Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghost ActivityHave you watched the new Haunted Mansion movie? What perfect timing to release a haunted mansion film. It definitely got me thinking about haunted mansion related craft ideas we could do. There are so many cute Haunted Mansion decor ideas out there to purchase, but we really like to channel our DIY spirit to be unique. Since our Bluey cut-outs were such a hit at Teddy's birthday, we decided to do a little haunted twist on them! (If you haven't checked out the Bluey cut-out tutorial, I linked it above. It's definitely worth a glance to get the nitty gritty of how to create these projected cut-outs.) Our favorite characters are, of course, the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts. We got a little dancing one last year at Home Depot and since then, my kids love their cute little outlines. Also, if you've seen the new movie, they are definitely less scary than the Hatbox Ghost right now. I bet you could also try this technique on the singing ghost busts. What You Need To Create the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts
How to Create the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking GhostsFor a crash course on creating the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts, you can watch the reel below.
You can also follow the below directions: 1. Assemble your poster board and pencils. Hook up your computer to the projector, so that your projector is shining on a blank wall. Tape the poster board to the wall behind the image you are projecting. I found the webpage with Doodleman Dan to have some of the best standard images to project. I went ahead and copied the image into a Word Document, so I could save it and also enlarge the different ghosts as needed. 2. Trace the outline of the image with pencil. 3. Repeat for all three Haunted Mansion hitchhiking ghosts. 4. Then you are ready to paint! I am torn whether I liked outlining the pencil marks in Sharpee before painting. You definitely have to do it after as well. Teddy helped me with some of the painting and it was kind of nice to have a clear division of Sharpee for his painting skills before he started working. 5. Paint the images to match the pictures you saved in a Word Doc for future reference (right now). 6. Once the paint dries, outline the sections in Sharpee again. We ended up outlining two times. The paint really seems to dry out the Sharpees quickly, so you'll want to make sure to have quite a few on-hand unless you are better at staying in the lines than we are! Let me know if you have any hints on how to avoid drying out those markers. Drop comments below! 7. Cut around the edges! I liked leaving a little outline border rather than cutting right along the character themself.
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