Help a ghost with a magical fairy makeover using this ghost disguise fairy craft. Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade will be able to transform a friendly ghost into a fairy complete with wings, a twirly skirt, and a flower crown.

Their fairy ghost craft will be done in about 20 minutes, encourage creativity, and strengthen important skills. These projects have kids imagine fun new identities for a ghost by designing costumes and accessories that completely change its look, so check out our other disguise a ghost project ideas.

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Themes: Halloween ghost disguise project idea
Activity: Disguise a ghost as a fairy by adding wings, a flower crown, and a skirt
Template: Includes a printable ghost and fairy costume pieces
Ages: Preschool through early elementary
Time: 20-25 minutes
Skills: Cutting, coloring, and gluing

Hide the Ghost as a Fairy

A friendly little ghost is about to flutter into fairy land, and children will have so much fun designing the fairy costume complete with colorful wings, a pretty skirt, and a flower crown. They’ll be excited to see their finished ghost in the colors they chose for these finishing touches.

This is an enjoyable and creative activity that helps children practice valuable skills like cutting, coloring, and assembling the pieces. They’ll strengthen fine motor control, hand and eye coordination, focus, and creative thinking while making choices and expressing their imagination.

Our printable ghost template makes creating this cute ghost quick and easy. Grab the crayons or markers, scissors, and glue, then have your kiddos make this fairy ghost using the step by step instructions below. Show off their disguised ghosts at home or hang up in the classroom.

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Markers
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Directions

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

Hands holding the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft printable template with fairy wings, a flower crown, and a skirt ready to color.

Take the skirt piece and let your child color it however they like.

Hands coloring the trim on the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft skirt template with a marker.

Place the skirt onto the lower part of the ghost’s body. Help your child line it up along the body before gluing it in place.

Hands positioning the skirt onto the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft body before gluing it in place.

Grab the flower crown and position it across the top of the ghost’s head, then glue it down. Ask your child what kind of magical garden their fairy ghost might live in.

Hands positioning the flower crown onto the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft head before gluing it in place.

Take the wings and glue them behind the ghost’s body so they peek out evenly from both sides. Press them down firmly and watch the fairy disguise come to life.

Hands attaching the fairy wings behind the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft body to complete the costume.

Finish the craft by adding soft pink blush to the ghost’s cheeks.

Hands adding pink blush to the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft face with a marker.

Your fairy ghost disguise craft is now ready for imaginative play, Halloween fun, or a magical display. Kids will love turning a friendly ghost into a magical fairy while practicing cutting, coloring, and following simple directions.

If you’re planning a Halloween theme, check out the related crafts and printable activities below for even more hands on learning ideas.

Hands holding the completed Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft with pink fairy wings, a flower crown, and a skirt.

Literacy Extension: Ask children to name their fairy ghost and describe one magical power its disguise gives it.
Add a jumbo popsicle stick handle to the back so children can use the finished fairy ghost as a puppet for pretend play or story retelling.

Halloween Books for Children

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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!

A completed craft of two Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft designs with different colored fairy wings, flower crowns, and skirts displayed with craft supplies.

Playful Halloween Paper Crafts for Little Learners

Unicorn Disguise A Ghost Project – Kids will love giving their ghost a colorful unicorn costume. This unicorn disguise a ghost project encourages creative thinking, imagination, and self expression by giving children the chance to invent a character that’s more magical than spooky.

Paper Plate Witch House Craft – Turn an ordinary paper plate into a little witch’s house that’s full of Halloween fun! Kids will paint, cut, and glue the pieces together, then add a witch flying past on her broom. This hands-on activity encourages creativity, strengthens fine motor skills, and creates a festive decoration they’ll be excited to display.

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Vampire Torn Paper Craft – Little hands will love ripping paper into small pieces before gluing them in place on our free template. They’ll create a fun Halloween masterpiece by tearing paper which strengthens fine motor muscles, builds hand control, and bilateral coordination.

Haunted House Paper Bag Craft – Create a spooky haunted house from a paper bag and our free printable template for a fun Halloween activity! Children will cut, color, glue, and decorate their house with fun spooky details to build fine motor skills. They’ll use creativity, storytelling, and decision making as they design their haunted house.

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Halloween Literacy and Fine Motor Printables

Add a little Halloween fun to early learning with this set of witch worksheets for preschool! Kids will find the letter W in a maze, label parts of a witch by cutting and gluing the correct words, and trace uppercase and lowercase W along with the word “witch.”

They’ll strengthen letter recognition, vocabulary, handwriting readiness, fine motor skills, scissor practice, hand-eye coordination, and focus while enjoying festive preschool activities.

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Your little ghosts and ghouls will enjoy making their way through these fun ghost tracing worksheets that help build important early learning skills! Kids will trace straight, curved, zigzag, and looping lines while guiding adorable ghosts across each page.

These activities strengthen fine motor control, pencil grip, hand-eye coordination, and prewriting skills. Parents and teachers will love using them for quiet time, morning work, or extra handwriting practice.

A completed craft of the Fairy Ghost Disguise Craft with purple fairy wings, a flower crown, and a blue skirt surrounded by craft supplies.

These bat activity sheets keep little ones happily busy with four Halloween themed challenges! Kids will match bats to their shadows, help a bat find its way through a maze, pair matching bats, and count then graph the different bats they find.

These pages will strengthen visual discrimination, problem solving, counting, early graphing skills, and critical thinking while enjoying some spooky seasonal fun.

Bring a favorite Halloween book to life with these There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Ghost activities! Kids can practice sequencing, matching, tracing, and other early learning skills after enjoying this funny book.

These activities are great for classroom literacy centers, homeschool lessons, or a book companion activity. Grab the printable pages and the book for festive learning fun during the Halloween season.

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Free Ghost Disguise Fairy Template

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