I needed a Halloween bag to deliver treats but all I had were flowery ones or plain white bags. Since of course I couldn't give handmade Halloween treats in a plain bag, I opted to decorate a white one. I started by spraying the bag with Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain (sold at HM Ben Franklin Crafts). I love this product because not only does it come in really cool colors, it imparts a nice metallic sheen which is perfect for Halloween. After the bag was dry, I glued on some cut pieces of printed card stock from my stash (collected over years). To jazz up the bag even more, I wound two orange sparkle pipe cleaners around the handles and glued on purple sparkle pom poms. This was an easy fix to change a boring bag into a colorful, exciting treat bag. If you don't have Halloween paper scraps lying around, you can always hurry down to your nearest HM Ben Franklin Crafts store to buy some 12x12 sheets and then you WILL have leftover paper scraps to use on your next projects. Halloween seems to come around faster and faster every year. I love having Halloween supplies on hand so I can spooky-up anything in a jiffy. Have a colorful, spooky, decorative Halloween!
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Such a cool way to quickly dress up a plain gift bag. Especially loving the idea of the pipe cleaners and pom pom around the handles -- gotta try that!
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