Ghostly Seating Chair Covers

Ghostly seating Chair Covers

Simple chair covers for Halloween, and customizeable for any celebration at home or school.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Felt
Fabric glue or needle and thread
Pins
Repositionable glue (we used nontoxic Aleene’s Spritz-On Reposition-It Tacky Glue, available at craft stores)


1. The Slipcover:
First, decide how far down the back of your chair you want the slipcover to hang. Measure from that point up and over the top of the chair, then down to the seat (or stop at the arms if your chair has them). This is the total length of felt you’ll need for each cover. Now measure the width of the chair back at its widest point; add to that measurement the thickness of the chair back and 1 inch for the seams (1/2 inch per side).

2. For each chair, cut a piece of white felt to fit your measurements. Ours ran 1 1/2 yards long and 2/3 yard wide.

3. Fold the felt over the chair and pin the sides in place. Remove the cover and sew up the sides or glue them together with fabric glue. If you sew them, turn the cover inside out.

4. The Decorations- Create a template of any kind of design you want on it.

5. Trace the templates on to felt (or other lightweight materials such as ribbon) and then cut them out. (We glued white felt pupils onto the black eyes.) Dimensions will depend on the size of your chair covers.

6. Spray the back of each piece with a thin layer of repositionable glue, then press them onto the slipcovers or layer them on top of one another.

7. Store the pieces in plastic bags, preferably with the sticky sides facing away from one another. Next time you use them, spritz on another layer of glue.

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Finger Puppet Bats

Finger Puppet Bat

Tie these from the ceiling with fishing line, and watch people duck out of the way. when the party’s over, you can hand them out along with all the treats.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Sheet of paper
Black construction paper
Scissors
Pen
White or silver crayon
Glue
Large pom-pom
2 self-adhesive googly eyes

1. To make a batch, create a template by drawing a large bat on a single sheet of paper.Use it to cut as many bats as you like out of black construction paper (cut the finger holes too.)

2. To give the wings dimension, fold them and outline them with white or silver crayon. Glue on a large pom-pom body just below the ears and above the finger holes.

3. Once the glue is dry, stick on 2 self-adhesive googly eyes.

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Mummy Candy Dish

Mummy treat holders

Fill these treat holders with candy, or have around as decoration. Fast, easy, and fun these are perfect for a kid’s  Halloween party.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Toilet tissue tubes
White paper
Clear packing tape
Roll of 2-inch-wide gauze
Craft glue
Googly eyes
Small candies

1. For each holder, trace one end of the empty tissue tube onto a piece of white paper, then cut out the circle, making it slightly smaller than your trace line. (If you fold the paper into a few layers, you can cut out several circles at once.)

2. Cut the tube in half (you can make 2 holders per tube) and tape the paper circle to the bottom of each half.

3. Wrap a 2- to 2 1/2-foot strip of gauze around the tube, first taping the beginning of the gauze to the tube. Gently stretch and twist the gauze as you wrap it to give it some dimension. When you’ve covered the tube, cut the gauze and tuck the end under a nearby layer.

4. Finally, glue on googly eyes (or use the self-adhesive kind), then fill the mummy with candy treats.

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