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To this day, I am still highly addicted to Pac-Man. I don’t know what it is, or why I can never get past level 10, but it is one of the best games that I have EVER played! This post is all about celebrating Pac-Man. Let’s make some Pac-Man stuff! Ready… set… go!

Misc. Tutorials:

Pac-Man Crochet Pattern: Fluff of Fluff

LED Pac-Man Bike Wheel Images: Instructables

Accessory Tutorials:

Pac-Man Wallet: Cut Out and Keep

Pac-Man Ghost Hair Pin: DIY Glory

Shoe Tutorials:

Pac-Man Shoes: Craftster

Home Decor Tutorials:

Pac-Man Pouf: Instructables

Pac-Man and Ghost Perler Bead Magnets: CraftingWithCatHair

Pac-Man Quilt: Craftster

Pac-Man Mobile: Craftster

Pac-Man Paper Mobile: Instructables

Pacman and Ghosts Dishcloths: Tea and Cakes

Pac-Man Ghost Bean Bag Chair: Cut Out and Keep

Food Tutorials:

Pac-Man Cookies: The Decorated Cookie

Halloween Costume Tutorials:

• How to Make a Pac-Man Costume: eHow

Pac-Man Costume: g42.org/xwiki

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man Costumes: Coolest Homemade Costumes

How to Make Your Own Pac-Man and Ghost Costumes: Pachax

Ms. Pac-Man Hallowen Costume: Coolest Homemade Costumes

Pac-Man and Blinky Costumes: Coolest Homemade Costumes

Ms. Pac-Man Costume: Disney Family Entertainment

Pac-Man Costume: Coolest Homemade Costumes

Pac-Man Costume: Halloween Forum

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man Costumes: Coolest Homemade Costumes

Giant Pac-Man Fancy Dress Outfit: Instructables

Playable Pac-Man Costume: MakeZine

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

• Pac-Man Pumpkins: Instructables
• Check out all of the threads tagged with ‘pacman’ on Craftster!

Pac-Man and the Lotus Elise: The Pug Father on flickr

Pac-Man Couture from Giles Deacon: IfItsHipItsHere

Miss Video Game: Joystick Division via 3Wishes.com

Pac-Man Magnet Set: spooons on etsy for $10

Pac-Man Ghost Hats: Technabob

Pac-Man Wedding Cake: The Domestic Scientist

Edible Cupcake Cover: Pac-Man: SugarRobot on Etsy

Pac-Man Cupcakes: Hello Naomi on flickr

Pac-Man Beads: Sarah Hornik on Flickr

Ms. Pac-Man Bobby Pins: PixelParty

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man Brooch Set: Magpie Moments

Pac-Man Stuffies: Craftster

Inky Ghost Button Bag: HoboCampCrafts on Etsy

Pac-Man Scarf: ShopFatal

Pac-Man Canvas Belt: TruffleShuffle

Pac-Man Quilt: Craftster

Pac-Man Ghost Made from Recycled Ikea Dresser: Geek Alerts

Pac Man Tree Skirt: Technabob

I <3 Pac-Man.

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: astillero on flickr

My original idea for these was to follow the Lowe’s tutorial that I gave in my earlier post here, but after starting the tutorial, I found that they left out a LOT of details that would have helped me so much if I knew what they were beforehand. So – here is the Halloween Lighted House Ghosts Tutorial – RedThread style!

Materials Needed to make 1 Ghost:

• Wire Tomato Cage (My dad had a TON of rusty ones that he needed to get rid of. Instead of throwing them away, this is such a great use for them!)
• 75-100 Clear or White Christmas lights (I found mine at Home Depot for around $2.50)
• A 6×9 foot drop cloth (to cover the cages with)
• Black Permanent Marker, felt, or leftover fabric (to make your ghost’s face!)
• Hot Glue Gun
• Scissors

Step 1: To make your ghosts not have “pointy” heads when you put the drop cloth on,  bend in the tomato stakes as shown below:

Step 2: For each ghost, wrap a wire tomato cage with your string of clear or white lights. Lowe’s suggests clear rope lights, but I think those are more expensive.

Step 3: Cut a 6‐ x 9‐foot drop cloth to approximately 41/2 x 7 feet to cover the tomato cage.

Step 4: When I draped my drop cloth over the tomato cage, it looked HORRIBLE! It didn’t drape well. It really looked like a piece of garbage, and not like a ghost at all. So! What to do? Bring out your glue gun. “Shape” your ghost the best you can – I shaped him with creases and hot glued the inside of the cloth so it would stay. I made him look perfect in the front, and glued together all excess drop cloth to the back (which won’t be seen, so don’t worry about it!)

