What do you do with a pile of old socks that you were just going to toss into the trash? Well, make ghost decorations for Halloween (of course). You don't have to have any special skills, just a burning desire to be crafty. Tools needed : scissors, marker, a piece of paper, sewing machine (or needle and thread), old socks, scrap of black fabric for eyes and mouth, glue runner.
Step one : gather socks
Step two: cut socks open - cut down the back to open up the heel.
Step 3: draw a ghost on the sheet of paper and cut it out - this is your template. Lay this template on top of your cut-open sock and trace around it with the marker onto the fabric (you don't have to be real careful). Now cut that out and this is what you should have :
Do this again but lay your template wrong side (flip it over) so that you will have a mirror image ghost to match up with this one. Now just keep doing that until you have as many "pairs" of ghosties as you want. Save your scraps to use as stuffing later - nothing goes to waste!
Step 4: Sew - put a set of ghosties right sides together and sew all around the outside (about a quarter of an inch seam allowance) but leave about two inches open on the long side to flip it right side out.
Step 5: Turn and stuff! put the scraps you saved from earlier and stuff your little friend. Squish it around until it is a pleasing shape. Use your scrap of black material to cut out eyes and a mouth and attach with the glue runner.
Step 6: Sew the hole and hang your little ghostie up in his haunt - or string a bunch of ghosties up with fishing line for a major haunting. Muwahaha!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
