Muslin and Creepy Cloth Ghost Sign

Gather all the ghosts and ghouls to make this easy, fun, and affordable muslin and not-so-creepy cloth ghost for your DIY Halloween decor this year! Simple, thrifty, and oh-so-BOO-tiful!

Coffee stained Muslin creepy cloth ghost holding a creme natural dried flower bouquet with a twine bow and rusty bell, with a black background with a gold starry night and a jute rope hanger.

I love to craft for Halloween, but I love creepy CUTE, not creepy creepy. And this muslin ghost fits that description perfectly!

I like to give my muslin a grungy look by coffee staining a bunch at a time so that I have it ready to craft with.

I do it the “lazy” way by just mixing some water with instant coffee and then dunking the muslin in and rubbing some of the instant coffee grinds into the muslin to give it some darker spots.

There’s really no rhyme or reason to how I do it and you can’t mess it up!

After I coffee stain it I pop it into the oven at 275 degrees and bake it until dry. Now, you’re ready to make this not-so-creepy cloth ghost and endless other crafts with grungy muslin.

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Supplies needed to make a Muslin and Creepy Cloth Ghost Sign

All of the supplies needed to make the craft laid out on the table.

How to Make a Muslin and Creepy Cloth Ghost Sign

I made this Muslin and Creepy Cloth Ghost Sign on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

YouTube thumbnail of the ghost tutorial video.

Watch the video HERE

To make the background of this adorable ghost sign, you need a wood pallet and a piece of regular ‘ole tissue paper.

Wood pallet sign and white tissue paper for the background.

Crumple the tissue paper up into a ball and then open it back up so that it has a crinkled look like you see below.

Crumple up the white tissue paper and then open it up so its wrinkly and crinkly.

Use a good amount of Mod Podge and decoupage the paper to the wood background, being careful not to smooth it out too much because you want the wrinkles and crinkles to give it the fun texture.

Use a gator sander or sanding block to sand off the excess tissue paper from the edges.

Using a gator sander or sanding block to sand off the excess tissue paper from the edges.

Paint the tissue paper surface all black.

Painting the tissue paper surface all black.

Now for the ghost, mix together some Mod Podge and water in a bowl that you don’t mind ruining. I would say about a 2:1 ration of Mod Podge:Water but it’s not an exact science.

Mixing together some Mod Podge and water in a bowl.

Rip off a piece of muslin and creepy cloth, and submerge it into the Mod Podge water mixture, making sure every bit of the fabric gets covered.

Take the fabric out and shape it into a ghost on your black tissue paper background, making sure the creepy cloth is on the top.

Shaping the fabric into the shape of a ghost on the background.

Make a miniature dried flower bouquet by taking some creme dried florals and tying a piece of twine around the stems.

Making a miniature dried flower bouquet by taking some creme dried florals and tying a piece of twine around the stems.

Hot glue the dried flower bouquet into the ghosts “hand”, by tucking it behind a fold in the fabric.

Dry the fabric with a heat gun or let it sit overnight before continuing.

Cut two ovals out of black felt and glue them to the ghosts face.

Tie a rusty bell onto a twine shoestring bow, and glue it to the front of the flower bouquet.

Glue a twine bow with a rusty bell to the flower bouquet.

Now for the fun part…the gold leaf starry night background!

Rub a light layer of Mod Podge all over the background, and using your finger, rub bits of the gold leaf all over the background. You can add as much or as little as you like.

Rub gold leaf foil onto the blacl background.

Look how neat this looks! As if the night sky above the ghost is lit up with stars!

The background of the craft with black and gold starry night look.

Here is how the ghost will look once he’s all dried. It may look like the fabric is soft, but it’s actually rock hard.

I’m in love love LOVE with how this Muslin Creepy Cloth ghostie turned out!

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