New Friends & Halloween Party Favors

Over the past few days, I've picked up a few new blogging friends.

Welcome.

Glad to have you along! I'm so close to 100 followers. You can still be a silent observer (there's never any pressure to post a comment) but if you'd like to follow along, just click on the "Follow" button under the "Followers" widget on the right sidebar of my blog. Can I get to 100 this week..pretty please?

We've been throwing Halloween parties the last 20+ years. For my new followers, when I met my husband in college, he even decorated his dorm room for Halloween...we're that kind of crazy about this holiday.

One of my favorite Halloween parties was when Emma was six years old. It was our first kid-friendly party (no adults allowed) and the kids had a blast.

While we're talking about parties, here are a few of my favorite Halloween party favor ideas. My sister made these broom treat bags for her son's Harry Potter Party. You can find can find more ideas for throwing a Harry Potter party here. This was one of my favorite birthday parties.

Broom Treat Bags

*Instructions were taken from Martha Stewart's blog.
Supplies:
Two 4 1/4-by-8-inch brown paper bags
Craft knife or scissors
Small branch (we used pretzel rods instead)
Candy

1. Unfold one brown bag and push out base; fold in the left and right sides.

2. Use a craft knife or scissors and cut the bag into thin strips about 1/4 inch wide. Make sure you stop short of the base.

3. Cut thin strips into the top, 1 1/2 inches of second brown bag. Fill the bag with candy

4. Open the shredded bag fully, laying it flat; place the filled candy bag inside the shredded bag.

5. Bring shredded bag up; insert pretzel rod in center, cinch top of bags together. Wrap with twine until bags are secure.

Cellophane Halloween Treat Bags

Cellophane bags filled with candy and embellished with candy tags make fun treat containers too. My local grocery store sells these bags in the baking aisle, but you can find them in the candy making aisles at most craft stores.

Monster Munchies = Nerds
Dragon Teeth = candy corn
Bat Droppings = chocolate covered raisins

You can find free printable candy tags here.

Halloween Crackers

Crepe paper
Scissors
Stickers
Toilet paper rolls or wrapping paper rolls cut in sections
Glue stick
Twine, ribbon or yarn
Plastic spider or bat rings

1. Cut an 11-inch square of crepe paper and a 4-by-7-inch piece of paper in another color; decorate with stickers or stamps.

2. Roll crepe paper around a candy-filled toilet-paper roll; glue seams closed. Wrap paper rectangle around center; glue.

3. Tie ends with twine; snip for fringe. Slip bat or spider rings over the ends.

Halloween Candy Cups

The white candy cups were purchased from my grocery store in the baking aisle. All I did was put a line of tacky glue around the center of the cup and pleated crepe paper around the cup, pressing the crepe paper folds onto the glue. I added a line of glue near the top of the cup and placed decorative ribbon along the top to give the cup a finished look.

Take-out Containers

Dollar Tree still has these orange containers available too. You could even embellish them with stickers.

Welcome enchantment and costumes, decorations and candy.
Welcome to our favorite month of the year.

Halloween, we love you!

Coming soon...Halloween treat/dessert ideas.

You still have time to enter my Halloween give-away. Just click HERE and leave me a comment to be entered. No strings attached. I was serious when I said I love giving away my crafty creations as much as I enjoy making them. Everyone is encouraged (even my silent observers). Drawing takes place October 20th at 8 EST.