I love Halloween ideas with candy of course, but when I saw our new skinny bags in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog, I knew that pencils would fit inside these great new bags (in addition to the obvious things like stacks of M&Ms, Smartie's and any skinny wrapped candy.) You get 50 bags for just $2.50 so what a great item for school treats or to give to trick-or-treaters!
I got my pencils last year at an after holiday sale at a big discount so keep that in mind for next year. Of course all the dollar stores are full of Halloween pencils right now. I slid in two pencils, sealed the bag with the little self-sealing strip. Then to glam it up a little I punched out a Decorative Label punch in either Rich Razzlebarry or Wild Wasabi (how nice that my pencils matched SU colors!). I folded the punched shape in half and used a stapler to attach it to the bag. The staple is hidden by my cute punched shapes stamped with images from Spooky Bingo Bits.
Here's a full view of both styles I made (sorry it's blurry). The image is punched out with the new 1" Square Punch and layered onto a punched Postage Stamp shape in either black or Pacific Point. Mini Glue dots hold the images over the staple.
And of course I covered the staple in the back as well with another punched out image from the same great stamp set.
You can order Spooky Bingo Bits from my online store.
I love the pumpkin pencil bag, perfect for the trick-or-treats, thanks for the idea.
Posted by: markustoday | September 16, 2011 at 08:59 PM
I like seeing the bags used for something besides candy.
Posted by: Grace Benjamin | September 18, 2011 at 07:58 AM