This Spooky Cotton Ball Ghost Craft is a fun project for young children to celebrate Halloween!
We’ve been having fun making all kinds of Halloween crafts lately. My kids really enjoyed these marble paint Bat Crafts last week.
Today, we are going to make an easy ghost craft.
All you need is the free ghost shape printable, glue, and cotton balls!
You might also like to add your own face to the ghost or cut these little ghosts out with scissors – but that’s totally optional!
This activity is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers who are working on fine motor skills.
I hope your little ones enjoy this easy Halloween Craft!
Supplies needed for Halloween Cotton Ball Ghosts
To make these cute puffy ghosts, you will need the following items:
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– Free Ghost Template – found at the end of this tutorial
– Glue – we found that Elmer’s white school Glue works well for this craft
– Optional: scissors and black paper to make a personalized face
Once you have your supplies, it’s time to make these simple ghost crafts!
How to make a Cotton Ball Ghost Craft
First, print out your free ghost outline. You might like to print it on cardstock to make it more durable (especially if you plan to hang these from the ceiling!)
Next, show your child how to add a little bit of glue and then place cotton balls on top of the glue.
I had my kids pull bits of cotton off of the cotton balls to glue to the page.
This saves on the number of cotton balls you’ll use, and it also looks great!
Younger kids might need assistance with this.
You’ll keep adding a little bit of glue, along with little bits of cotton ball until you’ve covered the entire ghost.
For the face, you can choose to do one of the following:
– Go around it with the cotton and leave it as is.
– Or, you can cover the entire ghost with cotton and then add bits of black construction paper to make a face or even add googly eyes.
Older kids might really enjoy creating their own ghost face with black paper while little kids might find it easier to just use the face as it.
And that’s it! A super easy craft for Halloween!
You might like to cut out the little ghosts to display them in your classroom or home. If you make it sturdy with white cardstock on the back – it can hang nicely from the ceiling!
Download the Free Ghost Template
Ready to download your free ghost printable template? You can click the black download button below to grab your free template now to make this fun puffy ghost craft! Happy Halloween!
More Halloween Activities for Kids
Looking for more fun Halloween Craft ideas and fun Halloween Activities? You can find more easy Halloween projects on my blog!
There’s a fun Marble Paint Bat Craft here. Little ones will enjoy painting in this unique way!
If you love Marble Painting, don’t miss this Cute and Easy Marble Paint Mummy Craft. It’s perfect for preschoolers!
Plus, you can find tons of fun Mummy Crafts for kids here. There’s paper crafts, printables and plenty of fun unique ideas for Halloween!
One of my favorite Fall Crafts is this Marble Paint Pumpkin. It’s super simple, and yet so adorable.
My kids loved this Monster Stew Halloween Sensory Bin. They had so much fun creating their own concoctions fit for a Monster’s dinner!
Love free printables? You can find some fun 5 Little Pumpkins printables here to go along with this Halloween poem.
There’s also 3 free Halloween Monster Coloring pages here. Tons of fun that’s perfect for little ones. Nothing to scary – just good spooky fun!
And of course if you have preschoolers, don’t miss these free Halloween Connect the Dots pages. These are super simple and made to early learners. There’s bat, pumpkin, witch hat, and ghost dot to dot pages.
Looking for something unique? This Skeleton Sand Art project fits the bill. Kids will enjoy decorating the skeleton printable with colorful sand or glitter.
Lastly, don’t miss this printable Witch Hat! Little ones will enjoy creating their very own spooky hat to wear at their Halloween celebration!
Want to save this Halloween ghost craft for later? Pin the image below to your Halloween Crafts for Kids board on Pinterest!
Thanks for this. I was looking for a quick and easy G is for Ghost craft for this week for storytime at the library where I work. I have 4 bags of cotton balls already and plenty of glue… so… easy peasy craft for this Friday.
yay! Hope the kids enjoy it!