How to Make Three Different Halloween Gift Bags

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Easy to make Halloween paper gift bags

Prep Time10

Active Time10

Total Time20

Yield:

Author: Melissa Haines

Cost: $10

Optional: Trim the bag to about 8 inches tall
Cut owl wings out of the purple foam paper. The wings I made were approximately 4x3 inches with 4 feathers all curved upward and the top one is a bit longer and wider than the others
Using the purple foam, cut out circles that are larger than the googly eyes
Cut gold glitter paper for the nose - It is in the shape of an oval that's a little wider on the top.
Cut out two owl ears from the stiff felt

Glue the purple circles about one inch down from the top of the bag
Glue eyes onto the center of the circles
Add the nose below the eyes
Glue one wing on the left side of the bag with the larger feather just under the nose pointing to the right.
Place the other wing on the other side of the bag pointing down .
Trim any extra wing that extends past the side of the bag
Glue the ears on the inside and top of the bag.

Cut a black foam four-inch long oval for the ghost mouth.
Glue the eyes and mouth onto the white bag.
Tie a bow onto the bag's handles, or if there are no handles, then glue the bow to the top right of the bag.

Cut triangles from the stiff black foam for the bat's ears and cut bat wings.
Glue the ears onto the inside of the bag at the top
Glue the eyes onto the bag
From the silver glitter paper, cut small rectangles for the eyebrows and small triangles for fangs
Point the eyebrows so they are at a slant above the eyes giving the bat a mad expression
Glue fangs about two inches below the eyes
Cut small slits in the sides of the bag. Insert and glue the bat wings

Glue choices.

My favorite glue for things that need extra strength like the wings and the bow, would be a tacky glue like Beacon 3in1

Glue stick can be used for most of the pieces like the foam and googly eyes

A low temp glue gun is another glue for a stronger hold