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Archive for October, 2010

Printable Trick or Treat Favor Sacks

Over in my shop Sweet! we sell little paper sacks in kraft and white. They work great to send through the printer to make custom little favor bags. You can also  print on regular lunch sacks, however they are a little more difficult because of the gusset on the sides.

I used the kraft sacks to make these vintage looking trick or treat favor bags.

First, download the printable. Place the side you want printed face down in the printer tray with bottom of sack going in first.  On my printer I can choose 5 X 8 postcard on the printing menu. I then move the bar over on the printing tray until it is next to the edge of the sacks, and print away.  If this doesn't work for your printer, print the download on a place piece of copy paper. This shows you the placement on a regular piece of paper and you can tape the sack onto the paper with blue painter's tape and run the paper through the printer. For a picture tutorial on this technique please go here.

Printable Trick or Treat Favor Sack Download

If you are using these sacks for cookies or baked goods, the fat can sometimes discolor the sacks. If this is the case, you can line the paper sacks with glassine bags.  They fit just inside the paper sacks and will keep the paper sacks nice.

I hope you enjoy!

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Printable Jack-o-lantern Cupcake Picks

I am over at AlphaMom today. Please skip on over to Alpha mom to download free printable jack-o-lantern cupcake picks and whip up a whole pumpkin patch.

No Bake Cookies

Yesterday my son begged for No Bake Cookies.

I love them too! Do you have a favorite recipe?  Here is ours:

Chocolate, Oatmeal and Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 cups oatmeal
  • Waxed paper

Directions

In a heavy saucepan mix  the sugar, cocoa, butter, salt and milk over medium heat until combined. Bring to a boil and let boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and quickly add peanut butter stir until just combined, then stir in vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls (I use a cookie scoop). Cookies will harden when cool.

Tootsie Pop Pumpkins

Here is an oldie but goodie. We usually make tootsie pop ghosts and spiders, but this year we changed it up with Tootsie Pop Jack-o-lanterns.

Supplies for Tootsie Pop Pumpkins

Orange tissue paper

Reinforcement circles

Tootsie Pops

Floral tape

Cut a six inch circle from tissue paper. Cut a double thickness. We used a 6 inch cake pan to draw around to make the circle.

Place a reinforcement circle in the center.  This will keep the tissue paper from tearing. It can be placed on the inside.

Push Tootsie Pop stick through the reinforcement circle.

Gather up the two layers of tissue paper and twist tightly. We had to scrunch the wrapper up a bit.

Using floral tape wrap around the twisted orange part to create a stem.

Finished!

...unless your favorite little girl wants to turn them into jack-o-lanterns.

You might also be interested in these crafts that make great favors for friends.

Mummy Treat Containers

Halloween Candy Bar Covers


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