Halloween Tags - 'Trick or Treat'

Trick or Treat?



These are my Halloween 'trick or treat' tags.

There are some free downloads at the end of this post.

The Tags:

I printed the tags,
cut them out,
then sponged them with distress inks.
Simple washing-up sponges - cut into small sections - are just as effective as 'craft sponges'

The inks I used were Rangers Distress inks;

1) crushed olive

2) rusty hinge

3) barn door

4) chipped sapphire

To finish;

I mounted each tag onto a 37mm x 70mm piece of black card,

trimmed the corners and punched the hole.

I cut thin strips from the plastic used to make the bags 

and threaded one through each tag.

The letters are highlighted with black holographic glitter.

The bats:

1) I printed the bat onto white cartridge paper, cut out and

traced onto black card, then cut out.

2) Scored down the wings

3) Folded along the score lines to dimension the bat wings.

The eyes:

Print then apply a light coat of gloss/varnish to each eye.

Allow to dry and cut out.

Shaping the eyes:

You will need a half-spoon and a quarter-spoon measuring scoop.

1) Place the 'eye' (print-side down) into the half-spoon measure.

2) Gently press the quarter-spoon measure into this.

3) Tip the 'eye' out, onto an embossing mat,

gently work the back of the quarter-spoon, in a circular motion,

across the reverse of the 'eye'.

I attached the bats and eyes using paper springs - made from strips of red paper.

 

The bags:

The treat bags are made from 350mm squares of  black and orange carrier bags.
I cut the edges in a zig-zag pattern.

Filled with a small selection of sweets

and a Halloween joke.

Here's the link for the jokes and lots of fab Halloween stuff:

Halloween Jokes

I printed the jokes onto coloured paper and cut into strips.

 Download Sheets

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and make sure they are full size before you save.

'Trick or Treat Eyeball Tags'

'Trick or Treat Tags'

 'Trick or Treat Bats'

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a Happy Halloween!

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Free Download - Halloween Lantern

A short break from Christmas because Halloween is here!!!!

If you haven't made a pumpkin lantern yet these are the quickest, easiest lanterns you can make.

There's a free download at the end of this post.

CLICK ON IMAGES FOR A CLOSER VIEW

Print onto any colour paper - the choice is yours. Paper is better than card because it allows the light, from your candle, to shine through.

These lanterns have been printed onto UK A4 landscape.

If you have a laminator - run them through it. This will waterproof them and they will happily stand outside even if it rains.

After laminating simply roll the lantern into a tube, prick holes top, middle and bottom and fix with small brads.

If you haven't laminated you can glue or tape.

Place a night light into a glass or jam jar and pop the lantern over it.

 

They look good in daylight but they're fab when it gets dark!

Cut across the middle of the print-out and you have two shorter lanterns.

The best thing is - when Halloween's over, open the brads, and these lanterns can be stored flat in an envelope - ready for next year.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO OPEN IT FULL SIZE THEN SAVE

Just a few words of caution here, as with all candles, it isn't safe to leave them unsupervised, especially around children.

Adding sand or a small amount of water to the jar before inserting the candle is a good extra safety precaution.

Happy Halloween!
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