Step 5: I used leftover black cotton fabric to cut out a face and hot glued them to my ghost. I liked doing it this way because I could see what it would look like before actually adhering the fabric. Don’t have scraps? Use a black permanent marker to draw eyes and a mouth.

Step 6: Plug the lights into a secure grounded outlet. I made three ghosts and connected them all together, so I only had to connect the three to one grounded outlet.

Step 7: Enjoy your lawn’s masterpiece! Who needs $50 light-up ghosts when you can do it for under $5?

Click here to view my entire picture set on flickr.

Questions? Comments? Other ideas? Make some of your own? Let me know!

Looking for more tutorials for Halloween decorating? Check out my ‘Halloween’ category on the right hand side of this post!

I did have pictures for every single tutorial, but something weird happened and they all disappeared. After much trying to get everything back, the original post would not save properly, and always showed up blank. So, that’s kind of sad. I did have to redo all of the links. It was painful doing it the second time around, but worth it! Maybe I broke the blog by including too many pictures.. oops.. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this post and get a ton of ideas from it!

If you would like to see the pictures without having to click all of the links – leave me a comment with your email address and I can send you the undamaged Microsoft Word document. Again – sorry about the inconvenience!

Tutorials:

• Having a Halloween Costume Contest? Check out my tutorial for award ribbons!
• Decorating the outside of your house too? Check out my list of tutorials here

Contents:

• Invitation and Card Tutorials
• Favor Tutorials
• Centerpiece Tutorials
• Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials
• Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials
• Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials
• Game Tutorials
• Ornament Tutorials
• Picture Frame and Album Tutorials
• Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials
• Other Decoration Tutorials
• Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Invitation and Card Tutorials:

• Simple Halloween Gift Tags: Studio Mama
• Vintage Halloween Postcards: About OK – so not really an invitation, but a freaking sweet link to vintage Halloween postcards! Tell me you can’t do something creative with THOSE!
• Owl Invitation: The Impatient Crafter
• Halloween Party Invitation: BHG
• How to Craft a Spooky Halloween Card: Craft Ideas
• Lollipop Ghost Halloween Party Invitation: HGTV
• Halloween Tag Doll Invitations: Erica Mulherin
• Bewitching Invitation: BHG
• Halloween Luminary Invitations: Martha Stewart
• Handmade Halloween Mask Cards: Junie Moon
• Halloween Pop-Up Card: Can’t Stop Making Things Blog
• Witchy Embroidered Postcard: The Swell Life
• Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations: Brooklyn Limestone
• Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations Q and A: Brooklyn Limestone – in case you have questions about how to make the link above!

Favor Tutorials:

• Halloween Treat Box: Cathie Filian
• Mini Grim Reaper Glitter Trinket Box: The Swell Life
• Pumpkin on a Stick Party Favors: BHG
• Jar-O-Lanterns: Martha Stewart
• Last Minute Halloween Goodie Bags: ReproDepot
• Halloween Party Favor Buckets: Obsessively Stitching
• Paper Witch Shoe Favor Box: Skip to My Lou
• Pumpkin Suckers: BHG
• Ghostly Goodie Bag: Crayola
• Halloween Gift Bag: Phyllis Dobbs
• Halloween Treat Pouches: Savvy n Sassy’s Blog
• Pumpkin Favors: Kaboose
• Witch’s Broom Favors: Martha Stewart
• Halloween Sticker Crafts to put on favor bags: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Sizzix Treat Tote: Eileen Hull
• Recycled Spooky Sparkly Gift Cups: Mod Podge Rocks

Centerpiece Tutorials:

• Halloween Decorations Video: Paperclipping - for a sweet centerpiece tree!
• Spooky Halloween Tree Video: BHG
• Halloween Wire Tree Tutorial: My Big Mouth
• Spooky Halloween Tree for $1: Dabbled
• Glue Gun Spiderwebs: Cathie Filian
• Emmy Lu’s Halloween Tree Centerpiece: Brooklyn Limestone
• Halloween Tree: Gingerbread Snowflakes
• Sparkly Skull Halloween Ornament Centerpiece: Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter’s Blog
• Branch Out Centerpiece: BHG
• Make a Halloween Spooky Tree: Cathie Filian
• Halloween Dollar Store Do-Over: Cathie Filian
• Swooping Glow-in-the-Dark Bat Centerpiece: HGTV
• R.I.P. Skeleton in Coffin Centerpiece: I Love To Create Blog
• Fenced In Centerpiece: BHG
• Halloween Village Centerpiece: Claudine Hellmuth
• Halloween Candy Topiary: HGTV
• Halloween Tree Topiary: Let It Shine
• Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Day of the Dead Shrine: CraftZine
• Make a Calavera Skull Centerpiece: Dollar Store Crafts

Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials:

