The Grim Reaper and other Starched Fabric Spirits

I saw some really cute starched cheesecloth ghosts on the Martha Stuart website*, but I wanted to make something more frightful. So I used starched fabric to make a grim reaper, I also made a couple of ghosts and added some lights to give them a spookier look.


*www.marthastewart.com/how-to/cheesecloth-ghosts/ 

Step 1 Material

• cheesecloth and black nylons
• floral stem wire
• pliers
• tinfoil and plastic wrap
• clay
• bamboo skewers
• jewelry chain
• cardboard

Comments

[chaitanyak]

wow that look sos cool! am gonna try this!

[Creativeman]

Great stuff, Chrys! You appear to be an incurable make-a-holic!  Cman

[Kiteman]

Sweet - empty robes.

How big can you make them?

[ChrysN]

I'm not sure how big you can go with these, the ones I made are about 6 inches tall.  The cheesecloth is pretty solid once it's dry, so you could probably make them bigger a foot or maybe even more.

[scoochmaroo]

I've done something similar with plaster and cheesecloth to make a human-size haunt.  Held up great!

[ChrysN]

Human-size, that would look pretty cool!