Create your own “crafty magic” this Halloween season with our super EASY Cotton Ball Ghost Cupcake tutorial for kids!
There’s even a free printable in this very post, to make it even more “hauntingly” fast to recreate today!
Cotton Ball Cupcake Ghost Craft For Halloween
Let’s get BOO-GIE with our latest kid craft tutorial!
Today we are going to build {and bake up!} the most perfect GHOST CUPCAKE with just cardstock paper, cotton balls and school glue. Super simple steps and materials that anyone can conjure up to make a ghostly awesome cupcake masterpiece! I promise it won’t make you HOWL in terror to pull this crafty DIY together for your little one this afternoon!
To help you along the way, not only am I sharing this easy step-by-step tutorial with you all right now, but I’m also including a FREE cupcake liner printable template that goes along perfectly with this ghost muffin craft idea.
All you need to do is grab the file below, print it out on colored paper and glue some inexpensive white cotton balls & paper cutouts on top of the drawn-out design. That’s it! It’s super easy, especially since I laid the framework out for you with the provided printable! It’s just a matter of using your crafty imagination to whip up some pretend GHOST FROSTING on your cardstock paper!
So what are you waiting for? Don’t be scared! Keep scrolling on this very post and get ready to gather everything you need to make this simple & inexpensive ghost kid craft. I bet you and your child are going to love it as much as I did designing it!
Happy crafting my friends! Don’t forget to snap a few pictures afterwards to share with us, if you decide to recreate our Halloween ghost cupcake with white cotton balls on paper craft! You can always find us on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram to see! #gluedtomycrafts
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Craft Supplies:
- FREE Cupcake Printable Template {GRAB THE FREE FILE ON BOX.COM}
- Color Printer
- Light Green or Purple Cardstock Paper – one sheet per craft
- White Cotton Balls – a handful per craft
- Black Cardstock Paper
- Kid Scissors
- School Glue
- Halloween Stickers
- optional materials – small wiggle eyes or glitter glue
Directions:
- First print the free cupcake template listed above in the supply list. You will want to print it out on either a light shade of green or purple cardstock paper so the white cotton balls POP from the craft.
- Next have children put a good amount of school glue in the area that is on top of the cupcake liner design on the printable.
- Have children place their white cotton balls on top of the glue, until they have the desired look for their cupcake. They can make their cotton ball ghost frosting as tall or as thin as they like!
- To finish off the Cotton Ball Ghost Cupcake kid craft, have children cut out some eyes/an oval shaped mouth out of the black cardstock {or use wiggle eyes} and glue those pieces on top of the attached cotton balls. At this point in time they can also add some Halloween stickers to the cupcake to really tie the theme together. I added a witch hat but some spider or bat stickers for the “cherry” on top would be awesome too!
- When done crafting, allow it all to dry completely before you display it proudly for ALL to see!
- Then snap a few pictures and share them with us on our Facebook page to admire!
HERE IS ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS CRAFT —> Cotton Ball Unicorn Cupcake
Ghost Jokes:
Q: On which day are ghosts most scary?
A: Fright-day!
Q: What day do ghosts do their howling?
A: On Moan-day!
Q: What do spooks with poor eyesight wear?
A: Spook-tacles!
PAIR YOUR FINISHED CRAFT WITH —> Stained Glass Witch Cauldron
For crafty memories kids will treasure long past the holidays – please check out our popular Paint Splat Witch Cauldron, Paper Plate Witch Hat and Clothespin Black Cat tutorials!
Don’t forget to join our private Glued To My Crafts community on Facebook! There you will finds TONS of inspiring tutorial for the Halloween season! It’s also a great place to share pictures of your cotton ball frosted ghost cupcake creations! #gluedtomycrafts
Cotton Ball Ghost Cupcake
Supplies:
- Cardstock Paper
- White Cotton Balls
- Halloween Stickers
Instructions:
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of colored cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Next have children put a good amount of school glue in the area that is on top of the cupcake liner design on the printable.
- Have children place their white cotton balls on top of the glue, until they have the desired look for their cupcake. They can make their cotton ball ghost frosting as tall or as thin as they like!
- To finish off the Cotton Ball Ghost Cupcake kid craft, have children cut out some eyes/an oval shaped mouth out of the black cardstock {or use wiggle eyes} and glue those pieces on top of the attached cotton balls. At this point in time they can also add some Halloween stickers to the cupcake to really tie the theme together. I added a witch hat but some spider or bat stickers for the "cherry" on top would be awesome too!
- When done crafting, allow it all to dry completely before you display it proudly for ALL to see!
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