Ms. Amy's Blog @Child Central Station

We started with a table top covered in shaving cream!!! (I found a nice raspberry scented cream this time, so instead of smelling like a "truck stop" our hands smell nice and fruity!) We played and sculpted until we didn't want to play anymore, and then..... We added school glue. We mixed the glue and the shaving cream together to make puffy paint. Each child made their own paint and added it to black paper. Making wonderful Halloween Ghosts! We decided our ghosts needed eyes and opted for googly ones this time! This post was linked up to:

I don't remember exactly where this idea originally came from. I know that I made these ghosts when I was younger and a member of 4-H. However, it has been quite some time since we tried them out. Making ghosts is quite simple. All you need is some cheesecloth and a stiffening agent and a mold. We used with watered down glue as our stiffening agent, although I know you can use liquid laundry starch or sugar water. This time, we used paper towel tubes and aluminum foil to make our mold. We have also used balloons in the past. The process is not very complex. You cut pieces of cheesecloth, dip it in your stiffening agent. Squeeze off the excess stiffening agent. Pull the cheesecloth apart, and drape the cheesecloth over your form. Then let your ghost dry. Remove the base, and finally, you can decorate with a face. Like many of our projects, the next step is always something bigger. We took out our pvc pipe set and a balloon. We will be making a collaborative MONSTER sized ghost! ...