How to Make Your Own Halloween Party Favors for Kids
Save money by making your own Halloween party favors for kids. While planning the Halloween bash, stock up on basic craft items such as paint, felt and glue. Spend the day prior to the party creating charming, handmade favors kids can enjoy during the party and while at home. Kids can make their own favors as an interactive Halloween party project. Use quintessential Halloween items such as pumpkins, spiders and ghosts as craft inspiration.
Things You'll Need
- Felt
- Scissors
- Craft knife
- Ribbon
- Craft Glue
- Metal buckets
- Paint
- Stencils
- Candy
- Cookie cutters
- Cookie decorating supplies
- Tissue paper bags
- Stapler or tape
- Stickers
- Lollipops
- Googly eyes
Instructions
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Make felt trick-or-treat bags as useful party favors. Cut two same-size squares of orange felt and set them on top of each other. Use a craft knife to make slits around three sides of the felt pieces. Weave a long piece of black ribbon through the slits to form a tote; tie the ends of the ribbon together to create a handle. Make a bat or witch shape out of black felt and glue it to the front of the bag.
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Design party table place cards using metal treat buckets. Use stencils and black and orange paint to create the party-goer's names on the front of small galvenzied steel buckets. Decorate the buckets with ghost, witch, bat and pumpkin designs. Fill each bucket with a handful of sweet treats, such as mini candy bars and lollipops. Place one bucket at each place setting; guests can take the buckets home as favors.
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Send young party guests home with handmade Halloween-inspired cookies. Make spooky sugar cookies using bat, pumpkin, witch, ghost and spider cookie cutters. Decorate the treats wtih frosting, icing, colored sugar and sprinkles. Slip the decorated cookies into small white tissue paper bags and staple or tape the tops closed. Enhance the front of the cookie bags with glittery Halloween stickers.
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Create simple lollipop ghost party favors. Buy several large round lollipops with wooden sticks. Cut squares of white felt and drape them over the lollipop, leaving most of the stick exposed. Tie the felt at the base of the candy using a black ribbon. Glue plastic googly eyes to the front of the lollipop to form a ghost.
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References
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