boo branch
i saw this cute halloweeny idea on counting cheerios, and so we tried it out on this cloudy afternoon — a ghost tree!
boooooo!
N and i went on a walk to find the perfect tree branch. we found a great stem from the magnolia tree in our front yard. then i gathered up some cotton balls, white tissues, orange ribbons, a black marker, and a glue gun.
traditionally, tissue ghosts were made from lollipops wrapped in a tissue, but if your kid is anything like my kid, we would not have gotten through this project without a major sugar high and a late bedtime tonight. so i nixed the lollipops in favor of some cotton balls.
but can i have a lollipop anyway?
we just put the cotton balls into the tissues, tied ribbons around them as bowties, and N helped to draw eyes and a mouth on each ghost.
"daddy ghost & mommy ghost"
after that, i used a hot glue gun to affix them to the branch. you could use christmas tree ornament hangers, more ribbon, paper clips, string, or other kinds of tape or glue. (if using a hot glue gun, a grown-up should definitely do that part!) then we had a (kissable?) ghost tree to add to our already-overflowing halloween decor!
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pretty. darn. cute.