adorable. I like, too, that they are made out of items on hand. Those ghost “wraps” can be folded for another season, while the tomato cages can go back to supporting tomatoes. My kind of re-purposing!

    1. Hey, Alys! That’s what was so cool about the home shows–that fact that I could meet readers that I’ve know for awhile, but then also meet prospective readers and THEN get to know them better through the blog! 🙂 It was fun. And yes, great idea on reusing the tomato cage!

  9. Cindy and Barry, I love your adorable ghosts, and all of your creative crafts! You are both very talented!

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