{"id":72395,"date":"2024-10-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=72395"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:24:32","slug":"ghost-painting-with-cookie-cutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/ghost-painting-with-cookie-cutters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghosts can be a great Halloween theme. You have scary ghosts and fun ghosts. This is a simple ghost painting that kids of different ages can do.<\/p>\n<p>Just use a cookie cutter, black paper and white paper. You can make an amazing ghost painting with kids. They will enjoy the painting activity and have a super fun Halloween Painting for kids.<\/p>\n<p>Plus this is a simple Halloween craft.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ghost Painting is a great addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/halloween-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">Halloween Crafts<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/art-projects-cookie-cutters\/\">cookie cutter crafts<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Cookie Cutter Painting?<\/h2>\n<p>Painting with a cookie cutter is an easy craft for kids to do. This gives a template, and the results are loads of fun.<\/p>\n<h2>Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters<\/h2>\n<p>Ghost painting is painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint on a black paper. A fun painting and fine motor activity for Halloween.<\/p>\n<h2>Favorite Ghost Book for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ten-Timid-Ghosts-Read-Paperbacks\/dp\/0439158044?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=4c903f1491a70b3a416c73bef74c62da&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Timid Ghosts<\/a> is a favorite counting book for us. You count 10 ghosts in the book. And it is great Halloween book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ten-Timid-Ghosts-Read-Paperbacks\/dp\/0439158044?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=4c903f1491a70b3a416c73bef74c62da&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ten Timid Ghosts (Read With Me Paperbacks)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-72830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts-640x639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ten-timid-ghosts.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What We Used to Make the Ghost Painting<\/h2>\n<p><em>We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a <a href=\"\/page\/privacy-policy\">small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilton-Cutters-101-Piece-Alphabet-Numbers\/dp\/B001D1FJ2E?crid=1QE9FMXSN1MIS&#038;keywords=B001D1FJ2E&#038;qid=1645438116&#038;sprefix=b001d1fj2e%2Caps%2C85&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=1364df7a1dea0d8ddf19201a3adb252a&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">ghost cookie cutters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crayola-Washable-Plastic-Squeeze-Bottle\/dp\/B0016P6HRS?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=907976ad8a88d12b446e0400331c4df5&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">white paint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Q-tips-Cotton-Swabs-500-Pack\/dp\/B0176QMIEQ?crid=3P6JF6ZT6STI0&#038;keywords=B0176QMIEQ&#038;qid=1645438052&#038;sprefix=b0176qmieq%2Caps%2C65&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=f1ca844cdb408fc2028cf70ddb58a4ad&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">cotton swab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting1.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How we made the Ghost Painting<\/h2>\n<p>You can see the steps below that we used to make the Ghost painting. And after you can do painting ghosts, checkout this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mamasmiles.com\/fun-halloween-activity-for-kids-self-inflating-ghost-balloons\/\">ghost balloon<\/a> activity.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Place the Ghost Cookie Cutter on the Black Paper<\/h3>\n<p>You are going to start by placing the ghost cookie cutter on the black paper. You can see what the it does not matter where on the paper you place the cookie cutter.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting2.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Hold the Ghost Cookie Cutter and Paint Inside<\/h3>\n<p>You are going to hold the ghost cookie cutter and then use a cotton swab to paint inside the cookie cutter. You want to make sure you hold tight on the cookie cutter.<\/p>\n<p>You want to make sure to paint all around the inside of the cookie cutter.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting3.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Look the the Ghost on the Paper<\/h3>\n<p>You are going to lift up the cookie cutter and look at the ghost. The painting strokes from the cotton swab make a fun swirled ghost on the paper.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting4.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Keep Painting Ghosts<\/h3>\n<p>After you have one ghost painted you can paint another ghost. Just pick another part of the paper to paint on. <\/p>\n<p>And know that you can fill the page with ghost or just paint a few ghosts. And the ghosts can overlap. Let kids have fun painting the ghosts.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting5.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also check out this other <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/ghosts-in-the-sky-oil-pastel-watercolor\/\">ghost painting<\/a> we did.<\/p>\n<h2>Final look at our Ghost Painting<\/h2>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting6.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting7.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters - a super simple painting inside ghost cookie cutters with white paint and black paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>More Ghost Activities for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/ghost-shape-easy-reader-book-clip-cards\/\">Ghost Shape Easy Reader Book &#038; Clip Cards<\/a> is a great shape book for Halloween. You have 9 shapes for kids to learn. You also have matching clip cards to use with the shape book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/ghosts-in-the-sky-oil-pastel-watercolor\/\">Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel &#038; Watercolor<\/a> is a fun watercolor and oil pastel painting activity. This is a great mix art project for kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/halloween-sensory-bin\/\">Halloween Sensory Bin<\/a> is full of different Halloween themes like spiders, pumpkins, bats, ghosts, and bones. And is super simple to set up.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the fun <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/halloween-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">Halloween Activities &#038; Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/halloween-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2024\/halloween-printables-activities-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Activities &#038; Printables - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghosts can be a great Halloween theme. You have scary ghosts and fun ghosts. This is a simple ghost painting that kids of different ages can do. Just use a cookie cutter, black paper and white paper. You can make an amazing ghost painting with kids. They will enjoy the painting activity and have a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1465,200,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-halloween","category-holiday","category-painting"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1465,"label":"Halloween"},{"value":200,"label":"holiday"},{"value":5,"label":"painting"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghost-cookie-cutter-painting-1000-683x1024.jpg",683,1024,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Cassie","author_link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/cassie\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1465,"name":"Halloween","slug":"halloween","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1468,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":200,"count":50,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1465,"category_count":50,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Halloween","category_nicename":"halloween","category_parent":200},{"term_id":200,"name":"holiday","slug":"holiday","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":220,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":607,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":200,"category_count":607,"category_description":"","cat_name":"holiday","category_nicename":"holiday","category_parent":0},{"term_id":5,"name":"painting","slug":"painting","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":189,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":189,"category_description":"","cat_name":"painting","category_nicename":"painting","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72395"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77424,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72395\/revisions\/77424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}