A homemade ghost

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A homemade ghost

Post by california ghoul » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:23 pm

With finances being really tight this year, I started doing a search for some homemade Halloween decorations and ran into a video on how to make a ghost out of some wood, gauze and starch. It seems like it's simple to do and fairly inexpensive. Where would I find that much gauze though? Michael's?
Gosh, this ghost would look really neat in a graveyard setting!!

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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by Hallow's Queen » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:54 pm

i like the homemade grave stones the best... i think its page 3
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by jadewik » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:53 am

Don't look for gauze. Look for Cheesecloth. Every craft store or craft section in a store should have cheese cloth somewhere. It's fairly inexpensive too.

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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:42 am

Grocery stores carry cheesecloth too. Look in the baking supply aisle.
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by Hallow's Queen » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:44 pm

is cheescloth that holey thin looking clothe? im not really sure...
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by jadewik » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:41 pm

Cheesecloth looks like this:
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/images/cheesecloth_300.jpg

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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by california ghoul » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:22 am

Oh I like the way cheesecloth looks! Does it come in large sheets? I always imagined it being in little pieces.
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by california ghoul » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:24 am

i like the homemade grave stones the best... i think its page 3
Aren't they cool! I just don't want to go out and buy all those power tools, they look pretty expensive.
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by Rising Dead Man » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:04 pm

I like the gravestones too. They look more real then the gravestones I see in most yard haunts. The only thing that does not look real is the words. They look too fake to be on a real stone.
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Re: A homemade ghost

Post by Ghoul Friday » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:31 pm

If you have fabric stores around (especially if you have a strip in town that has a few fabric stores), cheesecloth is usually cheaper than at craft stores. You can buy it by the meter.
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