In order for your kids to secure the biggest loot come Halloween, you’ve got to give them what they need to collect it in…the trick-or-treat bag. Make sure it’s snazzy with these 17 trick-or-treat bag decorating ideas.
- Velcro Spider Web and Spider Bag
The sticky spider web and the Velcro fasteners on the bellies of the colorful plastic spiders used to create this bag make it fun for little ones to customize.
- Pumpkin Trick-or-Treat Bag
Designed for young kiddos to get hands-on with glue and paint, this adorable pumpkin bag is perfect for budding crafters.
- Hand-Made Trick-or-Treat Bag
Kids can get their hands dirty on this project — literally! Your children can personalize these bags with their own paint handprints, turned into ghosts with puff paints.
- Mummy & Frankenstein Paper Bags
Sure to delight children who love spooky fun! For this project, you only need colorful paper bags, card stock and other supplies you likely already have at home.
- Vintage Paper Jack-O-Lantern Printable Bag
Artist Heidi Kenney modeled these 3-D printable designs after a popular 1940’s cardboard jack-o-lantern. Now, you can create your own vintage-inspired pumpkin with printer paper, cardstock, adhesive and wire.
- Initial Black-and-Orange Party Bags
At Halloween parties, trick-or-treat bags customized with guests’ first initials can be a big hit! Made with cloth, ribbons and plastic spiders, each little ghoul and boy at your party will feel special going home with a personalized bag.
- Glow-in-the-Dark Pillowcase Bag
This rainbow-painted bag is sure to impress Halloween princesses. Made from an old pillowcase, your little princess might want to carry this bag even after Halloween is over.
- Extra-Large Pumpkin Halloween Bag
If you’re running out of time to make your child a cute trick-or-treat bag, this quick and easy option is your solution. This enormous sack will aid your older kids in meeting their number one Halloween objective: pack in as much candy as possible.
- Halloween Cat Bags
These paper bag kitties are perfect for little ones to construct! Requiring only paper bags and construction paper, you and your children can make a lot of these to hand out as party favors at Halloween celebrations.
- Silhouette Trick-or-Treat Bag
These classy, personalized bags let you immortalize your little witch or warlock’s silhouette on a white cloth tote — with just a few materials including fusible paper and black cloth.
- Glow-in-the-Dark Bag
A collaborative project for parents and kids, this colorful project asks kids to create their own black cat pictures with tissue paper. When the sun sets, their paper creations are illuminated with glow sticks glued into the bag.
- Oat Carton Candy Bucket
A crafty way to reuse old cylindrical containers, this project gives you tips for turning them into cute jack-o-lanterns with decoupaged construction paper and shoelace handles.
- Eco-Friendly Newspaper Tote
Using paper bags and newspapers as a base, kids can personalize this project with any household craft supplies you have lying around. Try googly eyes, Sharpie pens and pom poms.
- Potato-Stamping Paper Bags
This project is perfect for kids who prefer a spookier bag. Cut skull faces out of halved potatoes, grab some paper bags, and then give your kids control over stamping their own creepy candy containers.
- Tin Candy Bucket
Make a cute bat or pumpkin out of an old tin can, duct tape and cardboard. This simple project helps you create a polished product that looks much more time-consuming than it really is. (We won’t tell!)
- Candy Corn Felt Bags
Candy corn never looked so pretty! This sewing project requires wool felt, thread and a printable template that helps you make large-scale candy corn bags that look good enough to eat.
- Recycled Juice Jug Ghost Candy Containers
A juice jug (hopefully one with handles for little hands), a piece of white fabric, and some googly eyes are all you need to make this ghoulish candy collector.
Alicia Bones started working as a writer after graduating from college in 2010. Bones graduated with a master’s degree in English from the University of Iowa in 2013. Her writing has appeared on Matador Network, USA Today and The Nest Woman.
