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This little ghost is ready for a makeover. She wants to ditch the white sheet for a beautiful ballerina costume. When kids complete this ballerina ghost disguise project, they transform this friendly phantom into a twirling star of the stage, complete with a cute tutu.

Teachers and parents looking to inspire creativity can pair this cute ballerina disguise with our other fun Halloween crafts for kids. These fun activities will encourage imaginative play, hands-on learning, and keep little ones engaged and having fun this October.

Collage showing a hands-on shot of a paper ghost craft with a purple skirt and brown hair, next to a finished ghost with a pink skirt and yellow hair. The middle image features a pink and red graphic that says, "Ballerina Ghost Disguise Craft."

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Ballerina Ghost In Disguise Idea

This ghost disguise activity is a fun twist where kids will enjoy designing a ballerina costume with their favorite color tutu and bow for their hair up in a bun. The sweet ballet details will make this ghost look like it ready to dance rather than haunt.

Besides just being a fun project, it also sneakily provides opportunities for kids to practice developmental skills. They’ll hone fine motor control while cutting or coloring, encourage creativity by choosing designs and colors, and develop storytelling skills as they imagine their ghost dancing as a ballerina!

Our free printable template makes it easy to turn any plain ghost into a graceful ballerina. Just gather up some paper, scissors, and glue so these ghosts can trade in scares for pirouettes!

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
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Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this ghost to life!

Hands holding a ghost craft template featuring a happy ghost with a bow and a frilly bottom.

Now that you have all your pieces, let’s start with the ghost’s hair. Glue the hair piece to the top of the ghost’s head.

Hands putting yellow paper hair with a bow on a white ghost paper cutout craft.

Once the hair is in place, you can attach the bow. The bow goes right in the middle of the hairpiece, creating a cute bun look for the ghost’s hairstyle.

Hands putting a pink bow on yellow paper hair attached to a white ghost paper cutout craft.

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Now let’s make the tutu! Use two different colors to give it that layered ballerina look. You can glue the top piece of the tutu on top of the bottom piece.

Hands holding a ruffled pink paper skirt for a ghost paper craft project.

Finally, glue the completed tutu just below the arms to complete your ballerina ghost’s look.

Hands attaching a pink ruffled skirt to a ghost paper cutout craft.

Don’t you just love how this cute paper ghost turned out? It’s a perfect no-mess activity! If you’re looking for more fun ideas, be sure to check out our festive holiday paper plate crafts to keep the season going.

Hands holding a finished ghost paper craft with yellow hair, a pink bow, and a layered pink ruffled skirt.

Torn Paper Ghost Craft

Halloween Books For Children

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.

5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5-minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.

Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!

Two complete paper ghost crafts are shown, one with yellow hair and a pink skirt, and the other with brown hair and a purple skirt.

Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids

Frankenstein Headband Craft – Your kiddos will have a monstrously good time making their own Frankenstein headband. They can make one from colored paper and our free template or bring the black and white version to life when they color it in. It’s a frightfully fun way to get kids in the Halloween spirit.

Bat Tissue Paper Craft – Kids will go batty for this tissue paper bat! They’ll scrunch, glue, and decorate our free bat template to make a spook-tacular Halloween decoration for the home or classroom. This simple activity is a great way to practice fine motor skills while being creative!

Witches Brew Name Craft

Mummy Pumpkin Craft – Grab the scissors to get the kids wrapped up making this not-too-spooky mummy pumpkin! Kids will cut paper strips to glue on their pumpkin to make it look like the pumpkin is wrapped up in bandages. It’s a simple project that brings big holiday fun.

Vampire Handprint Craft – This is an activity kids will have a fang-tastic time creating. They’ll make a vampire cape that is made out of their own handprints. This spookily cute Halloween decoration will be both memorable and lots of fun!

Halloween Printable Activities

These free bat worksheets will make your kids go batty for learning! When kids are learning about these fascinating nocturnal creatures, they can also work on letter recognition with the letter maze, expand their vocabulary with the label a bat page, and perfect writing the letter Bb with the handwriting page.

Each activity keeps little learners engaged so they’re great for some Halloween fun or everyday learning at home or in the classroom.

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Break out the crayons and these candy corn coloring pages for a sweet treat your little artists will love. They’ll make candy corn dressed as a mummy, vampire, and a witch pop off the page with a bit of color.

Coloring is a great way to keep kids happily entertained while also boosting their motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity.

The large open spaces are great for younger children to fill in, so grab some crayons or markers for this crew of candy corn to brighten up your Halloween.

Halloween Math Preschool Worksheets

Turn a favorite Halloween tale into hands-on learning with these There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Ghost activities! Kids will label the Old Lady, match book character flashcards, finish patterns, trace lines, and complete a Gg is for Ghost dot marker page.

Each page connects directly to the story so kids can strengthen comprehension, fine motor skills, and critical thinking skills with familiar characters. This printable pack is a fun way to blend reading and learning for a spook-tacular activity!

A complete paper ghost craft with brown hair, a pink bow, and a layered purple and pink ruffled skirt.

These Halloween kindergarten worksheets will add a festive twist to your October lesson plans. They’ll review key skills like counting, number order, letter recognition, and phonemic awareness.

Kids will love the spooky themes that make learning feel like a treat! They’re a fun and engaging way to keep your little learners excited to learn all month long.

Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s project featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

A completed ghost paper craft with yellow hair, a pink bow, and a layered pink ruffled skirt.

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