![]() We started from a black toilet paper roll, to which we glued the eyes. We rolled it around the toilet paper roll and made sure the eyes were still visible. Then, we glued the eyes and went looking for some gauze. Guess what? We also started by painting the paper roll in black. We then cut the bottom of the TP roll and made eight legs. You can make two holes for the mustache, which should be easier than we did.įor the spider, we also started by painting the toilet paper roll in black. We made a hole on the back of the TP roll for the tail and glued the mustache. We then folded the top to make the ears and glued the yellow eyes. 1 – The black catįor this one, we had to check on internet if black cats do have white mustache or not!Īnyway, we started by painting the toilet paper roll in black and left to dry for a bit. So you should probably paint one day, leave the paper rolls to dry and make the Halloween crafts the next day for example. ![]() Once the toilet paper tubes painted, each craft will require less than 5 minutes. I only had a strong glue so did all the sticking myself but for the other tasks they were able to do them alone. Black, pink paint -you can use different colorsĪll the toilet paper crafts are very easy to make.Toilet paper rolls – we used 6 but you can use as many as you have.Now all you have to do is decide what fun treats to put in your adorable little Halloween treat bags. Glue the teeth inside (between the 2 parts of the fold) the fold along the top open end. Similarly, glue the other eye (or eyes!)ġ4. Glue the eyes on the folded part, keeping about half of the eye outside the folded part.ġ3. Take the bag and fold 2 inches from the top open end. Cut out the eyes and teeth you like from theġ2. Now your bag is ready to decorate! Make it a Monster!ġ1. Carefully re-fold these middle folds so that they fold inward rather than outward. Note that the middle folds along the sides will be going the wrong way.ġ0. This will create crease lines on the sides of the bag.ĩ. Fold the long sides of the bag as shown, matching the corners of those squares. Notice the 2 squares formed on both sides of the bottom (you can see them clearly in the Step 7 photo). Take care to glue only the flaps and not the inside of the bag. Glue the overlapped flaps to secure the bottom of the bag. Similarly, fold the bottom flap upwards, overlapping the open edge of the previous side. This will create 2 open sides, like flaps.ħ. This will create a triangular pattern on each side.ĥ. On a flat surface, re-open your short side fold as shown, one side at a time. Fold the craft paper almost in half horizontally (what teachers call a hamburger fold), except leave a ½ inch margin on one side, as shown above. I promise once you get the hang of it that these are easy to make! Fold & Glue the Paper into a Sleeveġ. If you feel uncertain, you can make a practice bag from a sheet of paper from your recycling bin. Read through these instructions before you start. Related: Last Minute Halloween Party Ideas DIY Halloween Treat Bags – Bag Instructions Rectangular colored craft paper or construction paper.But making the bags yourself is really quick once you’ve made the first one and understand how it works. If you want to cut corners, you can use ready-made treat bags (affiliate), and then just print out eyes and teeth from my template for the kids to cut and glue onto the bags. For kids any younger than that, I’d probably make up the bags ahead of time and just have the children decorate them. My twins, who are 9 now (!) were able to make the bags themselves with just a little help from me. We had to print off another page of eyes so that Sophie could have some of the larger ones too. Sure enough, as soon as they saw it they were eager to make their own. ![]() DIY Halloween Treat BagsĪ few days ago, I made one of these treat bags and left it sitting out on the kitchen table for my girls to see. It’s easy to make your own bags from just a sheet of construction paper or scrapbook paper (see below). How many eyes do monsters have? Let your little ones decide as they decorate these adorable DIY Halloween treat bags. (Books and Giggles is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to .) Inside: DIY Halloween treat bags the kids will love to help decorate!
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