These easy macrame ghosts are made out of cording and yarn. Super easy to make and so fun for Halloween! You can make a tiny wall hanging or keychain!
You might also like our felt Halloween candy pouches, our Pop Tart haunted houses, or our EASY sock pumpkins!
Watch our step by step video!
I came up with a simple rainbow macrame craft a few years ago for a youth summer camp. The teenage girls loved making the rainbow keychains and they turned out so cute! I used that same technique to make a fun Halloween version—ghosts! These little ghosts are so easy to make. You can turn them into a keychain or simply add a yarn loop on the back for hanging.
My first grader claimed these ones and immediately put them into his backpack. He said he’s going to give one to his teacher and then deliver one to his former kindergarten teacher too. I hope they enjoy having these little ghosts in their classroom!
Macrame Yarn Ghosts
Macrame is a technique of knotting strands of rope, cording, or yarn together to create wall hangings and other textiles. These little ghosts aren’t a true macrame craft, but many rope and yarn crafts have been lumped in the same category lately. I used cotton cording wrapped in yarn to create these spooky characters. I’ll show you how to make a 2″ ghost, but you can adjust the length of the ropes to make a taller ghost.
Macrame Ghost Supplies
white yarn: an all-purpose yarn works great.
cotton rope: 5mm wide, comes in a spool at Michael’s in the jewelry-making section.
masking tape: any 1″ wide tape will work.
scissors
felt: just a small scrap.
scissors
black fabric paint (for eyes and a mouth) You can also use black felt scraps for the eyes and mouth and hot glue them onto the ghost.
Easy Macrame Ghost Instructions
Make sure to watch my video for the best visual tutorial. It plays directly under the first image of the blog post.
Mini Macrame Ghost
These easy macrame ghosts are made out of cording and yarn. Super easy for kids or adults to make and so fun for Halloween!
Prep Time30 minutes minsTotal Time30 minutes mins
Yield: 1 keychain
Cost: $1
Equipmentscissorshot glue gunmeasuring tape
InstructionsCutting Guide & YardageCut the cording/rope into the following lengths (1 of each): 6.5″, 5.5″ and 5″Cut a long piece of white yarn for each piece of rope. It’s better to have too much vs. not enough so cut a strand around 45″ long.