Turkey disguise as a ghost: the fastest costume in the drawer

A white sheet drapes over the body with a wavy bottom edge and two round eye holes. The turkey's eyes sit inside the holes, and the beak stays visible below the sheet. Two small arm bumps suggest the wings, and a few fold lines give the sheet some shape. The outline is intentionally simple, which makes the page fast to color and easy to cut. There is no blood, no chain and nothing scary; it is a friendly sheet ghost.

You need white paper, a black marker, scissors and a glue stick. Cut a large white rectangle and round the top corners. Cut two eye holes where the turkey's eyes will be, then glue the sheet over the body, leaving the beak and feet visible. Draw three or four soft fold lines with a gray marker. For a wavy hem, cut a series of small curves along the bottom. If you want the sheet to look draped, curl the bottom edge around a pencil before gluing.

Friendly ghost: add a paper bow at the neck and two pink paper cheeks. Trick-or-treat ghost: put a tiny paper candy bag in one wing and a paper candy corn on the sheet. Storybook ghost: add a small paper book and a pair of round glasses. All three keep the same sheet shape, so the costume takes one session and the variation takes five minutes.

Write a haunting note: "I am disguised as a ghost because ghosts are already dead, and nobody roasts a ghost." Add the evidence: "My sheet has two eye holes, and my hem is wavy." Add a haunting: "I am haunting the kitchen. If a plate floats by, that is me." End with a request: "Please do not call a ghost hunter. I am busy." The note format is short, and the logic gives the child a ready-made joke.