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    Ceiling Fan Balloon Ghosts Decoration (Video)

    October 7, 2021 By Brandy Leave a Comment

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    Ceiling fan balloon ghosts are easy to make and hilarious to watch. All you need is a trash bag, balloon, tape, a marker and some string! Make sure to watch our video to see them in action! This post contains affiliate links.

    You might also like our felt Halloween candy pouches (a sewing project for kids), our haunted pop tart houses or our EASY pencil painted pumpkin t-shirts! Looking for more easy Halloween decor? These bats are perfect to cover an entire wall at home or in a classroom! If you're planning making sugar cookies for Halloween be sure to check our bakery style sugar cookies recipe. They are the best!

    ceiling fan balloon ghosts and supplies

    Watch our step by step video!

    Ceiling Fan Balloon Ghosts for Halloween

    The nice thing about having a large age gap between our kids is that we can bring out old craft projects and give them a new life! I remember making ceiling fan ghosts when my boys (now 18 and 16) were in preschool. Now that I have another little boy in preschool it was time to make them again. A fun way to decorate the living room for Halloween.told him that we'd have to pull out some fun Halloween movies like Casper and Spookley the Square Pumpkin!

    two ghosts hanging from fan

     

    Ceiling fan balloon ghosts are SO EASY to make and absolutely hilarious. They are cute hanging from the fan, but turn the fan on and they take on a completely different look---chasing each other in a circle. I'm not big on creepy Halloween decorations or haunted houses that pop all over this time of year so these little guys are just my style.

    two ceiling fan balloon ghosts on fan

    Ceiling Fan Balloon Ghost Supplies

    • Trash Bags: My favorite bags to use for making ghosts are the ones from the dollar store that have flap ties. You get 12 in a box. The flaps really make them look like ghosts with the scalloped edge vs. a cinch tie.
    • Balloons: White balloons are the best to use since the bags are thin and colored balloons would show through.
    • Tape: As far as tape goes I've found that packing tape sticks to the balloons the best, but you can use whatever you have on hand.
    • Permanent Marker
    • Fishing line or string: I had some fishing line, but string would work too.

    box of trash bags, pen, balloon, packing tape

    These balloon ghosts take about 2 minutes to make and will entertain the kids all month long.

    1. To make a balloon ghost simply blow up a white balloon and tie it off.
    2. Add a piece of rolled up tape to the top of the balloon.
    3. Slide the balloon inside a trash bag and attach the tape to the top seam of the trash bag.
    4. Draw a ghost face on the trash bag with a black marker.
    5. Turn the bag over, bring the sides of the bag together to give it more shape and tie it off with string.
    6. Use the same string to hang the ghost from a ceiling fan blade.

    Note: these work best when tied around the fan blade vs. taped to the blade.

    two balloon ghosts hanging from fanMac asked me to make him another one to attach to a balloon stick so that he can run around with it. Smart boy!

    Ceiling Fan Balloon Ghosts Tutorial

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    Ceiling Fan Balloon Ghosts

    Ceiling fan balloon ghosts are easy to make and hilarious to watch. Use a trash bag and a balloon!
    Active Time2 minutes mins
    Total Time2 minutes mins
    Cost: under $1

    Equipment

    • scissors to cut the string

    Materials

    • 1 white trash bag tie flaps vs. cinch closure are preferred
    • 1 white balloon
    • tape
    • permanent marker
    • string

    Instructions

    • Blow up a white balloon and tie it off.
    • Add a piece of rolled up tape to the top of the balloon.
    • Slide the balloon inside a trash bag and attach the tape to the top seam of the trash bag.
    • Draw a ghost face on the trash bag.
      sharpie drawing eyes and mouth on balloon ghost
    • Turn the bag over, bring the sides of the bag together to give it more shape and tie it off with string.
      string tied around a trash bag
    • Use the same string to hang the ghost from a ceiling fan blade.

    Video

    Notes

    Note: these work best when tied around the fan blade vs. taped to the blade.

     

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    Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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