Halloween is just around the corner. Are you ready?
Every holiday, I have great intentions. I decide I’m going to make these fabulous
treat bags or boxes full of fabulous goodies for my family, friends and
co-workers. Most holidays, I’m good to
just show up with whatever I agree to bring, much less something cutesy and
fun. I have a tendency to bite off more
than I can chew and then I run out of time for the fun things… like making
treat bags!
This year, however, I have turned over a new leaf. I am trying to stop doing things out of
obligation and do more of what I want, in my downtime.
So, guess what? I
made Halloween bags for my co-workers! I
totally stole the idea from Pinterest, so I can’t take credit for the creative
genius, but I did them my own way.
I started with a GIANT tub of cheezy poofs. (Yes, I realize they are actually called
cheese puffs, but thanks to my husband and his younger days of watching
Southpark, they will forever be known as “cheezy poofs” in our household!)
That sucker is massive, huh?
You can see my Silhouette machine to the right, just for scale. I got this whole tub at Sam’s for about
$6.00. What a bargain!
I bought some treat bags and measured them to see how much
space I had for the faces. On Pinterest,
everyone had drawn the faces using Sharpie markers. What?!?!?
They obviously don’t own a Silhouette.
I went to Google and searched “jack o lantern faces clip art”
and got tons of cute little faces. I
imported a few of them into design studio, then traced them. Voila!
I cut the faces from some scraps of black vinyl I had in my stash and
applied to the bags.
After all the faces were applied, I filled them with cheesy
goodness and tied with twine. Sooooo
cute!
I love these little guys!
If you haven’t yet made Halloween goodies, this is an easy and quick
project you could do tonight. Of course,
if you try it, I’d love to see your pictures.
Happy Wednesday!
Cheryl
