8 Fun Ideas for Treat Packaging

Have you started creating with your Gather Together Kit yet?

Our Front Porch Kit Design Team makes it easy to create, with some many beautiful project ideas and inspiration! One of my favorite things about this kit is all the Treat Packaging Ideas!

 

 

 

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Too Cute to Spook Project Ideas

Today we are sharing some "too cute to spook" projects using the Doodlebug- October 31st collection plus a surprise bonus project at the end of the post!

 Halloween Cookie Treat Bag Project
by Dee Dee Roe

First stuff a cookie into the treat bag - make sure its  a cookie with the good chocolate!

 

Fold down the top 1/3 of the polka dot treat bag. 

Cut and adhere a 4 in strip of the green patterned paper. Layer a 3 in strip of the grid patterned paper.

Wrap it all with the purple polka dot ribbon. 

Cut the spider web from the back skull patterned paper and attach to the front of the bag. 

Matte the Halloween die cut square with black cardstock.

Punch a hole and tie the green glitter ribbon into a bow. Adhere the two pumpkins to the front. 

Then decide who is worthy of your gooey chocolate chip cookie. Easy peasy. 

 

You've Been Boo'd Pillow Box Project
by Dee Dee Roe

Cut strips of patterned paper and layer them around the pill box. 

Cut the spider web and bats from the back skull patterned paper and attach to the front of the box. Add the die cut ghost and a strip of cardstock with a sweet title. Done and done! :)  

 

 

Bonus Spotlight Project by Susan Liles

 This card was featured  from a previous Fetti Fans Card Class at The Little Blue House.
We love it so much that we wanted to spotlight it on the Blog today!  

Reverse Confetti released a Too Cute to Spook Stamp set  and its  absolutely adorable, it includes a sweet and easy to color kitty (we all know how much we LOVE to color right about now!) plus several accessories and a few sentiments.  All the accessories are separate stamps in the set, so that the cat can be used alone and not as strictly a Halloween set. Too Cute to Spook Confetti Cut also come in handy here so not fussy cutting is involved.  This time, she's flying along and underneath a new Confetti Cuts die set, the Double Scallop Garland with a background from our quick card panel set "Happy Boo Day" You can find all of these Reverse Confetti Products at The Little Blue House!

Thank you so much for joining us today!
We hope you are inspired to make some spooktacular Halloween projects!

 

 

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TREATS TREATS AND MORE TREATS!

Halloween is creeping up on us! Today we are sharing 3 fun treat bag ideas perfect for all ghouls and goblins!!

 

Treat Sack designed by Susan Tidwell

Let's start with this the little Halloween Tags- apply Black Diamond Stickles to title on tag, add glitter star stickers and ink edge with black ink. Set aside to dry. Tear a piece of cheesecloth and add to bag with very little Mod Podge to create fun texture!

Now sponge white paint over a spider web “fragment” stencil on black cardstock. When dry, cut around outer edge and glue in place over cheesecloth. Make a button spider by stacking and glueing together two black shiny buttons and add 2 tiny googly eyes.

Cut eight pieces of black wire about 1 1/2” long and curl one end with pliers.

Glue in place under buttons. Glue spider to center of web.

Once you add treats to the little sack, fold over top, punch two holes and tie ribbon into one knot. Lay a strip of cheesecloth over knot and then tie ribbon into a bow.
Fluff and shred cheesecloth into a “bow.” Add decorated tag.

Boo! to You Shaker Treat Bag 

Boo Shaker Treat Bag designed by Natalie Sheeran
Cut apart ghost of the "boo to you" journal card from the Pebbles- Boo! collection and trim the top ends off to make it look like a tag. Adhere scrap piece of acetate to bag of "Boo to You" journal tag.

Place pop dots around the ghost cut, use the pop dots to secure the  "shaker" area, sprinkle glitter or sequins then close the opening with more pop dots.
Adhere treat bag to Boo tag. Glue 2 goggly eyes on top of the acetate to give some character to your ghost!

