This ghost suncatcher makes a spooky Halloween decoration for your window. Includes free printable ghost templates. This Halloween kids craft is perfect for elementary kids.

Halloween is quickly approaching and I love decorating the house for Halloween.

I love that these suncatchers hang on inside of the window and they look good. I had my doubts about how these ghost suncatchers would look because they are white.

You can make friendly ghosts or spooky ghosts. I included 3 ghost templates for you to choose from.

This is a good craft to use leftover tissue paper. I always save my tissue paper from gifts to use for crafts.

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Ghost Suncatcher Supplies

• Ghost templates – see below
• Contact paper
• White tissue paper
• Scissors
• Black Marker

Ghost Suncatcher Instructions

Print the free ghost templates. I included 3 ghost templates on 2 pages. To print the ghosts, click on the picture of the ghosts. Or you can download it to your computer.

Or you can draw ghost shapes with a black marker on white paper.

Cut out the ghost shapes. Cut both the outside and inside lines of the ghost. You want a ghost template or stencil. See picture below.

To make it easy to cut out the middle of the ghost, gently fold paper in half and then cut a slit. This makes it easy to get your scissors inside the outline.

Next, cut the white tissue paper into small squares. Don’t worry, the squares don’t have to be the same size. You can even have your child rip the tissue paper into small pieces, if they are too young to use scissors.

Then, cut a piece of contact paper a little larger than your ghost template. Carefully, peel off the backing.

Place the ghost outline black side down on the sticky side of the contact paper.

Then add your squares of white tissue paper. Don’t worry about going outside the lines, it will be trimmed.

When you are done adding the tissue paper, cover your design with contact paper, sticky side down. Press down to smooth the contact paper over your suncatcher ghost.

Then, cut along your ghost outline to cut away the excess contact paper, this will also trim the excess tissue paper.

Turn your ghost suncatcher over to see the black outline.

Using a black marker, draw 2 eyes on your ghost.

Optional step: use a hole punch to put a hole in the ghost so you can hang it in your window. Put fishing line in the hole and tie into a loop.

Or you can use tape to tape the suncatcher to your window.

Then, hang your suncatcher in your window and enjoy your Halloween ghost suncatcher.

Ways To Modify This Craft

To make this craft easier, you can draw a ghost shape with a thick, black marker on your contact paper. Then, add your white tissue paper. Cover with another piece of contact paper sticky side down and then trim your design.

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