The other day I was at Costco, and came across this HUGE package of Play-Doh containers. There were 80 of these little containers in the pack for $11 (Canadian)! I snatched them up because not only are they great Halloween "treats", they're also perfect for birthday party favors etc etc since they're only about 15 cents each!!
When I got them home I sat down and fiddled around with a few of my Papertrey packaging items to try and come up with a cute (yet quick and inexpensive) way to package up these containers - and came up with this Mini Treat Bag.
Read on to find out how to make them!
I started with a Medium Glassine bag (at 25 for $3 they work out to 12 cents each)
I cut the bag so that it was about 2.5" high.
Using my Scor-pal I scored the sides and bottom of the bag - 1/2" from each edge.
It helps if after you score you fold the score lines back and forth a couple of times with these types of bags - it makes the next step easier.
Open the bag and shape it on the fold lines - there will be two little triangle tabs on the bottom - fold them under and adhere them in place with mini glue dots.
Then set the bag aside.
Next take a piece of cardstock (here I used PTI's Kraft CS) cut to 2.5" x 8.5" and score it twice - 3.75" in from each edge.
After that I used my Stampin' Up! Word Window Punch to punch "handles" in each end.
To decorate my treat bag I stamped the web from Spooky Sweets II set in white pigment ink, and the bat from the Spooky Sweets set with black ink.
I created a fun little label for the bag using the Spooky Sweets set, oval nestabilities dies, black and Summer Sunrise ink, and orange glitter.
To adhere the glassine bag to the cardstock "cover" - use 2 strips of strong adhesive (I use Red liner tape) cut 5" long. After peeling off the liner adhere the bottom of the glassine bag first then fold up the sides so that they adhere to the bag as well.
Here's a side view of the finished bag. I adhered the label with dimensionals and tied on some Summer Sunrise Grosgrain ribbon.
And here's the final bag again.
These are SO quick and easy to make, and the great thing is you can easily change up the colors and stamp sets and make these bags for Birthday Party/Baby Shower/Wedding Favors etc etc!!
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{SUPPLIES}
STAMPS: Spooky Sweets, Spooky Sweets II.
CS: Papertrey Select White and Kraft, Black (SU!).
INK: PTI Summer Sunrise, Black Ink, White Pigment Ink.
ACCESSORIES: PTI Medium Glassine Bags, SU! Word Window Punch, Summer Sunrise Grosgrain Ribbon, DoodleBug Glitter, Oval Nestabilities dies, dimensionals.
