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Ghost Halloween Lights

Learn how to make festive Halloween lights in the shape of ghosts. These pathway lights are so incredibly easy to make, you’ll end up making dozens like I did!
Yield 1 Ghost Light
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Project Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Materials
  

  • 2 Popsicle Sticks
  • 1 Fillable Plastic Ornament
  • 1 Set of Fairy Lights
  • White Plastic Tablecloth
  • Black Permanent Marker

Equipment

  • Glue gun

Instructions
 

  • Glue two popsicle sticks together.
    2 Popsicle Sticks
    pressing two popsicle sticks together
  • Glue the popsicle sticks to the base of the plastic ornament.
    1 Fillable Plastic Ornament
    adding glue to the base of a plastic fillable ornament
  • Push the the fairy lights into the ornament.
    1 Set of Fairy Lights
    pressing a popsicle stick to a plastic fillable ornament
  • Glue the battery pack right below the plastic ornament.
    a clear plastic ornament filled with fairy lights and glued to a popsicle stick
  • Cut out a square piece of the tablecloth that’s roughly 18×18 inches.
    White Plastic Tablecloth
    a clear plastic ornament filled with fairy lights and glued to a popsicle stick on top of a piece of white plastic tablecloth
  • Add some glue to one spot on the bottom of the plastic ornament. Then fold over the tablecloth and press it against the glue.
    pressing the white plastic tablecloth on the outside and folded over
  • Repeat the process on the other side.
    lifting the plastic table cloth to add glue to the base of the plastic ornament
  • Add glue all around the base of the ornament and scrunch the tablecloth around it.
    scrunching the white plastic table cloth around the plastic ornament
  • Draw too long ovals for the eyes.
    Black Permanent Marker
    drawing eyes onto the ghost light with a black permanent marker
  • To use the ghost lights push the popsicle stick into the ground.
    DIY outdoor halloween lights in the shape of ghosts lining the pathway with homemade gravestones behind them
Keyword Ghost, Halloween, Lights