{"id":3712,"date":"2011-10-07T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frykitty.com\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2011-10-07T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T21:42:02","slug":"a-month-of-spookdays-paper-ghost-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=3712","title":{"rendered":"A Month of Spookdays: Paper Ghost Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For my birthday, my wonderful Spousal Unit bought me one of these:<\/p>\n

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I managed to wait a few days, but soon, I couldn’t help but play. So here is my first piece of handmade paper!<\/p>\n

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So how to make that spooky…<\/p>\n

How about a little dry-brushing with off-white paint, then cut out as many large (4″) hearts as I can manage:<\/p>\n

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Wait, what? Hearts?! I’m not supposed to be making hearts for months!<\/em> But there is a method to my madness.\u00a0 Cut those cute little hearts in half:<\/p>\n

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Then give them some shape. I usually just go wild with the scissors, but here I’ve drawn in the shape to show you what I’m doing:<\/p>\n

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In case you’re still wondering, it’s a little ghostie! Next, the ghosties get cute faces:<\/p>\n

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Then they get two little holes in their heads. They find this quite upsetting:<\/p>\n

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I had a dozen ghosties, so I cut off about 60″ of 3\/8″-wide orange ribbon, and fray-checked the ends. While you can do without, this is much easier with a ribbon needle. String the first ghost starting from the back, then gently move it down the ribbon until it’s about 10″ from the end. Use all this moving to manipulate the ribbon so it stays shiny-side front.<\/p>\n

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String the other ghosts, moving them gently, and keeping the ribbon shiny-side front, until they’re about 2″ from the ghost in front of them. All this moving is why you need a nice, heavy paper. Now string ’em up!<\/p>\n

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