Mermaid Ghost Disguise Project Idea [Free PDF Template]
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Your students can help a friendly ghost who’s tired of being spooky and wants a new look with this mermaid ghost disguise project. Kids will design a mermaid costume with shimmering tails, seashell tops, and long flowing locks for their best ghoul friend.
Kids will love getting creative and making this mermaid disguise for their ghost with the help of our free template! Once they’re swimming around, keep the creativity going with our other Halloween crafts for kids. These fun projects are great to do at home or in the classroom.
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Disguise Your Ghost As A Mermaid
Instead of floating through the halls in their typical spooky sheet, this little ghost is ready to make a splash as a mermaid. When kids disguise a ghost as a mermaid, they’ll get to flex their imaginations and show off their creativity. They can customize their mermaid ghost’s features like her hair and tail with their favorite colors.
Your little ghosts and ghouls will also strengthen their fine motor control and practice using scissors when they cut and glue each piece in place.
Download and print out our free template to prepare for this fun project. Grab some scissors, glue, and colorful paper so kids will have options when personalizing their mermaid. This disguise a ghost project will be a hit with the kids and a fun way to celebrate Halloween in the classroom.
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Mermaid Disguide A Ghost Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
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 mermaid to life!
Take the mermaid tail piece, which has a fun scaled pattern, and glue it to the bottom of the ghost body. Look at how cute your ghost is starting to look with its new tail!
Now for the perfect mermaid detail, the seashells. Glue the purple seashells right above the mermaid tail. This step really brings the ghost’s mermaid disguise to life!
Next, take the red hair cutout and glue it to the top of the ghost’s body. The hair piece has lines on it to make it look wavy and flowing, just like a real mermaid’s hair!
Almost done! Carefully glue the white paper arms to the sides of the ghost’s body.
Isn’t this the cutest papercraft you’ve ever seen? It’s a fantastic activity for a chilly afternoon or a Halloween party. If your kids had a blast with this, you can find even more fun ideas by checking out some of our other October crafts for kids.
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!
Halloween DIY Crafts
Vampire Photo Craft – Your little one can turn into a vampire this Halloween with this fun project! Their photo will become the vampire’s face and kids will add moveable arms and legs to make it a fun keepsake to play with. Kids will love seeing themselves transformed into a fang-tastic friend!
Haunted House Craft – Have your little ghosts and ghouls create their own haunted house scene. They’ll love seeing it come to life as they add the windows, a big full moon, and even a ghost floating by. This not-too-scary project is a festive way to keep kids busy and creative this Halloween!
Mickey Mouse Paper Plate Halloween Craft – Bring a bit of Disney home with this Mickey jack-o-lantern. A paper plate becomes this iconic Mickey pumpkin with the help of our free template. It’s a fun and festive way to celebrate the spooky season with one of your favorite characters!
Black Cat Puppet Craft – Kids can create a purrfectly adorable black cat puppet out of a simple paper bag. This kitty is ready for pretend play and telling not-so-scary stories. Grab the free template so the puppet show can begin without any hocus pocus.
Halloween Free Printables
Fly into Halloween fun with our bat color by numbers! Kids can grab the crayons and bring 4 pages featuring bats sleeping to hanging around to life.
These pages are a sneaky way to build up their number recognition as they fill in each section with the help of the color key at the bottom of the page. Each coloring sheet offers a mix of learning and artistic fun, so download the set and get coloring!
These Halloween dot to dot printables are full of surprises that are revealed as kids connect the dots. They’ll reveal a cute ghost, a black cat, and a jack-o-lantern with a witch hat as they follow the numbers up to 20 then color them however their little artistic hearts desire.
These printable pages feel like play, but sneak in building skills at the same time. Print out a set for a simple and fun activity to do this Halloween.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Ghost Activities
Our Halloween worksheets are filled with spooky fun and learning all in one! Kids will trace the letter Hh for Halloween, label a friendly werewolf, and make their way through a haunted house letter maze.
Each activity adds a festive twist to early learning skills like handwriting, cutting, pasting, and letter recognition. These pages make a great addition to lessons at home or in the classroom, so grab your set to see growth during the Halloween season!
Get kids excited about numbers with this pumpkin number matching game! They’ll match pumpkins while practicing number recognition, counting, and early problem solving skills. The bright visuals and interactive game make learning feel like play. It’s a festive way to help little learners grow like a pumpkin this fall!
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Mermaid Disguise A Ghost School Project
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Mermaid Disguide A Ghost Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- First, glue the mermaid tail to the bottom of the ghost body.
- Next, glue the seashells right above the mermaid tail.
- Then, attach the hair piece to the top of the ghost’s body.
- Finally, glue the arms to the sides of the ghost’s body.
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