• Halloween Garland that you can print out: FamilyE
• DIY Candy Corn Garland: Susie Harris
• Black Cat Halloween Banner: I Love To Create Blog
• Beware Banner: Plaid
• Glitter Boo Banner: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Spooktastic Halloween Pennants: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Garland Tutorial: KCetsy’s Blog
• Spooky Halloween Garland: Paper Crave
• Easy Pumpkin Garland: BHG
• Halloween Mobile/Curtain Tutorial: Visual Space Blog
• Halloween Banner: Brenda Pinnick

Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials:

• Halloween Runner Video: BHG
• Tabletop Stiffy Ghost: Cathie Filian
• Punch Bowl Prop How-To Video: Martha Stewart
• Hair-Raising Display: BHG
• Halloween Tablecloth: Martha Stewart
• Halloween Pedestals: Meli-Melo-Art’s Blog
• Cute CD Cupcake Stand: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Make a festive Halloween Cupcake Stand from Terracotta pots: The Artful Crafter
• Halloween Pennant Cupcake Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Cupcake Pics/Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Veggie Head: The Swell Life’s Blog
• MisFortune Cookies: BHG
• Creepy Candy Cover-Ups Video: BHG - a must see if you’re handing out king size candy bars!
• Spooky Tree Halloween Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
• Mummy and Bat Candy Bar Covers: Skip to My Lou
• Embellished Glass Candy Bowls: BHG
• Spooky Eyes Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
• Witch’s Cauldron Candy Holder: HGTV
• Halloween Candy Bucket: Little Birdie Secrets
• Long-Stem Pumpkin Labels: BHG
• Ghostly Glove Placecard Holders: HGTV
• Kid’s Witch Spoon Puppet: Cathie Filian
• Printable Cup Sleeves: Livinglocurto
• Halloween Eyeball Silverware: BHG
• Creepy Coasters: BHG
• Halloween Skeleton Hand Napkins: Gets Bored Easily
• Black Widow Chair Covers: BHG
• How to Make a Spooky Halloween Spice Rack: Crafterella
• Creepy Family Chandelier: HGTV – Make sure you watch the second half of the video for the chandelier – otherwise you’ll probably think it’s crap! But it actually looks pretty neat.
• Webbed Chandelier: BHG
• Halloween Chandelier Shades: CottageMagpie
• Making Halloween Corpse Hands: WetCanvas

Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials:

• Shadow Decorations: FoldingTrees
• Candlelight Message: BHG
• Day of the Dead Embossed Tin Candle: AZCentral
• Spooky Packing Tape Transfers with Votive Candle Holders: How About Orange
• Creepy Candlesticks made out of mini pumpkins: Pattie Wack
• Halloween Decoupage Candle Holders: Craft Jr.
• Evita’s Spooky Silhouette Candle Holders: Design Sponge
• Spooktastic Halloween Candles: Dollar Store Crafts
• Spidery Sills and Window Webs: Martha Stewart
• Mummy Candle Holder: Cathie Filian’s Blog
• Make a Spooky Candle Holder: Dollar Store Crafts
• Extreme Glitter Skull Candle Holder: Cathie Filian
• Making a Flameless Candle: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Specimen Jar Candle: Martha Stewart
• Fanning the Flame: BHG
• Halloween Hurricane Lanterns: BHG
• Hanging Snake and Frog Vellum Lanterns: Martha Stewart
• Green Slime Lantern: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Fun Halloween Lanterns: Crop Girl
• How to Fold a Lamp: Ah-Yi’s Blog
• Creepy China Ball Lanterns: DIY Network
• Batty Lampshade: Organize Your Stuff Now
• This Little Light Pumpkin: The Fearless Crafter
• Last Minute Halloween Lanterns: ReproDepot

Game Tutorials:

• Apple Bobbing Tub: Cathie Filian
• Pin the Fangs on the Vampire: Cathie Filian
• Ghoulish Gage of Ghastly Goop Spinner Game: Cathie Filian

Ornament Tutorials:

• Decoupaged Halloween Tissue Ornaments: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Paper Pumpkin Ornaments: DIY Craft
• Star-Shape Ornament: BHG
• Vintage Halloween Character Ornaments: The Swell Life’s Blog
• How to Make Found Object Ornaments: Cathie Filian
• Dead Fairy Halloween Decorations from Skull Garland: Craftster
• Glittered Dia De Los Muertos Memory Ornaments: AZCentral
• Boo-treelicious Crocheted Ghost Ornaments: Vickie Howell

Picture Frame and Album Tutorials:

• Halloween Frame Revamp: Dollar Store Crafts
• Dark Shadows Photo Frame: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Mummories Photo Album: BHG
• Halloween Spider Frame Tutorial: All Things Paper
• Spooky and Boo Shadow Boxes: Plaid

Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials:

• Potion Labels from Love Manor on flickr
• Vintage Poison Labels: Spookshows
• Halloween Potion Labels: Pheemcfaddell
• Making Canned Halloween Monstrosities: I Make Projects
• Mantipi Specimen with Tutorial in a Jar: Crafterella
• Tomb Stone Polish: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Terrorium and Conjoined Twin Specimen Jar for a Halloween Wunderkammer: PoopScape
• Halloween Kitchen Jars: AranaMuerta
• The Cheapest and Easiest Prop You’ll Ever Make: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Silly Putty Maneuver: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Mutant Fetus/Alien in a Jar: IndyMogul
• Potion Bottle Collection: Cathie Filian
• Brain in a Jar Tutorial: The Mad Lab

Other Decoration Tutorials:

• Cobweb Spider Gun: Instructables
• 3-D Blood Splatter Effect on Windows: The Storque
• Misc Halloween Decoration Tutorials: Eileen Hull
• Costumed Kokeshi Dolls: Crafterella
• Paper Owls: Brenda Pinnick
• Halloween Zombie Dolls: Crafty Chica
• La Dama Rag Doll: AZCentral
• Make Halloween Paper Cone Witches: Rubber Stamping
• Vampire Rose Bouquet: Diary of a Crafty Chica
• Frankenrumi – Crocheted Frankenstein: Kiwi Magazine
• Skully Crocheted Skull Appliques Video: myLifetime
• Personalized  Black Cat Bobble Head: I Love to Create Blog
• Wooden Autumn Blocks: Make It and Love It
• Make Creepy Halloween Birds: Dollar Store Crafts
• Haunted Mirror: aidtopia
• Paranormal Portraits: Country Living
• Faux Wood Shelves: AranaMuerta
• Mummy Mannequin: PattieWack
• How to Make a Flying Crank Ghost: Phantas Mechanics
• Cheesecloth Ghosts: Pursuit of Craftyness Blog
• Halloween Ghost Walkers: The Small Object
• Grapevine Pumpkin: Make It And Love It’s Blog
• Rustic Pumpkins: Plaid
• Jack-O-Lantern Pinata: BHG
• Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial: Pieces of Time’s Blog
• Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial with Real Stems: The Simple Wife
• Fabric Pumpkins: Sunshine in My Soul’s Blog
• Simple Patchwork Pumpkins Tutorial: Rachael Rabbit
• Knitted Pumpkins: Knitty
• How to Make an Easy Paper Pumpkin: Rubber Stamping
• Fishbowl Pumpkin Tutorial: Bella Dia’s Blog
• Paint This Terra Cotta Pot: Phyllis Dobbs
• Skeleton Soap Bars: Soap Queen’s Blog
• Sock Skeleton: Poopscape
• Polymer Clay Zombie: Spirit Clay
• Shimmery Skeleton Shadow Box: Diary of a Crafty Chica
• La Catrina Skeleton Dolls Using Recycled Table Legs: PerpetualPlum
• Day of the Dead Wire and Clay Sculptures: AZCentral
• Matchbook Shrines: AZCentral
• Dried Apple Shrunken Heads: Fabulous Living
• Shrunken Apple Heads: Martha Stewart
• How To Make a Paper Mache Skull: Spooky Blue
• Easy Eyes: Haunter’s Hangout
• The Hand of Captain Hook: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Toe Tag: cthulhulives
• Easy Halloween Window Webs: BHGnn
• House Zombies: Tried and True
• Spiderweb Decorations: WomansDay
• Styrofoam Ball Spider Decorations: Dollar Store Crafts
• How to Make Spider Web Balloons: Crafty Crafty
• Spooky Spider House: Studio Mama
• Bewitching Halloween Eggs: Martha Stewart
• Witch Hats: HowloweenQueen
• Wee Witch Shrine: I Love to Create Blog
• Halloween Countdown Calendar: I Love To Create Blog
• Batty Silhouettes: BHG
• Flappy Happies Bats: Domesticali’s Blog
• Mechanical Bat: Ravensblight
• Making Creepy Books: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Boo Your Friends! Skip To My Lou
• How to Start the “BOO” In Your Neighborhood: Skip To My Lou
• Charm Balls: WomansDay
• Frankie Baby Art from a mirror: Plaid
• Light-up Pumpkins: Plaid

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

• Two Halloween Decor Ideas: Dollar Store Crafts
• The Watchers Eyeball Nesting Dolls: Jason Brammer
• Spinning Eyeball Fountain: Buy Costumes – OK, so I would have no idea how to make this, but seriously. Look at it – it’s AMAZING! Such zombie goodness!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Andrew Stawarz on flickr