Better Than Crochet: Quick Ghost in Beanies Holding Pumpkin Plushies for Kids

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Pipe Cleaner Ghost in Beanies Holding Pumpkin Plushies

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Project Type: Chennile Stem 3D Plushies

Time Needed: 20 Minutes+

Skill Level: Intermediate At Weaving

Special: Pom Pom Addition on Beanie, Felt Eyes

Best Learn: Pumpkin Plushie in Small Size

Welcome to another part of the “Kawaii Boo ghosts plushie” series. Today, learn shows how to make a cute ghost wearing a beanie hat using pipe cleaners. First, fold and glue white pipe cleaners together to build a hollow ghost body with flared bottom edges.

Next, glue two black oval eyes onto the front.

Make a green winter beanie hat by folding green pipe cleaners and glue a white coiled pom-pom to the top. Then, coil an orange pipe cleaner to make a tiny pumpkin, add pastel shading, and glue it to the ghost. Finally, place battery fairy lights inside the ghost so it glows.

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Difficulty Level

Level: Intermediate
Why: The project requires neat folding, shaping, and hot-gluing of pipe cleaners to build a hollow figure that stands upright. It also requires making small detailed parts, including the ribbed beanie, the coiled pom-pom, and the mini pumpkin, followed by careful pastel shading.

Materials

White pipe cleaners (for ghost body and hat pom-pom)
Green pipe cleaners (for beanie hat)
Orange and small stem pipe cleaner (for mini pumpkin)
Black felt or craft foam (cut into oval eyes)
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Scissors
Thin rod or needle (for coiling the pom-pom)
Cylindrical tube or glue stick (for shaping the pumpkin)
Chalk pastels and small makeup/paint brush (orange, brown, green)
Mini battery-operated LED fairy lights

Learn to Make the Ghost Plush

Better learn the whole method of making this plush ghost plush out of cleaners in this tutorial:

Frame-by-Frame Quick Guide

00:00: Finished glowing ghost plushies preview.
00:01 – 00:07: Fold white pipe cleaners into vertical loops, wrap them tightly together side by side to create draped ripples, and cut off the top excess with scissors.
00:08 – 00:13: Hot glue several white folded sections along their inner edges to form a hollow, standing ghost body with flared bottom folds.
00:14: Glue two black oval eyes onto the upper front of the ghost body.
00:15 – 00:21: Fold green pipe cleaners into a ribbed dome shape, wrap a folded brim around the base, and glue the beanie hat onto the ghost’s head.
00:22 – 00:25: Wrap a white pipe cleaner around a thin rod, slide off the coil, shape it into a round pom-pom ball, and glue it to the top of the beanie.
00:26 – 00:31: Wrap an orange pipe cleaner around a glue stick tube, slide it off, squash and curve the loops into a miniature pumpkin, and insert a small stem.
00:32 – 00:33: Use a small brush to dust orange and brown chalk pastel into the pumpkin crevices for depth.
00:34 – 00:35: Glue the pumpkin to the lower front of the ghost and brush green/white pastel shading onto the beanie hat.
00:36 – 00:39: Switch on a small battery-operated LED fairy light pack and set the hollow ghost over it so it glows from within.