Ghost Tealights

Bring a touch of spooky charm to any space with this fun ghost tealight. With a bit of modeling clay, you can shape a playful ghost that fits perfectly over a battery-operated candle light. This will create an enchanting, but spooky glow, and your kids will love it. A super easy craft for all ages, this is a fun family project.

Ghost tealights from Skip to My Lou. — Create your own ghost tealight in a few simple steps!

Related: Once you’ve made a ghost tea light, be sure to check out some of our other spooky creations including a Crochet Ghost, Ghost Drawing, Glow In The Dark Ghost Craft, Hanging Lantern Ghosts, and Ghost Coloring Pages.

Ghost Tealights Supplies

To create your ghost tealights, you will need the following supplies.

Paper cup
Craft styrofoam egg
Craft glue
Baking paper
Rolling pin
Hobby knife
Modeling clay
A large plate
Pink craft paint
Battery-powered tealight

Video: Watch How to Make a Ghost Tealight

Ghost Tealight Step-by-Step

Here’s the step-by-step process to follow to make this cute ghost tealight. Once you have all your supplies together, it’s really simple and won’t take too much time.

Step 1: Start with the paper cup and the craft styrofoam egg. Cut the tip off the egg on the narrower side using a hobby knife.

Two hands holding a paper cup. — Start with your paper cup.

Two hands cutting the narrow end off the styrofoam egg using a hobby knife. — Cut the narrow end of the craft styrofoam egg using a hobby knife.

Two hands separating the narrow side of the craft styrofoam egg — You can discard the narrow end, we won’t need it.

Step 2: Place the styrofoam egg on the underside of the paper cup. Glue it in place to ensure the form remains sturdy.

Two hands placing the styrofoam egg on the underside of the cup, which has been turned upside down.

Two hands holding the cup with the stryrofoam egg on top of it. — Glue the styrofoam egg in place.

Step 3: Take your modeling clay and roll it into a ball. Place it on baking paper and roll it out. Now place a large plate on top of the rolled-out clay.

Two hands forming the modeling clay into a ball. — Form the modeling clay into a ball.

Two hands rolling the modeling clay out as flat as possible while placed on baking paper. — Roll it out.

Step 4: Place a large plate over the top of the modeling clay. Use the hobby knife to cut out a circular pattern around the edges of the plate.

Two hands placing a plate in the center of the modeling clay. — Place the plate in the center of the modeling clay.

A hand holding the plate down while the other cuts the modeling clay around the edge of the plate. — Cut around the plate using a hobby knife.

Two hands removing the excess clay. — Remove the excess clay.

Step 5: Take the model clay circle and apply some water to the outer rim. Then place it over the top of the paper cup.

Two hands holding the modeling clay circle and the paper cup with the styrofoam egg on top. — Get the modeling clay as close to the styrofoam cup as possible.

Step 6: Once you’ve placed the modeling clay on top of the styrofoam cup, you can begin to form the ghost shape.

Two hands forming the modeling clay into a ghost shape. — Start to form the ghost shape by pushing the modeling inwards in sections and forming the alternate piece outwards.

Step 7: Remove the modeling clay from the styrofoam cup. Hold the ghost form and make a hole for its nose, as well as two holes for its eyes. Don’t forget to paint on some pink cheeks!

Two hands removing the modeling clay from the styrofoam cup. — Remove the modeling clay from the styrofoam cup.

Two hands making a hole in the modeling clay for the nose. — Make a hole for the nose.

Two hand painting pink cheeks on the ghoast. — Make two holes for the eyes and paint on some pink cheeks.

Step 8: Take the battery-powered candle light and place it inside the ghost.

Two hands holding the ghost as well as a battery-powered candle light. — Almost there!

Two hands placing the battery-powered light into the underside of the ghost. — Place the battery-operated candle light into the underside of the ghost.

Your ghost is done and it’s a cutey!

A hand holding the finished ghost tealight. — ‘Bootiful!’

Related: Ready for more ghost fun? Checkout Adorable Paper Ghost Crafts, Paper Ghost Garland and Ghost Jokes.

More Family Fun

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