How To Make a Ghost Costume

  • September 21, 2009
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Don’t let the prospect of making your own ghost costume scare you. With a few household items and a little time, you’ll be out the door trick or treating.

You Will Need

  • A white sheet
  • A light colored baseball hat
  • Scissors
  • A pen or pencil
  • Four safety pins
  • A black magic marker
  • A goodie bag
How To Make a Ghost Costume: Cut brim off hat

Step 1: Cut brim off hat

Cut off the brim of the hat.

Wear the hat backwards if you don’t want to cut the brim off.

How To Make a Ghost Costume: Check out length of costume

Step 2: Check out length of costume

Drape the sheet over the head of the person who’s going to wear the costume. If it’s dragging on the ground, mark a comfortable length with pen or pencil.

How To Make a Ghost Costume: Mark center of head and eye position

Step 3: Mark center of head and eye position

Mark the sheet at the center of the person’s head while the sheet is still draped on them. Then, have them poke their fingers from the inside of the sheet to indicate where their eyes are, and mark where the eyeholes will go.

How To Make a Ghost Costume: Pin ball cap

Step 4: Pin ball cap

Remove the sheet and pin the baseball cap to the mark in the middle. Add a few more pins to secure the cap in place.

How To Make a Ghost Costume: Cut eyeholes

Step 5: Cut eyeholes

Cut eyeholes where the eye positions were marked, and circle the edges with black magic marker.

Draw on a nose and mouth with the marker, too, if you like.

How To Make a Ghost Costume: Trim length

Step 6: Trim length

Trim the edges of the sheet to the desired length and put the costume on by throwing on the sheet and pulling on the hat. Now grab your goodie bag, and head out for a night of trick or treating.

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Comments (2)

HeatherM

Spooky music! Nice job using close ups to show the small details!

over 2 years ago by HeatherM

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17637879401

that video was cute! LOL

about 1 year ago by 17637879401

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