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It’s the spooky time of year. When the kids randomly squeal during every car ride. There are creepy things dangling from trees and blow up toys the size of houses on lawns. But you will know I have gone officially insane if you ever seen spiders on my house. Solid NO for me. I tend to think they’re ugly creatures that should be stepped on not magnified and put all over your home. Strong opinions I know. And my husband actually walks spiders outside when he catches them because “they’re good guys.” But when you grow up in California with black widows all over the place, you develop a real fear of the suckers. I digress. You’re here for an adorable, non-spider wreath. In this case, a cute Halloween Ghost Wreath or as my kiddos call it “the boo wreath.”

I had the spray paint and grapevine wreath on hand and placed a quick Etsy order for the rest of the supplies.

SUPPLIES

1 Five-Inch Ghost

2 Four-Inch Ghosts

4 Three-Inch Ghosts

6 Two-Inch Ghosts

Grape Vine Wreath (mine is 18″)

Black Spray Paint

Hot Glue + Hot Glue Gun

Black Ribbon (I bought these ribbons from Etsy: 1″ and 0.5″ velvet ribbon, 1.5″ black satin ribbon, 6 mm double sided black velvet ribbon, and 0.5″ hand torn silk ribbon)

The ghosts are wooden laser cut shapes from Etsy. I bought them in four sizes all from the same shop, 13 total with more of the small sizes than the larger sizes. The black ribbon also came from several Etsy shops. I bought various widths because I wanted it to be dramatic.

INSTRUCTIONS

There’s not a lot to this one which bodes well for the friends who hate craft stores. Start by spray painting your wreath frame black and make sure you’re in a well-ventilated space.

Once dry, bring your wreath frame inside. I started by laying out the ghosts in various positions until I found positions I liked best. Then I added dabs of hot glue to secure the wooden ghosts to the frame.

I wanted the effect of them almost floating around the wreath frame and had it in my head that the ribbon should be offset. I placed the largest 5″ ghost at about the 3 or 4 o’clock position. Next layer the 4″ ghost right next to it and then smaller ones around. Don’t be afraid to overlap some of the ghosts for a staggered effect.

The ribbon is a series of two single loop bows hot glued together and to the wreath. The thinner ribbon widths on top. Specifically, I made a single look bow with the 1.5″ satin ribbon and the other velvet sizes and then made a separate single loop bow of the translucent silk with the double sided 6 mm ribbon. I wanted the trails slightly different lengths for interest but to be long so I ordered about 3 yards of each. You need surprisingly more ribbon than you think you do.

And that’s about it. I used a command hook on our laundry room door to hang it. I hope you’ve enjoyed this Halloween Ghost Wreath and make one for your door too! Here’s another cute wreath idea using ivy from Halloween on Our Porch a few years back.

**No spiders were hurt during the writing of this blog post although they should be. Opinions expressed by an arachnophobic. And I actually made a spider web once above our mantel. I might make more. I’m very confused.