Free Ghost Blaster Shooting Game (10-Minute Halloween Craft)

This plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster Shooting Game is super quick and easy to make! In fact, it’s so easy that it can be made in under 10 minutes. Plus, it gives children hours and hours of Halloween entertainment for cheap since it uses a recycled plastic PET Bottle! You can make a plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster with things lying around your classroom or house, and you can print out our free file of Ghost Targets to shoot.

Our plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster Shooting Game is great to make in any class or party. If you have a lot of time, you can spend more time setting up the ghosts and shooting them. When they fall over, you can get the points written on the bottom. If you have limited time in your class or event, then you can simply make them, and the kids can take the Ghost Blaster Shooting Game home to play with.

The excitement of our plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster Shooting Game comes from the simple physics concept of creating an air gun using a partial vacuum with a balloon and plastic PET bottle. These things can be found in most houses or classrooms, but students are amazed when they realize that they can make a real-life ghost busting blaster!

The other exciting part is playing the Ghost Blaster Shooting Game with our free, printable ghost targets. Each ghost has a different point value on the bottom, so when they get blasted and fall over, kids can see how many points they get. You can do a point count-up style game or see who can knock over all the ghosts the fastest. There are endless ways to play the plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster Shooting Game.

Are plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blasters safe?

Yes! In fact, it’s much safer to shoot ghosts with plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blasters than real guns. There is only a small burst of air created and it’s harmless, except to ghosts. Of course, you should never point a plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster at a person’s face, at pets, or at anything that’s not a ghost.

It’s also important to properly tape the balloon to the plastic PET bottle to prevent it from coming off when being pulled. This could result in the balloon hitting someone. As an added safety precaution, we recommend goggles while using the plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blasters.

You can make a simple plastic PET Bottle Shooter, or you can get a little more elaborate and add Halloween decorations if you have time. The instructions for the basic plastic PET Bottle Ghost Blaster Shooting Game below uses a 500ml plastic PET Bottle, a large balloon, some electrical tape, and our free printable ghost targets with points and printable name card for inside the plastic bottle.