1 Choose your crash site. A tree with a trunk that is sturdy, yet not huge in circumfrence. Tree should be highly visable from the street.
2 Measure the sweat pants legs and cut the 1x 4 a few inches longer than the pant leg. slide the wood into the leg, and with help, nail them to the tree, 3 to 4 feet above the ground, and parallel to it. For the best illusion, you'll want to have at least a few inches of the legs extending toward the witch's back{so she appears to have hips}. Slide the boots onto the end of the legs.
3 Secure the brrom into place, rooughly parallel to the ground. Nail it to the tree and one of the legs.
4 Now cut the other 1x4's to the length of the turtlenecks arms and slip them inside the turtleneck. Nail an arm to each side of the tree, parallel to the ground and a few feet above the legs{so the bottom of the turtle neck is at the waist of the sweatpants}. Slip the rubber gloves on her arms.
5 Pull the trash bag drawstring tight, then nail it to the tree so it looks like a cape. Secure the bottom of it also so it doesn't blow around.
6 Lastly, nail the wig to the tree, cover it with the hat, then nail the hat in place as well. If you don't have a wig, simply cut a bunch of yarn into long strands and tie them together at the top.
We could not find green gloves so we used yellow, looked good too!

1 First, find a good location for your gathering of ghosts. They look especially good when circling a central pole, such as a lamp post. {I have mine around a campfire}
2 Next, cut your dowels o the height you want your ghosts to be. We've seen them in every size, from toddler to quite large. Remember: the larger the ghost the morre sheets you'll need. The ghosts made with these materials are about 4 foot tall.
3 To make a ghost head, stuff a small white garbage bag with newspaper or leaves to the size you like. Push one of the dowels into the bag, then wrap masking tape around the neck to secure. Repeat for the rest of the ghosts.
4 Drape a sheet{or half a sheet, if you're making small ghosts} over each head and tie a piece of string around the neck. You may need to experiment with cutting your sheets to the right size;here, we used a queen-size sheet for each ghost and rounded the bottom edges to the desired length.
5 Draw a face on the ghost, using the marker or cloth paint.
Gather your ghosts around the tree or post-with a foot or two between them- and push the dowels into the ground so that the sheets touch the ground. Angle the ghosts so that they are leaning slightly backward, then knot the corners of the sheets together as if the ghosts were holding hands.
CRAFTERS NOTE;
This project requires you to use 3 to 6 sheets{depending on the size of your ghosts}. to save money, use old sheets or buy the least expensive ones you can find. We were able to buy 6 queen size sheets for about 80.00- not cheap! But they can be reused year after year!
Emtmoms note
I made 3 little ghosts for my yard using 3 white pillow cases. So if you can't find seconds or find a nice cheap outlet for white fabric, pillow cases make cute little ghosts! For the camp fire; I took a small wooden box, and wrapped it with orange and red xmas lights. Looks like a real campfire!

1 To make the spider's body, stuff one trash bag full of leaves or newspaper. Tie the bag closed, then flip it upside down. To make the head, stuff a second bag{not as full as the first}, tie it closed, and tape it to the body.
2 To make one of the legs, roll up two garbage bags together lengthwise and wrap them with electrical tape at both ends and at two points along the leg to form joints. Roll up seven more legs, then cut four small holes in each side of the spiders body, and insert the legs.
3 Cut the white lip off of 2 of the red party cups, then tape them red side up to the spiders head, for his eyes. For his fangs, cut 2 triangles out of the third cup and tape them white side up for his fangs.
4 Perch your spider atop a big pile of leaves. If you'd like to create a spider web for her, simply weave and tie the clothes line or twine across your porch. If you want to give your tarantula an extra scary effect, you might also tie a few unlucky stuffed animals in her web!