DIY Rope Ghost for Halloween

Are you ready to make the most adorable Halloween decoration ever? This DIY Rope Ghost craft is perfect for the Halloween season!

If you love the look of macrame, but want something a little easier to craft, this rope Ghost is just the thing! It has the look of a macrame ghost without the effort of tying macrame knots!

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All you need to make this super cute Halloween ghost craft is some cardboard from a shipping box, some cotton rope, some black felt and a glue gun. You won’t believe how quick and easy this macrame ghost craft is to create!

You can find the craft supplies to create this ghost at any big box store, craft store, or even Amazon. I bought the nautical rope for this craft from Dollar Tree.

Today I’m sharing a printable template to make this ghost, which includes a semi-circle pattern and shapes for the ghost’s face details.

After making your rope ghost, I recommend experimenting with other size semi circles traced from anything round in your house. Wouldn’t a family of different sized Halloween ghosts be just the cutest?

How to make a rope ghost craft for Halloween

Materials:

Nautical Cotton Rope
Cardboard Scrap from a Shipping Box
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks (or your favorite craft glue)
Jute Twine
Craft Felt – Black
Chalk Pencil or straight Pins
Scissors
Paintbrush
Ruler
Pencil
Rope Ghost Face Templates

Instructions:

Download, print and cut out the Rope Ghost Face Template. Trace the semi-circle pattern onto cardboard with a pencil.

Cut out the semi-circle Rope Ghost base pattern with scissors. The rope is pretty heavy, so corrugated cardboard from an old shipping box makes the best base.

We used 2 packages of 6.8ft nautical rope from The Dollar Store to create this rope ghost. You can find much longer lengths to make several ghosts from Amazon.

Lay the rope around the outside of the semi-circle base, leaving 12 inches of rope hanging below the edge of the cardboard.

Trim the first section of rope with scissors so that it hangs 12 inches longer than the cardboard semi-circle on both sides.

Attach the rope to the cardboard base using a glue gun and glue sticks or your favorite craft glue.

Fit the next piece of rope right next to the first piece, leaving the same amount of rope hanging on either side.

Attach the rope with glue gun.

Continue adding additional sections of rope to fill the rest of the cardboard. Securing each length of rope with glue.

Lay the ghost flat on your work surface and using scissors, trim the ends as even as possible.

Unravel each section of rope by hand, all the way to the edge of the cardboard base. Leaving the unraveled lengths of rope curly.

Continue unraveling the ends until all of the rope pieces are unraveled to the cardboard base.

Give the ends of the cotton rope a final trim with scissors. We trimmed our ghost straight across, but you can get creative with waves or even a trendy pointed look.