have i mentioned i've always had a thing about halloween? i love the crafts, the decor, the pumpkin carving, the haunted houses, the costumes...everything! you've probably seen versions of this ghost print craft before. i decided to put a new twist on it this year, and get the whole fam involved. as usual, my husband was so excited. that guy will do almost anything for permission to play in my craft paint collection. well, not exactly. but he didn't even roll his eyes once when lucy kept insisting on painting yet another layer on his ticklish foot. good boy, shane. good boy...
to begin, we bought a large canvas from hobby lobby. they are often on sale, but if they are not, did you know they will scan your phone so you can redeem their weekly 40% off coupon? it's true. pretty tricky. we then covered our workspace carefully with newspaper. wait, i'm making that part up. we always do our crafts directly on our kitchen table surface - i love how all the colors from our past projects lend a little character to our kitchen. we painted our canvas black with hobby lobby craft paint. next, we took turns painting each other's tootsies and stamping them in a row on the canvas. i'd recommend using a shade of cream as opposed to white, as white tends to yellow over time, especially when covered with a layer of gloss. next, i used big foam letters to stamp "booooo" across the bottom for that extra scary effect. we added faces with black paint pen. i also wrote the year on the edge of daddy ghost and covered the canvas with a couple layers of clear gloss. it will happily spend the halloween season on a black easel on the fireplace mantel.
my girls loved this project, and are so proud of our ghost family. you don't necessarily need the whole family involved to make a cute project, though. the first ghost print canvas i did is shown in the last image below. it features the feet of a two year old lucy. it stays up in the playroom all year long as a friendly reminder of yet another enchanting season to come...
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