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Craft Tutorials | Holiday Crafts | Halloween Crafts | Jack O’ Lantern Treat Bags
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Jack O’ Lantern Treat Bags

Author by Amanda Davis on October 24, 2018 Updated on January 15, 2019

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Easily create these Halloween Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags for Halloween party favors, a teacher goodie bag, or for friends and family!
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If you’re having a Halloween party it wouldn’t be complete without Jack O’ Lanterns! If you just want to give a goodie bag to friends, your teacher or family, it’s fun to dress up plain paper bags and give them personality!

Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags - Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

 

Jack O’ Lantern Treat Bags

These Jack O’ Lantern bags are easy to make, and if they are available near you, you can skip the painting step and buy orange bags from the party supply section. It’s a bit more expensive, but a lot less messy.

Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags

With fall here, we’re getting a lot of rain. Kids get couped up when it rains, so a craft project is just the thing!

Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags

You can get a big package of brown paper lunch sacks for a few dollars, but if you don’t have time to paint or want to make this a make & take for a party, head over to the party section or the gift wrap section of the store. They often have bags in a variety of colors that you can purchase ala carte.

Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags for Halloween

Making Jack O’ Lantern Treat Bags

You can probably find almost everything you need at the dollar store too. I have a huge supply of scrapbook paper laying around, but if you don’t, construction paper works great for the faces as well!

Related – if you’re planning a Halloween party, kids can make these super simple paper Halloween luminaries!

How to make jack o lantern treat bags

As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.
For this project you will need the following supplies:

  • Paper lunch bags or orange party bags
  • Orange craft paint
  • Scrapbook paper
  • Green tissue paper
  • Twine or raffia
  • Tools: hole puncher, scissors, glue stick

Note: If you prefer not to freehand the facial features, you can find free stencils online, such as these.

Painting Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags

Paint the bags with orange paint and allow them to dry completely.

Cutting out faces for Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags

Cut facial features from scrapbook paper.

Gluing on faces to bags

Attach facial features using a glue stick and allow to dry.

Fun Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags for Halloween!

Fill with party treats, add some green tissue paper and punch a hole at the top of the bag. Carefully tie a piece of twine through the hole as a finishing touch!

More Jack O’ Lantern Craft Ideas

If you’re looking for more Halloween ideas, simply click Holidays at the top of this page, then select Halloween to see everything! Below are some more Jack O’ Lantern craft ideas.

Fun to make glowing jack o lantern jars

This Halloween night, make some glowing Jack O Lantern jars for your Halloween party or to line your sidewalk! Make these glowing ghouls in minutes.

halloween painted jar luminaries

These Halloween luminaries are awesome on the night of Halloween, lined up along your porch or sidewalk! Easily place votive candles inside to get a colorful ensemble of monsters!

How to make a spooky Jack O'Lantern TV! A great conversation piece too, parents and kids alike will be commenting on how cool it is!

See how to make a spooky Jack O’Lantern TV! A great conversation piece too, parents and kids alike will be commenting on how cool it is! It’s fun to place in a window on Halloween night.

I hope you enjoyed this project! Have fun!

Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags - Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda
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Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags

Easily create these Halloween Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags for Halloween party favors, a teacher goodie bag, or for friends and family!
Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • Paper lunch bags
  • Orange craft paint
  • Scrapbook paper
  • Green tissue paper
  • Twine
  • Tools: hole puncher scissors, glue stick

Instructions

  • Paint the bags with orange paint and allow them to dry completely.
  • Cut facial features from scrapbook paper.
  • Attach facial features using a glue stick and allow to dry.
  • Fill with party treats, add some green tissue paper and punch a hole at the top of the bag. Carefully tie a piece of twine through the hole as a finishing touch!

Expert Tips & FAQs

These are perfect for a make & take at your harvest or Halloween party. To keep the mess to a minimum for party guests, either paint the bags ahead of time or purchase orange party bags in the party supply aisle or greeting card section.

 

 

Halloween Jack O' Lantern Treat Bags
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Filed Under: Fall Crafts, Halloween Crafts Tagged With: halloween, halloween party, holidays, jack o lantern, jack o lantern treat bags, paper bag, party, scrapbook paper, tissue paper

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  1. Coolncreative17 says

    October 25, 2018 at 5:02 am

    WOW. This is so cool. So simple yet looks so good. I love the light things too.

    Reply
  2. amanda says

    February 2, 2015 at 3:16 am

    it was amazing, thank you for the inspiration.

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