Blogger / 7 October, 2026 / Nanny Anita

Air Dry Clay Tea Light Ghosts

These air dry clay tea light ghosts are super easy to make, and even if your little ones don’t make them, they can certainly help decorate them.

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To make your own tea light ghosts you will need:

• Air dry clay
• Rolling pin
• Big circular cookie cutter or a knife
• Bottle
• Ping pong ball/half a plastic egg/tin foil
• Straw
• Tea lights

Start by rolling out your air-dry clay.  You don’t want it to be too thick or too thin.

Next, either using a big circular cookie cutter or a knife, cut out a circle.  Use a straw to make two eye holes.

You will need to dry the clay in a ghostly shape, and the easiest way to do that is to mould it over something.  For one I used a ball of tin foil on top of an old Schwartz spice jar.  For the others I used the top half of a plastic easter egg on top of another old spice jar.  A ping pong ball perched on top of a bottle would also work.

Leave it for 24 hours to completely dry out, then take it off and put it over the top of a battery powered tea light.  I will say that the plastic easter egg does give a smoother finish and is easier to remove the air dry clay from.

If you want to let your little ones decorate them, then you can paint on top of the air dry clay very easily.

If you enjoyed making these tea light ghosts, be sure to check out my Halloween clay decorations and ghost bombs.

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