DIY Trick or Treat Bags Tutorial

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It’s that time of year again when ghosts and goblins, witches and wizards, dragons and princesses come knocking on the door yelling Trick or Treat!  Make sure your little cuties don’t lose a single piece of hard-earned candy with their own DIY Trick or Treat Bags!

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DIY Trick or Treat Bags Tutorial

Throughout the years we’ve had a variety of different trick or treat bags ranging from free plastic ones given out at school to light up plastic pumpkins that the kids never felt were big enough for the candy haul they were intending to get.  Pillowcases have been the favorite go-to for the last few years but I’ve always wished for something with a handle, which brought me to creating these cute custom trick or treat bags with bags I already had here at the house.

Create your own Trick or Treat Bags!

Because these bags are used once (if we’re lucky 2-3 times) per year my requirements for this project were: inexpensive, fun, quick, and easy!  I’m happy to report that with some trial and error I was able to come up with a project that fit all my requirements.
Trick or Treat Bags Supply List:
bags (something fabric that can be ironed on)
iron-on (your choice of colors)
Cricut Explore
EasyPress (or iron)
EasyPress Mat
Iron-on Protective Sheet or light weight towel
I’m specifying a bag that can be ironed on because… Initially, for my project, I was going to use those inexpensive reusable grocery bags that seem to come to my home in an abundance.  I thought as long as I had a towel on top of it for the ironing part it would work out okay, unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.  Even having the iron at a lower temperature and a towel between the iron and the bag I had melting issues.
Any bag that can handle heat can be used for these trick or treat bags, the cute purple bag actually had writing on one side so I turned it inside out for this project, I love the color and that the handles aren’t sewn on so even though it’s a little smaller we shouldn’t have to worry about weight.  The canvas bag I also had on hand, they can easily be found just about anywhere (Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Joann’s, Amazon) and are a great sturdy bag with handles and iron-on attaches awesome to them (and you don’t really have to worry about heat temperatures).
For this cute purple bag, I used this Cricut cut file.  It is free with Cricut Access.  Using an already created file made for very quick and easy project.  I used gold glitter iron-on.
To make the canvas bag I used the reverse of the trick or treat from the first bag (meaning I saved Iron-on {inexpensive} and time because I only had to cut the image once).  This won’t always work but because glitter iron-on is thicker and this cut file doesn’t have tiny pieces it was easy for me to do, if you want to do this just be aware while you’re weeding your project and save the little pieces.  I also used this darling little ghost (also free with Cricut Access) cut out in regular black iron-on.  I modified him a little bit to fit with my project so I’ve included the modified cut file.
I’ve got to tell you, I love how these DIY Trick or Treat Bags turned out and cannot wait to make a few more so everyone has their own.  These two were quickly claimed by the youngest girls so the boys are wanting their own now.
I love taking the kids Trick or Treating and can’t wait for them to head out with their new Trick or Treat bags that I don’t have to worry about ripping or them dropping them because they have no handles!

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