Fall Cloth Bag designed by Valerie Bishop

For the cloth goodie bag I first watercolored it using my cake watercolors.
I got the colors really juicy with water and using a thick watercolor brush I made stripes across the dry bag alternating yellow, orange and brown letting the colors run together at their edges. After letting the bag dry I stamped some leaves (using a set of the Illustrated Faith stamps) I used Brown and yellow Stazon inks making sure to stamp really hard to insure that the image would stamp clearly.

 I had a piece of wood in my stash  that  I thought really went well with a fall theme and I stamped a sentiment on it (using a set from Elle's Studio) then glued it to the bag using Glossy Accents. I inserted a piece of plastic into the bag to prevent the bag from sticking together while the glue dried.

Thanks for visiting the Blog today!

We hope these projects inspire you to create a fun treat bag this week for a friends, neighbor or kiddo!

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Halloween Decor Ideas with Vicki Chrisman and a Prize Winner!!!

Hi Little Blue House friends, Vicki here today to share a Halloween door decor project I created with some of my new products from The Little Blue House.

 

I started with this simple wood frame shape,

but any plain frame works just great also. I've found some great deals at garage sales for frame for these kinds of projects. 

All it needs is a little paint and your set to go.
I used the fun new Pebbles Inc Halloween collection to create these different sized medallions.

Below is a little three step process of how I assemble my medallions. I start with  one to three strips of paper the same width. ( depending on how big you want your medallion to be )

To have some of the medallions over lap the other, you will have to use something to lift them up higher off the frame. You can use a little piece of 1/2 foam, or in my case I used a small round wood piece about an 1/2 inch thick.

I was most excited to add a banner piece for the Glittery "October" puffy sticker from American Crafts and also the other Glittery pieces, to pull it all together. I'm loving how this looks on
my front door :)

Thank you soo much for stopping by and letting me share this project with you today!

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Some you might think Halloween is about the "Tricks",
but I think it's all about the "Treats"

So why not make the containers you give them in ..... super cute!
I always have a few little ones , close friends kiddos or my nieces and nephews that I like to have a little something special for. 

 Fun little treat bags and buckets are fun to dress up for them when they come Trick or Treating.I think they would also be super fun for teachers, coworkers, ect..   Big kids like candy too :)

 These Treat bags from Crate Paper and white Bakery bags are perfect for dressing up.  I love having the bags with windows on hand for prettying up and putting cookies in for friends.
The Pebbles Inc papers I used are perfect for Halloween. I loved the title cards sheet!  They are so easy to add to a bag, or mat and add to a painted dowel to stick in a container. 

I wrapped the cute gingham ribbon around my painted dowel, before I added the  "Happy Halloween" sign.

I couldn't have enough of those little jack-o-lantern  medallions from Crate Paper !! Oh my how darling!

Another favorite is these wood veneer pieces from Crate Paper
I decided to first mist mine with orange.
After the mist was totally dry, I went back in with black sharpies

Dressing up little gift bag is simple and fun. They always made those who receive them fell extra special.

 

Be sure and comment below with your favorite Halloween Movie and be entered in to WIN a bag-o-goodies from the LBH!

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We have a Winner from Last Week is.... ANGIE GRIMM!!

Come by the Little Blue House to pick up your Prize!

 

Treat Bag Tutorials- October Blog Series

TREATS, TREATS and MORE TREATS!!!
We love dressing up our Treat Bags to give to Friends and Family for Halloween and Fall! Today we are sharing 2 super cute and easy project ideas using Treat Bags from Crate Paper- After Dark Collection!

Crate Paper- After Dark Treat Bags

Halloween Treat Bag by Rhonda Merry  

To create this bag, take the flat treat bag and gusset the sides so that it will stand up.  To do this, fold up bottom about 3/4” and crease using a bone folder.  Open up bag and flatten bottom to stand bag upright and forming tabs on either side.  Fold tabs upwards and secure with adhesive.  Then run up the sides of bag to form corners. Fill with treats enough to allow a fold over top. Secure and add a tag topper. 

This tag was made with papers from Carte Bella’s Trick or Treat line by die cutting a label large enough to be framed by the bag and then layering it with a Halloween journal tag. Punch a hole at the top to add trims in which a few from my stash at home helped to fluff up the look and secured with some orange and black twine from LBH.  Add a glittery pumpkin from the Halloween Thickers and a few leaf sprigs using the Reverse Confetti Leafy Confetti Cuts and you are set to create a Spooktacular display of treats for Halloween.

