Ghost Feet

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If you are looking for a cute Halloween craft that is super easy and cute, look no further.

I just think that these ghost feet are so cute. And it really was so easy. No craftiness required.

My sisters-in-law and I made these a few weekends ago. Everyones turned out so cute. Really it is hard to mess it up when it is so easy.


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This is where I got the idea orginally. But we adapted it and made ours on wood. The one above is on a canvas. Both ways are cute. We just happened to have spare wood around.

I used 2 pieces of wood and drilled two little holes in the side and used wire to hold them together. But one long piece is also cute. It would be similar to the canvas.

Materials:
-Wood or canvas, be sure it is the right size to fit all the feet you want and any writing you may want to put on it.
-Black spray paint
-White paint
-Black paint
-a shallow dish (like a paper plate or a paint tray)
-a foam roller
-Thin tipped paint brush
-Ribbon or wire
-drill (if you choose the wood)
-Kids feet

How too:
1. Paint your canvas or wood. I did both sides of my wood because I knew that you would be able to see the back where I was putting it. Obviously if you chose canvas, don't spray the back. Let it dry
2. If you are using wood you need to drill holes in the top for the ribbon (if you are using one piece) or drill holes in the two sides that will connect with wire. Touch up any paint around the holes.
3. Pour a small amount of white paint into your shallow dish. Roll your roller in the paint and then cover the entire bottom of your childs foot. (if you are doing both feet on your kids just paint one foot at a time and be sure to wash the first foot before you start the second) Make sure you get the toes.
4. Line up the foot and press down firmly. Be sure to press down the arch and each toe. Release foot. You may have to fill in the arch of the foot with more white paint. If you want. I filled in the arches of my kids feet, just to give it more of a ghost shape. But if you don't want to, it still looks cute.
5. Using black paint and a fine tipped brush, draw on eyes and a mouth onto your ghost.
6. With white paint and the fine tipped brush, you can write the names of your kids or the date under their feet.
7. With white paint write "Happy Halloween" across the top.
8. If you used the canvas, glue your ribbon along the underside of the top of your canvas. If you are using the one piece of wood, insert your ribbon through the holes that you drilled and tie knots in either end. If you used two pieces of wood like I did, thread your wire through the holes and wrap it and then coil it around a pencil (for the cute curly wire).
9. Display and adore.