How to Make Witches Broom Treat Bags
These witches broom treat bags are super cute and really easy to make! Decorate a Halloween goody bag to look like a witch broom and fill it with all the best Halloween treats.
Yield: 1 witch broom treat bag
Cost: $5
Equipment
Materials
- Free Printable Witches Broom Treat Bag Labels
- Thin ribbon (1/8 inch wide)
- Stick (8 to 10 inches long)
- Halloween patterned ribbon (1/4 inch wide)
- 2 Small brown paper bags
- Halloween candy
- Halloween toys
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Prepare the supplies
- Print our free Halloween gift tags! There's a link in the materials list above, with more options below the tutorial.
- Cut 2 lengths of ribbon about 16 inches each. We used a plain color 1/8 inch wide and a Halloween patterned ribbon 1/4 inch wide.
- Then gather a stick from outside that's between 8 and 10 inches long. Scraggly looking ones are perfect for the handle of a witch's broomstick!
- You'll also need 2 small paper bags for each treat bag. Read more below the tutorial on the exact size and where to find them.
Step 3: Cut the paper bags
- Grab the first bag and fold the bottom of the bag together. Then cut strips down the bag, making them about 3/8 inch wide. Don't cut the bottom of the bag.
- Unfold the bag and cut the corners apart so they're the same width as the other strips.At this point you can cut all the way down the bag.
- Repeat around the whole bag, so you have the bottom intact but the sides cut all the way down.
- Fold the second bag down a few inches. This will give you a visual mark.
- Unfold the bag and cut the top of the bag into strips, going down to the fold line.
Step 4: Fill the bag
- Open up the first bag so the fringe is going out on each side. Then set the partially cut bag on top, lining up the bottoms.
- Gather all kinds of cute Halloween treats to put in the bag.
- Fill the gift bag and then place the stick in the center, gathering the bag around it.
- Lift up the strips from the outside bag, gathering them into the center as well. Try to keep them going straight up and down.
- Then tie the thin ribbon around the bag in a double knot.This can be tricky to do, so it's great to have one person hold the bag together while another ties the ribbon.
- Punch a hole in the gift tag and slide it onto the ribbon. Tie the ribbon in a bow.
- Tie the other ribbon into a bow around the bag as well. Then trim the ends of both ribbons, cutting them on an angle.
- Your witches broom treat bag is complete!
- Have fun making more treat bags using different colors of ribbon and all the printable label designs.
Video
Notes
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