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Halloween Kids Craft: Homemade Ghost Window Clings

September 21, 2011 by Susie Chadwick 10 Comments

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

This Halloween craft combined two crafts I’ve done with my kids to make one easy homemade Halloween decoration – ghost window clings! Last year we made ghost window clings using a glue gun. Since then, we’ve also made homemade window clings using white glue colored with food coloring. White glue doesn’t require a glue gun and is safer for young children, but those window clings were made on a piece of transparency. I wanted to see if I could make a white glue window cling on a plate, and only use things I had on hand.

Guess what – it worked! So, we made these ghost window clings two ways. One of them was based on a ghost drawing my preschooler did, and traced onto a transparency with glue. I made the other window cling by sketching a ghost outline in white glue on a glass plate. In both methods, it was just as easy to peel the dried glue off. So, if you don’t have a transparency, go ahead and try this on a glass plate.

All you need for this Halloween kids’ craft is white glue, a permanent marker, and a transparency or plate.

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

Outline your ghost shape in white glue on the transparency or plate. Allow it to dry.

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

Fill in the dried ghost shape with lots of glue. Allow to dry several hours or overnight. We did this twice so our ghosts would be thicker.

Once it’s dry, peel the ghost off the plate or transparency. You might need to use the tip of a butter knife to lift up the edge. Draw a face on your ghost with the permanent marker, if desired.

Stick it on the window!

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

The ghost window clings will be flexible, unlike the ones I made from hot glue. If your window is very cold, they may become brittle, so be careful when removing them.

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

You can remove and play with your ghost window clings all you want and they will keep sticking.  We also tried them out on the mirror.  Maggie is making this “ghost face” in all the pictures I took.

Halloween Kids Craft: Ghost Window Clings

Update: We also used this technique to make homemade snowman window clings as a Christmas craft!

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Comments

  1. Joyce says

    September 22, 2011 at 1:38 am

    Oh, this is a wonderful idea! We’ve made little snowman ornaments out of glue on wax paper, but I never thought about using them for window clings! Thank you for sharing!

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  2. [email protected] says

    September 22, 2011 at 6:36 am

    Great idea! My son wants to be a ghost for halloween… I know, kind of a boring costume but he won’t give up on it so I guess I have to give in 🙂 These will be a fun activity to go with it!

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  3. Jamie @ hands on : as we grow says

    September 22, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Well isn’t that an obvious craft I would have never thought of! Its really brilliant. And its perfect for Halloween.

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  4. [email protected] says

    September 23, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    This is so clever and fun! My sons would get a kick out of this! It has never occured to me to make our own window clings. Great job! And her ghost face is adorable! I would love it if you would stop by my blog to say hi! Today I’m featuring our craft stick scarecrows to celebrate the first day of Fall! Or you could check out our painted Autumn leaves! I hope you’re having an awesome day!

    Mandi at BBM

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  5. Tami says

    September 24, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Love this idea! I have made window clings out of window tint (that stuff that you tint your car windows with) but never though of using white glue!

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  6. Katie says

    September 24, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    What a great idea! I can’t wait to try this with my kids!

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  7. Maria K says

    September 24, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    I made the version with hot glue last year. Almost broke my window getting them off after the sun had shone on them warming them just enough to really stick to the windows.
    Be careful. I won’t be doing it again.

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  8. MaryAnn F. Kohl says

    September 28, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    I linked directly to your page from a post I did about making ghosts in different ways. You can see the post here: https://us2.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/preview?id=1565385 I hope that is okay with you that I used your little ghost image and linked it back to this page. If not, please let me know and I’ll change it. MaryAnn

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  9. Kim says

    October 10, 2013 at 10:04 am

    I’m wondering if you could add colors to make pumpkins, bats etc? Hmmmm

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    • Susie Chadwick says

      October 10, 2013 at 12:41 pm

      Yes, Kim, I have used food coloring to color white glue and made colored window clings. They worked out great!

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