As far as I’m concerned, one can never have too many treats ready to share for Halloween, which is why I’m sharing another quick and easy project today – Halloween Treat Pocket Tags! What, you’ve never heard of a pocket tag? Well, let me show you!!
It’s literally an oversized tag, folded into a pocket, and filled with treats! They are so fun and easy to make – and even though it looks like I used three different patterned papers for each pocket tag, it’s only ONE paper! Let me show you how I made them!
First, I cut an over-sized tag from patterned papers (aren’t these Spooky Boo! papers so much fun?). These are about 4″ wide and 11″ tall. You can cut them by hand, with a die, or even a digital cutting machine. As you can see, I chose papers that had a fun “tear away” strip – one that could be used upside down and still look okay. Here’s the back and front of one tag:
The next step is to fold up the bottom. See how that makes it look like three different papers? I love how the front, back, and tear-away strip all coordinate and work perfectly together for these tags :
Next, I used my sewing machine to stitch around the folded portion to create a pocket. Don’t worry if you’re not ready to pull out your sewing machine – you can just glue the sides together with strong adhesive if you want!
Now that the pocket portion is complete, it’s time to embellish!! I chose to use various printed die cuts, stickers, 3×4 cards, and ribbon! Of course you can embellish as much or as little as you like!
I started by tying ribbon through the top of the tag. Next, I placed the 3×4 card (slightly trimmed) over the pocket portion. Next, I added the cute witch die-cut. Finally, I used foam adhesive squares to add the “boo” printed die-cut.
Now it’s time to fill ‘er up! Since I’m making some of these for my co-workers I opted for some flavored water packets…but of course, I had to embellish them a little bit with these cute puffy stickers! See how perfectly they can be tucked into the treat pocket – with a cute paper straw just for fun, of course!
If you prefer to give a delicious chocolate treat, that’s an option too!!
These treat pockets are so quick and easy, it would be easy to whip up a batch for your co-workers, neighbors, students, or even for your kids’ entire class! Seriously, they are that easy!
What do you think? Do you want to give these Halloween Pocket Treat Tags a try?
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Happy Treat-o-Ween!
Supplies Used:
Spooky Boo Stickers
Spooky Boo Ephemera
Spooky Boo Puffy Stickers
Spooky Boo “Boo Stuff” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Trick or Treat” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Bad to the Bone” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Sweet Tooth” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Falling Leaves” Patterned Paper