Ghostly Porch Decoration

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Ghostly Porch Decoration

This cheerful ghost family will greet trick-or-treaters at your door.

From the magazine, Halloween Tricks & Treats

Ghost Family

What You Need:

Display this family on your door
to greet Halloween guests.

Plastic-foam balls: 1-1/2-inch, 4-1/2-inch, and 6-inch
Old white sheet or fabric
Black-with-white-polka-dots ribbon (1/16-inch- and 15/16-inch-wide)
Large-tip black permanent marking pen
"Groucho" glasses and Spanish moss "hair"
Glue gun and hot-melt adhesive
Fish line

Instructions:

Tear sheet/fabric squares to drape over the plastic-foam balls. Tie a ribbon bow around the "necks." Mark a face on the cover of each ball. If you like, hot-glue "Groucho" glasses and hair onto one head. Use fish line to hang each ghost.

Scaredy Cats

What You Need:

A lineup of pumpkins and scaredy
cats guides guests up the steps.

Black foam-core board (enough for the number of cats desired)
Crafts knife
Chalk

Instructions:

1. Download the free pattern for this project. (Downloading requires Adobe Acrobat software.)

Scaredy cats pattern >>
Download Adobe Acrobat >>

2. Enlarge and use chalk to transfer the cat shape onto foam-core board. Cut out the cat shapes with a crafts knife.