Today is my birthday–and so I am giving you a little DIY project as a gift :)
I love Fall, Halloween, and decorating this time of year! I also love decorating ideas that do not take up extra space—enter the ghostie cozies…
Not only are these little ghosts decorations, they are also little cozies made to slip over jars of pasta, rice, flour…Anything you might normally store around your house in a jar. In the bathroom–maybe slip one over your mouthwash. In the kitchen over a bottle of olive oil, or those storage jars with rice. In the craft room–slip it over a jar of pom poms. :) I think you get the point.
You can find my ghost cozy pattern for printing here. Just choose “print to fit page” and then you can use it as a guide for your very own ghosts.
You’ll need:
-White Felt
-Black Felt
-Craft Glue
-Sewing Machine
-Water Soluble Pen (or a pencil works just as well)
1. Cut out the paper pattern and trace it onto felt (two layers, one for each side of the ghost)
2. Next sew along the traced line of the ghost. Leave the bottom open.
3. Cut your ghost out and turn right side out.
4. Now cut some eyes, a nose, and mouth from the black felt. They can be any size and shape you would like (how about a sad ghost?) Use the craft glue to glue them in place. Once dry your ghost is ready!
You can make smaller ghosts, taller ghosts etc. depending on what you want to cover. The ghosts will even stand on their own without something underneath them, so if you don’t have anything that could be covered, just make some ghosts and stand them up all over your house.
Have fun! Please remember this pattern is for personal use only and should not be sold.
Happy Birthday Heidi! Hope you have a great day!
Very cute! Happy Birthday to you! :)
Happy Birthday, Heidi! Thanks for the cute ghosties.
happy happy birthday, heidi!
max and i will have to eat cupcakes today in your honor. haha.
thank you for the project! i can’t wait to try it out.
xoxo
This is such a cute idea! Thanks!
awww, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! september birthdays are the best! my daughter turnes 14 in one week from today <3
Happy Birthday!!! It’s my fiance’s birthday as well!! Thanks for the DIY i love it!
<3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Today is my birthday too!!! This made my day!!!!
ooooh…I think I need to get working! my family is going to go nuts for these!
Happy Birthday, cutie! Hope your day is full of magic. You rule.
Happy birthday, Heidi!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! i hope it’s the best!
i linked your tutorial on my blog. you’re so great. XO.
Happy birthday to you!
so cute! happy bday!
happy birthday, heidi!
xo
kittee
This is so adorable! Perfect project for me and my tween girl.
Happy birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day. :)
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
These ghosties are SO cute! Thanks for sharing! This will be a delightful project to do with my boys!
Very cute! I hope you have a wonderful birthday doll.
Happy Birthday and thanks for sharing your cute pattern. :)
Love this. Happy birthday to you.,.,.,.,.,.,
LOVE this idea! i cant wait to make a million of them for my house. :)
Happy Birthday, Heidi! :)
happy birthday! thank u so much for your daily inspiration:)
Happy Happy Birthday! Today is my birthday as well! I hope you have a fantastic first day of Autumn!
Happy Birthday Heidi!! I hope you have an awesome day today and that all your birthday wishes come true! =)
happy birthday! And I L-O-V-E this DIY!!!
xo, stefanie
The ghosts are cute, BUT I am head over heels with your Pez wall!!
Happy Birthday! This idea is too cute.
Aww, these are so cute Heidi! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking to these. Happy Birthday! Here’s to a fabulous and magical day!
You’re my new favorite blogger, I come to your blog every day excited to see what you came up with next. You’re very talented. So HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Happy Birthday Heidi!
Cute ghosts!!
happy birthday, Heidi! my childhood friend who is also named Heidi shares your birthday! ;) hope you had a great day!
p.s. …a few years back she and I got to Renegade in Chicago and got ourselves some cute bananas, houses, and donuts from you!
Happy Birthday!
I just saw your ghosties on Elsie Flannigan’s blog and feel like I received a present this morning being led to your blog. I am loving your plushies (especially the toilet and tp) and the hamburgers and who am I kidding. They’re all fantastic.
Hope you had a great birthday! And thanks for sharing your crafty genius with the world.
Happy Birthday!! hope you enjoyed it!!
Hi Heidi!
Happy belated birthday.
I just love your blog. And when I saw these adorable ghostie cozies, I had to make one.
I followed your advice and made a sad one, with artistic direction from my three year old son of course, and just posted about it this evening, http://sweetdealdesigns.blogspot.com/
Thanks for sharing the pattern.
Love the ghosties. Love your other crafts.
Added your site to my favorites.
Happy Birthday.
Aw, happy Birthday, I love these ghosts! :)
Thanks for the cute present! Happy Birthday!
I love these ghosties!!! I featured thwm on my blog here:
http://punkprojects.blogspot.com/2010/09/make-it-monday_27.html
Happy late bday!
-Katie
such lovable ghosties,
LOVE your PEZ collection, I have several hundred, but most of mine are still in orig. pkgs. have about 30 or so that are loose.