Halloween is a popular holiday for kids and adults around the world. It’s also a great way to motivate kids to learn while having fun wearing costumes and drooling for candy. At our English school here in Japan, Step by Step Eikaiwa, we have a huge Halloween party every year, so we’re always looking for fun crafts and activities to make the party exciting. This year, we came up with these super fun, super cute, and super cheap DIY light ghosts to decorate our school and classrooms. Not only are they big and eye-catching, but they’re a little spooky if you turn off the lights and let them swing in the air with their glowing hands.
The supplies to make DIY light ghosts can be found at any 100-yen shop such as Daiso or Seria or ordered online. The simplicity of these ghosts is in the clip-on LED lights which make putting the ghost together incredibly easy. Our DIY light ghosts use a plastic strainer, 2 LED clip lights, a white trash bag, black tape (or felt or construction paper), some zip ties and fishing line. You can add more lights, a nose, or a mouth to make an even scarier or funnier light-up ghost.
These are the only materials you need to make DIY light ghosts for Halloween: a plastic strainer, 2 LED clip lights, some zip ties, black tape and a some string or fishing line.
Attach the clip-on LED lights to the strainer. After that, add a zip tie to the top of the strainer and tie on the fishing line. (You can hang additional lights inside the strainer from the zip tie for more elaborate ghosts.)
Cut the bottom of the trash bag to give the ghost more motion in the wind. After that, poke a small hole in the bag and pull the fishing line through, pulling the strainer and lights into the bag.
We used small, white zip ties to bunch the trash bag around the clip-light arms to give the ghosts their body shape. You can experiment with different arm positions and angles if you like. Finally, add the eyes using black duct tape, marker, felt, or any other convenient materials.
Finally, the lights can be easily turned on and off through the plastic bag. So turn on the lights, hang the DIY light ghosts in a scary place, and wait for all the fun reactions!
Making fun and exciting Halloween decorations couldn’t be any easier! These simple, cheap, and easy DIY light ghosts will be the hit at your next Halloween party or Halloween classroom event.
