**Full Disclosure: The following is part of Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores® Celebrate the Season campaign. I received a Jo-Ann gift card in exchange for this post; however, all opinions are my own.
As soon as the end of September draws near, I start pulling out my Halloween goodies. I love to decorate for the holidays and Halloween makes the start of ‘decorating season’ for me!
When Joann Fabric and Craft Stores challenged me to create #SpookySpaces, my mind started spinning. There are so many great Halloween crafts out there, but I wanted something I hadn’t seen before. Mom and I headed to Joann’s and walked around the store while we tossed ideas back and forth. We had three great ideas – a fabric mantel runner, cheesecloth ghosts, and monster-eyezed mason jars.
We ended up making all of them, but I am only going to tell you how to make the cheesecloth ghosts and the monster-eyezed mason jars. {Mom made the fabric mantel runner, so I couldn’t tell you what she did!} The Monster-eyezed Mason Jars are my favorite – I just LOVE the way they turned out!
Cheesecloth Ghosts
You’ll need:
- 1 package of cheesecloth
- 1 bottle of Stiffy Fabric Stiffener
- 1 sheet of felt or black paper (cut circles or ovals for eyes)
- wax paper
- bowl
- plastic cups
- balloons
- scissors
How-to:
- Decide how many ghosts you want. (We are going to use 3 for this how-to.)
- Lay wax paper on the table where you are going to work. (Use a cookie sheet if you’ll need to move them before they are dry.)
- Blow up and tie three balloons.
- Set three plastic cups on the wax paper & place one balloon in each cup.
- Cut six pieces of cheesecloth – you’ll need it to touch the table on either side of the balloon.
- Pour Stiffy into your bowl.
- Take one piece of cheesecloth, soak it in the Stiffy, open it up and lay it over the balloon. Smooth it out so it touches the wax paper.
- Repeat. Use two pieces of cheesecloth for each ghost.
- Let dry for at least 24 hours.
- Remove the ghost from the cup, pop the balloon and glue felt or paper eyes onto the ghost.
Monster-eyezed Mason Jars
You’ll Need:
- Mason Jars – any size, but I chose to use two different sizes
- Black acrylic paint
- Sponge Brush
- Wiggly eyes – I used the multi-size pack in neon, but ultimately, it’s your choice!
- Glue dots
- Tea-light candle (or LED tea-light)
How-to:
- Make sure your mason jars are clean & dry.
- Pour a little paint inside your mason jar and use your sponge brush to spread the paint in a thin layer. (Bonus: You don’t have to wait for the paint to dry!)
- Open your wiggly eyes and decide if you want them really close together or random.
- Stick a wiggly eye on the glue dot and then peel it off and put it on your mason jar. Do as many (or as few) as you want.
- Note: If your mason jar has raised letters, that will be the back of your monster.
Which #SpookySpaces Halloween Craft would you make first?!
Looks great!!
So cute!! Thx for the coupon!
I love the mason jars. Such a cute but simple idea that the kids would love. Thanks.
Thanks for the coupon. Those Mason Jars are pretty neat looking.
I’d make the ghosts first. They are all so cute.
Oh gosh, those are too cute! The ghosts are adorable 🙂
The mason jars idea is so great! I love it! Thanks for the coupon too
That ghost is totally cute and my boys would really dig the mason jars.
Oh I am loving both of these, how fun! I would have to make the jars first, they are fabulous!!
LOVE the monster eyed mason jars! How fun 🙂
They all turned out so cute! I may have to make some this weekend. The kids are dying to decorate for Halloween!
I love both, especially the Cheesecloth Ghosts! What a fun and easy craft. Would make a great table decoration!
These are adorable, Sara. The jars are fun and unique (and they look easy to make). I’ll become a crafty person yet! 🙂
It has to be easy for me to craft it! The hardest part was sticking the eyes on!
I just started following your blog and have to say I really like visiting here. These Spooky Cheesecake Ghosts are so cute and look easy to make. I really like how they look! I will have to make these! Thanks for the great idea.
Very cute, I like crafts that are relatively simple!
Those Monster-eyezed Mason Jars came out beautifully!
These are SO much fun! I have tried a cheesecake ghost before but never have tried anything like those jars. I shall do it! Pinned!
I love visiting Jo-Anns! thanks for the coupon!
Aww I love what you did with the Monster-eyezed Mason Jars. Thanks for the coupon.
Those are both really fun ideas.
I think I will have to head to JoAnn (with that awesome coupon) and get some of the fabric stiffener – we have all of the other supplies for the ghosts, and I think the boys would love to help me make those!
Yes, they would! My boys wanted to add mouths, but I liked them better without.
Those are so cute! I love Jo-Ann’s. I could get lost in that store, everything is just so cool there.
love both crafts! my girls will enjoy making them this weekend! thanks for sharing!
These are great ideas!! I love the eyes on the jars, so cute!!