Trick-or-Treat! Bag & Bucket Ideas

Here are some fun Halloween Bags and Buckets:





Monster Treat Bags

Help your little one transform a paper lunch bag into a creepy Halloween monster.

From the Blog: Crafts by Amanda

Materials:
-Brown paper lunch bag
-Acrylic craft paint
-Paintbrush
-Construction paper
-Scissors
-Glue stick
-Black marker
-Spray glaze or acrylic sealer (optional)

Instructions:
1. Paint bags whatever color you like. Stand them up and let dry. (Place soup cans inside so they don't tip over.) Add another coat and let dry again.
2. While bags are drying, cut facial features out of construction paper. You can use your imagination to make some fun eyes, mouths, and hair.
3. Cut polka dots, squares, stripes, or any other type of decoration you would like to use for your monster.
4. Fold down the top of the bag so that you don't accidentally glue your facial features too high.
5. Using your glue stick, decorate the bag with the stripes, squares, or polka dots. Be sure to cover the entire back of paper shapes with glue so none of the corners stick up.
6. Let everything dry, then apply a coat of sealer spray (optional). Let dry and fill with treats.

Personalized Treat Buckets

These monogrammed baskets make smart use out of recycled ice cream containers.

From the Blog: Brown Paper Packages

Materials:
-Empty ice cream bucket with a handle
-Felt
-Hot-glue gun
-Ribbon, about 5-6 yards per bucket
-Scissors
-Foam stamps
-Craft paint

Instructions:
1. Using the hot-glue gun, apply the felt to the bucket, covering the entire outer surface. Trim where necessary.
2. Glue ribbon to the top and bottom of the bucket, covering up the felt edges and the top rim.
3. Tie ribbons along the handle.
4. Use paint to stamp desired name on the front.

Cereal Box Stencil Bags

Update a classic fabric tote with easy-to-make stencils and spooky sponge painting.

From the Blog: Alphamom, Designed by The Long Thread

Materials:
-Fabric tote
-Fabric paint
-Stencil brush or sponge
-Cereal box
-Crafts knife and cutting mat
-Masking tape

Instructions:
1. Cut one of the largest rectangles from your cereal box.
2. Cut out jack-o'-lantern shapes with a crafts knife on a cutting mat. (An adult will need to do this part.)
3. Next, tape your template to the fabric and have your kids dab on the paint using a stencil brush or sponge (you could also use the end of a spongy paint roller). The trick to getting the paint on neatly is to hold the brush or sponge end perpendicular to the surface. Let dry.

Milk Jug Pumpkin Pots

These smiley jack-o'-lanterns can store almost a gallon's worth of treats each!

From the Blog: Filth Wizardry

Materials:
-Plastic gallon milk jugs
-Orange acrylic paint
-Paintbrush
-Scissors
-Black paper
-White glue
-Green chenille stems
-Paper leaf cutouts
-Green tissue paper

Instructions:
1. Paint milk jugs using orange acrylic paint.
2. Once the jugs are dry, cut a hole in the back by the handle for the treats to go in.
3. Cut jack-o'-lantern facial features from black paper.
4. Let the kids glue curled chenille stems and paper cutouts to the jugs.
5. Wrap green tissue paper over the lids and seal with glue.

Source: www.parents.com