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Mini Macrame Ghost

These easy macrame ghosts are made out of cording and yarn. Super easy for kids or adults to make and so fun for Halloween!
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Yield: 1 keychain
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • scissors
  • hot glue gun
  • measuring tape

Materials

Instructions

Cutting Guide & Yardage

  • Cut the cording/rope into the following lengths (1 of each): 6.5", 5.5" and 5"
    Cut a long piece of white yarn for each piece of rope. It's better to have too much vs. not enough so cut a strand around 45" long.
    scissors, black paint, yarn, felt, rope

Wrapping The Rope

  • Tape the longest piece of rope to the table using a piece of masking tape. Line the edge of the masking tape with the edge of the rope. This is important. You only want an inch of the rope covered by tape.
    cotton cording taped to table with masking tape
  • Wrap the yarn around the rope and tie a knot just below the masking tape. Do not cut off the excess yarn. Hold it against the rope as you wrap the rope in yarn (it will get wrapped as you go).
    Wrap the yarn TIGHTLY around the rope, making sure you can't see the rope through the rows of yarn as you go.
    hand wrapping yarn around cotton cording
  • Continue wrapping until you only have an inch of rope left. Tie knot at the end and trim off any excess.
    Cover the knot in a small dot of hot glue. This will reinforce the end and keep it from unraveling.
    hot glue dabbed onto the end of the rope
  • Repeat the steps above for the second and third pieces of rope.

Creating The Ghost Shape

  • Fold the shortest rope in half and hot glue it to a scrap of felt. Make sure the frayed edges are not glued to the felt. They should hang down.
    rope folded in half and glued to a piece of felt
  • Glue the other two ropes to the felt, making sure to add the longest rope last.
    hand glueing the second piece of rope to felt
  • Use scissors to trim away any excess felt. Be careful to NOT cut the yarn!
    ghost glued to felt
  • Unravel the unwrapped edges of the rope to create a fringe edge.
  • Glue a loop of yarn to the back to hang the ghost, if desired.
    yarn loop glued to the back of the ghost
  • Add eyes and a mouth using the black craft paint (puffy paint). Let dry completely.
    black puffy paint eyes and mouth on ghost

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Notes

If you'd rather make a keychain, follow the directions in this post for adding a keychain and jump ring.