Paint the rounded head of each peg with two coats of white acrylic, letting the first coat dry for 20 minutes before adding the second. You only need to paint from the neck up: the unpainted wooden body will be hidden by the cloth.

Once the second coat is fully dry, use the black marker or size-0 brush to dot two small eyes on the rounded head. Position them in the upper half of the round, fairly close together. If you use a marker and it bleeds slightly, let it dry and then touch up with a tiny dab of white paint.

Lay one muslin square flat on the table. Centre a peg on it, neck at the centre of the fabric. Gather the fabric up and over the neck of the peg and bunch it around the neck, then tie a 15 cm length of twine around the gathered fabric to hold it in place. The fabric should drape down over the body of the peg like a little cloak.

Repeat for all 12 pegs. An adult applies a tiny dot of hot glue at the back of the fabric neck to secure it if the twine alone seems loose, but craft glue works just as well with a 30-minute drying time.

Peg the finished ghost dolls onto the 2 m length of twine, spacing them about 15 cm apart. The pegs grip the twine on their own without glue.