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Halloween Bags For Gifts Or Treats

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Materials:

  • Paper Craft Sack
  • Ribbon of Choice
  • Halloween Hole Punch
  • Cardstock
  • Acrylic Jewels
  • Tissue Paper – Various Colors
  • Crayola® Pointed Scissors
  • Craft Smart® All Purpose Glue
  • 3M® Double Stick Tape

Instructions:

  1. Use double-stick tape to adhere ribbon to bags. Curl some ribbon and tie to bag handles.
  2. Create embellishments using cardstock and craft punches, or just create your own designs.
  3. Apply jewels to the embellishments as desired.
  4. Glue the embellishments to the bags or use ribbon to attach them.
  5. Fill the bags with party favors, goodies, etc. and tissue paper.

Halloween Ghost-Of-A-Pillow

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Materials:

  • Pencil
  • Felt
  • DMC® Needle
  • Floss
  • Poly-fil® Polyester Fiberfill
  • Thread
  • Scissors
  • Celebrate It™ Tulle
  • Big Bag Buttons
  • Sewing Basket 100 Color Ball Pins
  • Quilting Basket Chalk Marking Pencils
  • Sewing Machine (Adult Use Only)

Instructions:

  1. Lay the white felt flat on your work surface and fold in half.
  2. Draw and cut out ghost pattern. Pin the pattern to both layers of the felt and cut around the edges. Remove pins and discard the pattern.
  3. Place the top piece of felt in front of you and put the back aside.
  4. Gather the buttons needed for the face and place beside you. Thread 6 strands of floss onto a needle and knot one end. For each eye, you can sew the 2 buttons on at the same time as shown.
  5. Sew the middle button of the mouth on first and build out from there.
  6. Use a chalk pencil to draw the hair swirl before backstitching.
  7. Cut the patches from neon lime and lavender felt sheets. Make them as big or little as you want. Pin them onto the ghost front where desired. You may choose to overlap them as in the photo. Straight stitch the patches into place. Sew buttons on if you wish.
  8. When you are done embellishing the ghost, flip the front over and place on top of the back piece. Be sure to align edges and pin them together. Note: The ghost should be pinned together inside-out.
  9. Have an adult sew the ghost together using the sewing machine, being sure to leave at least a 4-inch wide opening for stuffing.
  10. Turn the ghost right-side-out and fill with Poly-Fil®. Stitch closed with floss or thread.

Halloween Candy Wrapper/Gift

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Materials:

  • Cardstock
  • Sharpie® Fine-Tip Permanent Marker – Black
  • Raffia
  • Pencil
  • Aleene’s “Tacky” Glue®
  • Crayola® Blunt Tip Scissors
  • Hole Punch
  • Candy Bar

Instructions:

  1. Cut black cardstock to fit around candy bar. Cardstock should overlap about 1-inch. Glue cardstock to candy bar wrapper.
  2. Cut orange cardstock to 1½-inches x 5-inches or larger if needed. Glue to front of wrapper.
  3. Draw bat on black cardstock and cut out. Glue bat to orange cardstock.
  4. Cut one 1-inch x 2¾-inch orange rectangle. Cut one ¾-inch x 2½-inch white rectangle. Write Happy Halloween on the white rectangle and glue to the orange rectangle.
  5. Punch a hole in tag and through black cardstock. Thread raffia through both holes. Tie and trim raffia ends. Use glue to keep tag in place.

Halloween Photo Holder

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Materials:

  • Creatology™ Wiggle Eyes
  • Sandpaper
  • Craft Smart® All Purpose Glue
  • Paper Plate
  • Paper Towels
  • Craft Smart® Paint Brush
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Bright Blue
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Citron
  • Creatology™ Craft Boa
  • 3M® Blue Painter’s Tape
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – White
  • Blunt Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Crayola® Markers
  • Lara’s Crafts® Roundhead Plugs
  • Unfinished Wood Photo Stand

Instructions:

  1. Sand photo stand until smooth. Wipe dust off with damp paper towel.
  2. Cut two small pieces of painter’s tape and wrap around base of wire photo holders.
  3. Paint photo stand and two roundhead plugs with two coats of Bright Blue, allowing paint to dry between coats. Peel off painter’s tape.
  4. Tape off lines as shown and paint two coats of Citron Green, allowing paint to dry between coats. Remove tape.
  5. Glue wiggle eye to top portion of block. Glue roundhead plugs to sides of block.
  6. Draw a smile lightly with pencil. Trace over with black marker.
  7. Cut out small foam squares for teeth and attach to face.
  8. Cut a 3-inch length of green boa and attach around the bases of the wire photo holders with glue.

Roasting Chestnuts

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a    different nut    to    crack

Soak chestnuts in a bowl of water for about 30 minutes; drain well. Cut a slit in the shell in the rounded side of the chestnut. Make sure the cut goes all the way through the shell; otherwise, they can explode.

To roast: Arrange chestnuts in a single layer in a chestnut pan. Place over an open flame; roast 25 minutes, shaking frequently.

To roast in the oven, arrange chestnuts on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 25 minutes.

To mi­crowave, arrange chestnuts in a single layer on a microwave-safe dish. Microwave at HIGH 2 min­utes. Microwave a maximum of 12 chestnuts at one time so that they cook evenly.

Let the chestnuts cool about 5 minutes. Peel.