BooooOOOooOOooOooOooOOooO! Tomorrow begins my favorite month of the year – Halloween month! I’m Halloween obsessed, y’all. I start looking forward to digging out the Halloween craft supplies and decorations the second I hear the first rumbles of school buses in September.
We do cute-not-creepy decorations, which are sometimes a challenge to find, so I end up making a lot of ours. One day, while having breakfast at work, crafty inspiration struck and this adorable upcycled Halloween craft was born! It all started with some yogurt.
I’m a sucker for cute packaging, and this tiny little glass pot makes my heart sing. It’s a bonus that the yogurt is good, ‘cause I’d keep buying it anyway just to get the little yogurt pot! The yogurt is just sweet enough. When paired with some fresh fruit and a little granola, it makes the perfect breakfast. *Yoplait is not paying me to say nice things, I just love this yogurt. And the pots. 🙂
Hey ghost! Put my yogurt down!
I was really excited when I got home and discovered that the labels peel off easily and cleanly. I used a steel wool pad to remove a few tiny spots of adhesive left behind.
After bit of hooking, adorable glowing crochet ghosts were born.
This upcycled Halloween craft will take you less than an hour from start to finish, and the materials are all things you probably have on hand or can pick up at the dollar store.
Easy. Cheap. Cute.
Would you like to make a ghost or two to add to your Halloween décor? Here’s how:
Glowing Crochet Ghosts Upcycled Halloween Craft
Supplies Needed
- Oui by Yoplait jar, emptied, labels removed, and washed
- Small amount of white worsted weight yarn – I used Red Heart Super Saver in White
- Size G crochet hook – this is my go-to hook for amigurumi
- 12 mm safety eyes
- Small amount of black embroidery floss
- Yarn needle and needle for stitching embroidery floss
- Battery operated tealight candle – I found mine in a two pack at Dollar Tree
- Wire snips
Crochet Instructions
The ghost is worked from the top down in continuous rounds.
- Make a magic loop.
- sc 6 into magic loop
- inc around (12)
- sc 1, inc around (18)
- sc 2, inc around (24)
- sc 3, inc around (30)
- sc 4, inc around (36)
- sc 5, inc around (42)
- sc around for 14 rows (42)
- {sl st, sk 1 st, 4 dc in next st, sk 1 st}, repeat { } around to end
- Break yarn, weave in ends.
Making Up Instructions
- Insert 12 mm safety eyes five rows up from the scalloped edge, with 4 stitches between the eyes.
- Using wire snips, trim the stems off of the safety eyes.
- Stitch on a mouth using embroidery floss.
- Slide the crochet ghost over the jar, and place on top of battery operated tealight.
- Enjoy your new ghostie friend!
Easypeasey, right? You could make a whole host of ghosts this weekend! These would be supercute hostess gifts for Halloween parties!
If you don’t know how to crochet or want to make this a kid-friendly project, there are a few ways you can make this project with things you have around the house.
- Paint the jar with slightly watered down white craft paint, and then paint on some eyes and a mouth. Or glue on some googly eyes for extra fun!
- Decoupage the outside of the pot with small pieces of torn tissue paper, and then draw on eyes and a mouth with a Sharpie.
- Drape a tissue over the top of the jar, secure with a rubber band, and then draw the eyes and mouth on with a Sharpie.
- Don’t cover the jar at all, just draw on eyes and a mouth with a sharpie, and then you have a see-through ghost! 😉
If you liked this project, I’d love it if you pinned and shared!
Happy hooking!
Super cute ghosts!! Visiting from Made By You Monday party.
Aw, thanks Victoria! 🙂
Adorable. I’m all for the cute halloween decorations! So much better than creepy ones. I’m bringing back my More the Merrier link party (starting next Monday the 16th) would love for you to stop by my blog and link up your ghosts and any other projects you’ve been working on. http://diyhshp.blogspot.com
Hi Jamie! Thank you! (Now if I could just get the rest of the decorations up lol!) I love a linkup party so I’ll be popping over to say hello. 🙂
I love this little guy. Easy to make, even for a beginner. Do u plan on any other patterns to go with the little jar? I’d love to be able to make Christmas ones, but not able to make my own patterns.
Hi Debi! Thank you, I’m so glad you like him! 🙂 Yep, I’m writing some Christmas designs as we speak, and they’ll be posted around the first week of November-ish.
Did you ever make any for other holidays? I found your Frankenstein monster one but no other ones? This pattern is so simple but so cute too! I love it!!!!
I am new to crochet. Could you explain how to (for instance) “sc 2, inc around (24) ? If the previous row has 18 stitches, you want to add 6, right? So every third stitch, you add another?
Hi Beth! Happy to help you! You are correct, for this row on every third stitch you’ll add another. Another way to write that instruction would be sc 2, sc 2 into same stitch. For amigurumi, an increase (inc.) is typically two scs into the same stitch – you have good instincts! Hope this helps, and feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.
Going to make this… funny I just bought this yogurt..lol. Really cute💕
Thank you! 🙂
These are really cute. Does it fit snuggly over the jar? I tried to make one and it is really big. I did use a G hook.
Oh thank you! Nope, it doesn’t fit snuggly. It’s meant to kind of drape over the jar, which just helps it keep its shape. 🙂
Are the jars necessary?
TBH, nope. The pattern will stand up on its own. 🙂
Love these….made some for a Silient Auction. Did 3 of various sizes (adjusted pattern to fit jar) & put on a orange-ish leaf plate I found at GoodWill. My boyfriend liked them, so I’m making a set for his October birthday.
Awwww, that’s fantastic! I’m so glad you enjoyed this pattern! 🙂
Someone else had posted her finished Glowing crochet ghost and directed me to your sight,and I followed through. I have a daughter who is handicapped and she got excited when she saw it and told me she wants one ( Kathryn has always been into witches the last 40 years, so this year it is all about ghosts. So plan on making a few.Do I need permission to make this and sell?
Hi Ella! So glad you found your way to this pattern and that your daughter likes it! 🙂 You are free to make and sell as many ghosts (or any other patterns on my site) as you’d like. Hope it’s fun and profitable for you!
Thank you for posting this ghost! This is super cute. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for Christmas!
Did you ever make any Christmas patterns for the jars?