3 Little Ghosts Handprint Art

I love Halloween.  I think it is because of the unleashed creativity and fun that it inspires.  You can be anything and do anything.  As a little girl dress up and make believe were one of my favorite things and I am not ashamed to admit I have never grown out of it.  Now that I have kids people don't look at me so crazy for getting so into this holiday.

This 3 Little Ghosts craft idea was inspired by a Lowe's project.  The original idea suggested a piece of wood and spray paint.  Recently I discovered that Walmart sells a 2 pack of 8"x10" canvases for around $5 - STEAL!  Needless to say, I am obsessed with what I can create with them and the idea to use them instead of a piece of wood was solid.

First, I painted the canvases with black acrylic paint.  This was fun because I love how this medium brushes on to the canvas creating a creepy streak (even though I was painting the entire thing black). 

After the black paint dried we covered our hands in white paint.  Make sure you have LOTS of paint on your hand and press gently on to he canvas with your fingers slightly together.  You may want to hold your other hand on the back side to press against to avoid stretching or damaging the canvas.

Once the ghostly hand prints dry you can paint eyes and a mouth.  I used a sharpie to create my general shape and then went over that with the black paint because I am not that great when it comes to free-hand. 

I have this orangey-brown glitter glue that I picked  up for a Halloween Baby Shower that I used to write "Oct 2011" on the bottom right corner of the canvas.  In hind sight I wish I had written our names and the year, but too bad so sad.  You can do it instead. 

Our three little ghosts now hang proudly in our entry way.  To hang them I just used those little Velcro adhesive things that you can pull off with out damaging your wall.