How to Make Tomato Cage Ghosts for Halloween!

I’m so excited for spooky season! I have a Halloween birthday (October 30th) so I’ve always been a sucker for Halloween decor. I was eager to decorate our front porch for Halloween and wanted to take a stab at making tomato cage ghosts after seeing them on Pinterest! They were so easy to make and turned out so cute. Weldon loves them too! Keep reading for instructions on how to make the tomato cage ghosts.

How to Make Tomato Cage Ghosts for Halloween!

What You Need for Your Tomato Cage Ghosts

Tomato cage for each ghost (I bought two large cages and one small cage)
Styrofoam ball or half sphere for each ghost
Large white sheet (you can cut for multiple ghosts)
One string of Christmas lights for each ghost
Black construction paper
One claw clip or fastener to secure the back of the sheet for each ghost

Step by Step Instructions

After gathering all of your supplies, first, you’ll want to attach the styrofoam ball or half sphere to the top of the tomato cage (the pointed end). The pointed end of the tomato cage should easily pierce the styrofoam ball.
Next, use heavy duty tape to attach the Christmas lights to the top of the tomato cage and wrap the lights around the cage all the way to the bottom. This will help to make the ghosts eye catching at night (see the video below).
Drape the white sheet over the ball and cage and cut any excess fabric. (I used a king size sheet and cut it in half for the bigger ghosts, then I cut excess fabric hanging from one of my bigger ghosts to fit the smaller ghost.)
Use a claw clip or other fastener to cinch the fabric in the back so that it doesn’t blow off of the styrofoam ball and tomato cage.
Next you’ll need to make the ghosts’ faces. Cut ovals out of black construction paper for the eyes and mouth. Attach the ovals to the sheet with a hot glue gun.
Add in straw hay bales, fall plants, and pumpkins to finish out your display!

How to Store the Tomato Cage Ghosts

I’ve had my tomato cage ghosts for several years. I store my ghosts and hay bales in our attic. A pro tip on being able to reuse your hay bales, don’t take the plastic wrap off! The bales stay together and they’re easy to store (no mess!). With a little update to the eyes and mouths for the ghosts each year, the ghosts are good as new each Halloween. I cut new eyes and mouths for all my ghosts each year and hot glue them on accordingly.