![Wrapping plastic wrap to make clear packing tape ghostly objects.](http://castlemakers.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Castlemakers-Packing-Tape-Making-300x225.jpg)
For the October 18th meeting we made packing tape limbs and ghosts. Well actually we tried everything from baby dolls to swords, and even mixed in a few body parts – basically anything that could be safely wrapped in plastic wrap and then covered in packing tape.
![Baby Ghost made from clear packing tape](http://castlemakers.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Packing-Tape-Baby-Ghost1-300x225.jpg)
Wrapping an arm or leg and the manikin were definite hits, and looked surprising good! The process is fairly simple: put a couple of layers of clear plastic wrap on the item, then wrap it with several layers of clear packing tape, and finally making a cut in the wrapping to remove the object used. Once the object is removed you take out the excess plastic wrap and carefully re-tape the pack tape wrapper back together for a clear ‘shell’ of whatever you wrapped! Adding some LED lights inside the object can make a great ghost or really strange object for Halloween.
For our upcoming meetings we’ll be having a intro to coding class for 9-14 year old kids and a soldering class, next meeting dates are on our events page.