By Cross Stitch Library · September 20, 2026
A big-eyed yellow duckling trick-or-treating in a floppy ghost sheet, holding a jack-o'-lantern candy pail — a kawaii Halloween design.
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A wide-eyed yellow duckling shuffles out trick-or-treating under a floppy white ghost sheet, clutching a jack-o’-lantern candy pail while three tiny ghosts and scattered candy corn drift around it. It’s every bit as sweet as it is spooky.
This is a costumed-animal Halloween piece built for people who want the holiday without the horror — the duckling’s expression alone rules out anything genuinely scary. It works well framed for a porch or entryway display each October, or stitched as a one-off gift for someone who collects seasonal kawaii pieces. It’s a natural companion to our Flower Crown Ghost pattern if you’re building out a full non-scary Halloween wall, or our Magical Witch Cat for another costumed critter in the same seasonal spirit.
DMC 17 (Yellow Plum - Light) and 939 (Navy Blue - Very Dark) together cover 7,973 of the 16,935 total stitches — the duckling’s body and the deep-shadow outlining that gives the whole piece its crisp kawaii look. The main challenge is keeping the ghost sheet’s folds clean: BLANC (White) and 168 (Pewter - Very Light) sit directly against each other across the fabric’s draped shading, so watch your count carefully through that section to avoid the fold lines blurring together.
Stitch the navy outline (DMC 939) last, after all the fill colors are in place, rather than working it first as a guide — outlining last keeps the crisp kawaii edge from getting muddied by fill-color thread catching under it as you work. See our pixel art cross-stitch guide for more on this style of clean-outline design, or browse the rest of our Halloween-themed patterns for more seasonal pieces to pair it with.
Choose your paper size and color or black & white, then download the Duckling in a Ghost Costume PDF chart and thread list — free, no sign-up.