I love the Gold Accents on these Treat Bag!!! 

Happy Fall Yall Treat Bag by Valerie Bishop

For this bag, I simply stamped my title between the glitter stripes. I cut a few leaves using my Silhouette Cameo and the b-side of the "Spooky" piece of Crate Paper. I liked the paper because it was a neutral color that allowed me to spray them with Spray Mists to give them some color. After the leaves dried from the spray mists, they curled up perfectly to look like real fallen leaves. I use some tiny pop dots under the center of each leaf to leave them curled but to give a little more lift off of the bag. I adhered the medium black and orange ribbon to frame the top and bottom of the bag.

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We hope you enjoyed our Treat Bag Tutorials today! You can find everything you need to create these treat bags at The Little Blue House!!

Leave a Comment below telling us what your favorite Halloween Time activity or tradition your family has... maybe its going to the Fall Carnival, or a Pumpkin Patch...

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Happy Halloween!!

Bunny Blog Hop begins TODAY!!!

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We have 8 Easter Inspired Project Tutorials to get you Egg-cited for Easter!! Lindsey is here on the LBH Blog sharing the first Tutorial for our Bunny Hop! 

"Carrot Vellum Treat Bag"



Gather Materials Needed...

empty toilet paper roll

Echo Park Papers, Happy Easter, Carrots Paper ,Sunny Days Ahead Red/yellow

Doodlebug Vellum -Tangerine

Sewing Machine  (thread color of your choice)

Green tissue paper

hot glue gun

paper cutter

scissors

adhesive of your choice

pencil

clear tape

eraser

Decorative scissors, scallop
(check the LBH Online Store for items you may need)

 Step 1.  Using the yellow paper from Echo Park (Sunny Days Ahead in Red/Yellow) trim to 4 inches by 6 inches.  Followed by the Doodlebug Vellum in Tangerine, trim to 4 inches by 6 inches.

 Step 2.  Adhere vellum to paper

 Step 3.  Adhere the pieces glued together onto the toilet paper roll.

 Step 4.  Draw some leave shapes to use atop of the tube.  Just before you cut them out use an eraser to lighten the lines.  Leave just enough to see where to cut.

 Step 5.  Position leaves so that they will fit across the front of the toilet paper roll on a piece of clear tape.  The sticky side should be up.

 Step 6.  Cut an approximately 6 in strip of tissue paper from the widest width of the paper ( typically 30 inches)

 Step 7.  Use decorative scissors to make a pretty edge to the tissue paper.

 Step 8.  Adhere paper leave to tubes.  Feed the folded tissue paper through the center on the tube and apply hot glue at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 position of the circle.  Press tissue paper into the hot glue and add more glue to tack down the excess.

 Step 9.  Use your sewing machine to sew the bottom closed with an approximate 1/8 in seam allowance.

Step 10.  Fluff and fuss with tube until its the right shape.  You can leave this open or easily close it up with a treat inside.

I hope you've enjoyed this Easter tutorial!

 It's quick and easy and appropriate for so many ages.

Bunny Blog Hop Grand Prize:
Leave a comment on each of the blog posts featured on the Bunny Blog Hop and you will be entered to WIN a fantastic Easter basket filled with amazing  paper-crafting goodies! Winner to be announced on March 25th.

 Here is our HOP order...

HOP this WAY to....-Natalie!!!!
http://lbhbluecrew.blogspot.com/

Nadine 

http://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com

Miss Tracy

www.misstracycreates.com 

Angi

http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.com

Susan Liles

http://www.susiestampalot.com

Vicki

http://vickichrisman.blogspot.com

Susan Tidwell http://susanartfulmusings.blogspot.com

Valerie Bishop

http://myhere-rightnow.blogspot.com

Thanks again for reading...hope you enjoy my Cute Carrot Treat Holder! Don't forget to leave a comment and then head on over to Natalie's Blog to see her Crafty Creation! Click HERE.

Happy Spring!
Lindsey