Now Halloween just wouldn’t be Halloween without the candy even though I seriously think those little chocolate bars are shrinking every year! I always love to come up with fun treat packaging for the kids to take to school for their friends. This year I am making these little Frankensteins for Matthew’s class.
They’d be great for a Halloween party too or just a fun Halloween treat for your favorite little goblins.
Materials
- green cardstock {1 12×12 sheet will make 3}
- black streamers
- double sided tape
- black baker’s twine or embroidery thread
- black cardstock
- black glitter
- glue
- black ink
- candy bag {I used M&M’s}
- stapler
- circle punch or cutter
To Do
- cut cardstock into 4×12 inch strips
- score the cardstock at 1 1/2 inches, 6 1/4 inches, and 11 inches
- ink the edges of the cardstock with black ink for added dimension
- using the baker’s twine {or embroidery thread} sew stitches into one of the corners
- Stick the double side tape along the 6 1/4 inch score line and cover with the streamer. Trim the edges to fit and cut slits in the streamers for the hair.
- For the eyes, I cut circles that were approximately one inch in diameter {I used my Coluzzle but a circle punch would be even faster}. I then drew a smaller black circle inside it with a black Sharpie, covered it with glue, and added black glitter. Even Frankenstein needs a little twinkle in his eye!
- Using black cardstock, cut out the screws for his head and attach them with glue.
- Have fun creating different faces. I drew the mouths on with a black pen or used some black cardstock.
- Staple the candy bag to the inside of your treat bag {on the back}
- Using double sided tape, stick the bottom folds of the treat bag together. I found they stood up better if the shorter flap was over the longer flap but it works either way.
They were fun to do and I am happy to be getting them done well before Halloween! Usually I am up way too late the night before they are to go to school!
For more Halloween ideas, check out these posts…
Those bags are so incredibly cute. Now I just need to get my craft on and make them!
These are amazing!! I hope you’ll come back and link this one up to the Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2011/09/wickedly-creative-halloween-ideas-linky.html
I love this idea! I might just have to do this for our trick or treaters. Thanks for linking up!
Perfect for those classroom halloween parties, too! I’d be thrilled if you came and shared this at my Halloween link party at http://igottacreate.blogspot.com
These are so awesome, thanks for the idea!!!
So adorable!
Adorable! I might just have to make these for my boys party. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Cute!!
Jenny
http://www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com
These are just fabulous!!! I am going to try to modify them to fit a classroom activity for the party! You rock!!! Thank you for linking them up at Paper Issues! We featured you today: http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2011/10/frankenstein-bags.html
Awesome
FRANKly this is awesome! 🙂 Pop Art Minis
So cute! Perfect for a kid’s party!
Jenn! Those are so cute! I can’t wait to make them for my kids and their friends! We are having a Halloween Party and this will be the perfect party favor. Thanks for the idea!
I missed your link party on Tuesday! I’ll be sure to join next Tuesday!
Melissa
http://www.sweetcoconutlime.com
Soooo cute! I love your stitch detail! So clever =D I would love for you to link this up to My Favorite Things Halloween Party going on all month! I hope to see you there!
XoXo
~Iffy~
http://www.StayAtHomeNation.blogspot.com
so stinkin’ cute!!
These are adorable! And such a fun treat idea. I love all the little faces that you came up with.
I’d love for you to link this up to my Monster Mash Bash! http://afishwholikesflowers.blogspot.com/2011/10/lets-do-monster-mash.html
Hope to see you there!
What a cute idea! I found you on Making Monday Marvelous. 🙂
Just stopping by to let you know that I have featured your project on Fun Family Crafts! You can see it here
http://funfamilycrafts.com/frankenstein-treat-bags/
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I’d love it if you would submit them 🙂 If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.
Your stitched detail is excellent, I stitched same thing with your shared fun treat idea with little difference of colours and background also.