Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor Craft
The Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor is a great love mixed media art projects and is great one for Halloween.
Ghosts can be scary but some kids love them. This is an easy art project that can be done in any way that works for kids.
We have always love different Halloween themes and this project turned out to be so much fun. We had a blast with the coloring and deciding how we would have our ghosts on the paper.
The Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor Craft is a fun addition to the Halloween activities and cookie cutter crafts on the site.
What is Cookie Cutter Painting?
Painting with a cookie cutter is an easy craft for kids to do. This gives a template, and the results are loads of fun.
Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor Craft With Cookie Cutters
The Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor Craft is a craft that uses watercolor paper, a ghost cookie cutter to make a template and then color ghosts on the paper and use watercolors to paint the paper. A fun and simple activity to do with kids.
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Ghost Books to Read with the Ghost Craft
I know that ghosts can always seem scary but there are several fun ghost books that are not scary you can read with kids. One of our favorite books is The Scariest Book Ever by Bob Shea. I love that this is a story about a ghost who is scared. The pages are fun and work through loads of Halloween themes and shows them not scary.
This was one of the books we read before this activity. We also read some others you can see below.
What you need to make the Ghosts in the Sky Craft
- oil pastels
- watercolor paper
- watercolors
- ghost cookie cutter
- white cardstock
- glue
- bowls of water
- yellow glitter paper
- 1 1/2 inch circle punch
How to make the Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor
You will see the steps below we used to make the Ghost in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor Painting.
After you finish this ghost craft check out the ghost perler bead pattern or this fun milk bottle ghosts to do with kids.
Step 1: Make the Ghost Template
You start out with tracing a ghost cookie cutter on cardstock to make the stencil. I cut out a few of these to make sure if one broke we had extra. It is best to use heavy cardstock to make the stencil.
Step 2: Color the Ghosts on the Paper with Oil Pastels
After you have your stencil then you take it and color on the paper with white oil pastels. If you use a colored paper some times this is easier to see where you are coloring. They can pick how many ghosts they make.
Step 3: Color Stars in the Sky
We decided while doing this project that we needed stars in the sky. So we took out a yellow oil pastels and made small dots in the sky for our stars.
Step 4: Color the Watercolor Paper Black
We then used black or dark watercolors to paint the paper black. It was fun to see the ghosts and stars come alive on the paper.
Step 5: Made the Moon in the Sky
Finally, we punched out a full yellow glitter moon to put in the sky. We glued these on the paper once our watercolors were dry.
Here is a look at our final Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor
Check out these other Halloween activities For Kids
Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters uses black paper ghost cookie cutter and white paint. A great Halloween painting for a ghost theme for kids.
Ghost Shape Easy Reader Book & Clip Cards is a great shape book for Halloween. You have 9 shapes for kids to learn. You also have matching clip cards to use with the shape book.
Ghost Sensory Bin has a rice filler with black rocks and ghosts. A fun Halloween sensory bin that is easy to set up.
Bat in the Moon A Fun Halloween Painting is a fun watercolor and cookie cutter painting. It is a fun Halloween painting activity that kids can do.
Jack-O-Lantern Patch Oil Pastel and Watercolor is super fun for kids to make! This is great to see how much fun the pumpkins turn out.
Check out all the fun Halloween Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
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