Crafts for halloween: candy ghost

On the eve of All Saints' Day, one of the most anticipated festivities, Halloween, is celebrated. More and more countries decide to condom the night of the dead and organize a Halloween party at home with family or friends. For this, it is tradition to decorate the home with typical elements of this party, such as pumpkins, ghosts, spiders or mummies. And what better way to do it than with recycled material ? Children love to participate and with this simple craft you can have fun with the youngest of the house while creating an original candy. Save the cardboard tubes that are left of the toilet paper and use them to make these funny ghosts. In we show you the steps to know how to make ghost candy .

You will need to:
  • Cardboard tube
  • White, black and other colors
  • Glue stick
  • Marker pen
  • Scissors
  • Candies
Steps to follow:

one

To begin to shape these ghosts for Halloween, we will begin with a very simple step. Take the white sheet and cut it with the measurements of the tube. Approximately, cardboard tubes of toilet paper usually measure about 10 centimeters in height. Once the white paper is cut, wrap the tube in the sheet and glue it with glue. As it is a craft aimed especially for children, we recommend that you use glue in a special bar for children, for greater safety.

two

Once the tube is lined with white paper, the next step is to cut off the faces of the ghosts. Draw on the black sheet different types of face so that the candy ghosts are different and cut them with scissors. This is a step that children like a lot because it allows them to express their most creative part and have fun while imagining the faces of their Halloween ghosts.

3

When you have the faces of the ghosts cut, stick them to the cardboard tubes . You can leave the black eyes, to make the confectioners of more dark ghosts or decorate them with white paper to make them more fun. It is very simple, you only have to cut small round white ones and paint them in the center the black pupil. Glue the white eyes on the round black and the face of the ghost will change completely. As you see, little by little our confectioners are taking shape, they are already true Halloween ghosts and without spending hardly any money. The advantages of making crafts with recycled material are many, among them the low cost. That is why, we encourage you to keep those objects you thought to throw away and reuse them making ornaments as beautiful and original as this one.

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We are nearing the end of our Halloween craft . Once the face of the confectioners of ghosts is finished, it is the turn of the surprise. To give the ornament another use, in addition to the decoration, we will introduce some sweets inside the ghost tubes, and we will turn it into a candy bar. How? Very easy. Grab one of the colored sheets and put a couple of candies on it. Roll the candy in the colored paper, wrinkle the paper a bit to give it a mysterious touch, and you can not guess what it keeps. If you decide to organize a Halloween party with children, you will surely love this little gift.

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After rolling the candy on the colored paper, we reach the last step. Put the gift inside the tube and that's it! To make it look more beautiful, let the tip of the gift stick out a little from the tube, it will add color to the decoration. These candy gourmands are a very fun Halloween craft and with which you can have a good time with the little ones in the house.

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The ghost-shaped confectioners are a very creative and easy to make craft. If you're interested in decorating your home with low-cost Hallween decorations or recycled material, here are some that you'll surely love:

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