Spooky Ghost Cup Craft For Kids

Spooky Ghost Cup Craft For Kids

This spooky ghost cup craft for kids is adorable and ridiculously simple to create. A great idea for fast Halloween decorating.. and your kids can help you make them!

Don’t throw away those styrofoam coffee cups after your next office party! (ok, maybe throw out the used ones. lol). This Halloween you can use basic styrofoam coffee cups to make this super eerie ghost cup craft for kids!

This Halloween-themed craft is ridiculously easy. However, if you want to get your kids (especially your young kids) even more excited about this spooky holiday, making a few of these friendly ghosts is a sure fire way to get them fired up! 

ghost cup craft

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What you will need for this craft:

ghost cup craft for kids

  

How to make this Spooky Ghost Cup Craft!

1. Press sharpened pencil through the styrofoam cup where you want to place the tealight. Twist the pencil gently as you press to avoid splitting the styrofoam.

ghost cup craft for kids

2. From the inside of the cup, gently press the tealight flame through the hole in the cup. The tealight flame will be the nose!

ghost cup craft for kids

3. Over the flame, use the black permanent marker to draw two eyes. Under the flame, draw a mouth. Experiment with different styles of eyes and mouths. I mean, not every ghost looks the same, right?

ghost cup craft for kids

ghost cup craft for kids

  1. Don’t forget to turn on the tealight for the nose to light up!

ghost cup craft for kids

Don’t stop at one ghost or even a few ghosts. Why not make a slew of these cuties and sprinkle them around the house or your yard for a simple but really cool Halloween decorating idea?

Another option for decorating would be to either string ribbon through the cups or hot glue ribbon to the back of the cups.. and string them up as a spooky lighted garland! 

Click the photo to grab these cute halloween printables!

Halloween Printables

 

Do You Like This Ghost Craft? Check Out More Halloween Craft For Kids Ideas To Try!

  

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