When it comes to birthday parties and holidays I always consult with my daughters.
They have vivid imaginations, which is a great resource to tap into.
We are planning a Great Pumpkin Party in our home.
My four year old daughter Sophia suggested making a few girl ghosts with hair bows and some boy ghosts with silly mustaches to play a toss game with.
Great idea!
These Felt Ghost Bean Bags are quick and easy to put together.
Here’s the “how to”:
This is the pattern I use. Enlarge or adjust to suit your taste.
Tape the pattern to a piece of felt.
Cut through the tape for a clean crisp edge.
Pins are not long enough to handle the bulk of felt.
If you are going to personalize your ghosts now is the time.
Leftover buttons from blouses and sweaters make great ghost eyes.
Next, match up two top edges.
Do not pin pieces in place on these short seams.
Felt will stick together a little.
Start in the middle and work your way down to the folded edge of fabric.
A blanket stitch looks homemade without the tedious effort of hand sewing.
A zig-zag stitch will look great too.
Stitch up the opposite side starting at the bottom and working your way back to your initial starting point.
Keep the outside of the presser foot on the outside of the fabric.
This will make sure your blanket stitch is running in the correct direction.
Repeat the above steps for the remaining sides.
Now it’s time to fill your ghost.
Place about a 1/3 cup of rice in a small ziplock baggie.
It’s relatively inexpensive and easy for little hands to toss.
Don’t overfill.
Here comes the tricky part.
Add the bottom.
Cut your circle an inch or so larger than the circumference of your ghost.
Turn the outer edge of your ghost out just wide enough for the presser foot to rest on.
Ease your ghost onto the bottom circle.
Go slow and adjust your fabric every few stitches.
Trim the circle close to stitches so outer edges match.
I think Sophia was right.
Our silly ghosts now linger by the pumpkins in our dining room.
It’s great when party games double as decorations.
To play the game, place an old wash tub or basket in a corner and attach ribbon to the floor at 12 inch increments.
Start the kids at the first ribbon and see how far they back they can go and still land all 5 ghosts.
Happy Halloween!
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These are awesome! Such a great idea!
Thanks! My daughters are 2,4, and 6 years old. They are having a lot of fun playing with them. So far they are holding up well, which is good. I’ll use them again on Halloween for the school carnival.
Thanks we’re having so much fun with these. My daughter has asked that we play the toss game at her school carnival later this week. Should be a hoot!
Oh so cute… I tweeted it out for you! I am also going to pin it to my Halloween Fun pinterest board: http://www.pinterest.com/DownshiftingPRO/halloween-fun/
Oh wow! Margarita thanks for the support. I’m thrilled you like this little project. I love working with my daughters to come up with project ideas. Sophia was so particular about the hair bow, I may have a budding designer on my hands:)
Fun. 😀 We had a Great Pumpkin Party, too.
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These are so cute! It’s hard to be scared of these ghosts.
Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty. We hope to see you again when we open our doors at 12 AM EST on Friday.
What a cute idea for a fun Halloween party game! Thanks for sharing your craft with us at the #HomeMattersParty this week.