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DIY: Halloween Treat Bags

by Laura Fuentes

Oct 10, 2016
4.70 from 20 votes
You can make cats, bats, pumpkins, spiders and more. It's time to get crafty for Halloween!
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In my neighborhood, we go all out for Halloween. From hayrides and block parties to booing our neighbors with special treats, it’s one of our neighborhood’s greatest celebrations.

DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.

This year, I have the perfect Halloween Treat Bags made with plates and a few craft supplies that I’ll be using to get into the Halloween spirit and share treats with my neighbors.

For this fun craft, I’ve partnered with the Chinet® brand using their Classic White™ fiber plates, which are made from 100% pre-consumer recycled paper.

If you need a fun craft idea for the classroom Halloween party, these paper-plate treat bags is one craft the kids will love to make as you can see in this short video.

You can make cats, bats, pumpkins… anything goes. All you need are some sturdy white plates like the ones from Chinet®, pipe-cleaners, acrylic paint, and a stapler, for the little ones, you can cut out face pieces from construction paper.

DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
  1. Paint the back sides of your paper plates. These Chinet® Classic White™ plates won’t get soggy with the wet paint, they hold their shape after drying and after being cut.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.

Now that the plates are painted, we are ready to assemble our treat bag.

  1. Staple the two plates together with the painted sides on the outside.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
  1. To form the opening to our treat bag, cut both plates at the same time, this way they will match. Since the plates are super sturdy, this is a good time for an adult to help with the big scissors.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
  1. Older kids will want to paint the face on their craft bags. If doing this, remember to allow the paint to dry between steps, so it doesn’t smear.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.

For younger kids, we will add our pre-cut shapes to make the face by gluing colored construction paper cut into the shapes needed. Using any glue stick will work just fine.

DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
  1. Finally, to make your handle, you are going to staple a pipe cleaner to each side of the Chinet® Classic White™ plates.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.

The final step is to fill these cute bags with your favorite candy and treats. They are perfect for “Booing” your neighbors and friends, bringing treats to school for their classroom, and even hanging around the house for an added touch of Halloween fun!

How have you used paper plates other than for eating food?

DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.
DIY Halloween Craft Bags - Super cute and easy Halloween crafts made with paper plates.

DIY: Halloween Treat Bags

Laura Fuentes
4.70 from 20 votes
You can make cats, bats, pumpkins, spiders and more. It’s time to get crafty for Halloween!
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Ingredients

  • Chinet® Classic White™ plates
  • Craft Paint
  • Scissors
  • Stapler
  • Construction paper
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Glue sticks

Instructions
 

  • Paint the back sides of your paper plates.
  • Allow for paint to dry.
  • Staple the two plates together with the painted sides on the outside.
  • To form the opening to our treat bag, cut both plates at the same time, this way they will match.
  • Older kids will want to paint the face on their craft bags. If doing this, remember to allow the paint to dry between steps, so it doesn’t smear.
  • For younger kids, we will add our pre-cut shapes to make the face by gluing colored construction paper cut into the shapes needed. Use a glue stick, any kind will work just fine.
  • Make your handle by stapling a pipe cleaner to each side of the Chinet® Classic White™ plates.
  • The final step is to fill these cute bags with your favorite candy and treats.
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Disclosure: This post was sponsored by the Chinet® brand. All opinions are my own. Find Chinet® Classic White™ plates and other Chinet® brand products at mychinet.com.

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  1. Crazy Joyful Mama

    October 27, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    We have used plates to make crafts, but at childrens events. I am not creative enough to come up with it all on my own!

    Reply
  2. Amy

    October 21, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    The heavy duty plates make great looms. Hole punch around the edge of the rim. Attach yarn across the plate. Then use various items: yarn, ribbon, fabric, feathers, strips or scrapbooking or wrapping paper to weave. It’s a good fine motor activity.

    Reply
  3. Brooke Bumgardner

    October 20, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    We love using paper plates to make seasonal wreaths. We cut out the center of the paper plates; paint the remainder of the plate and embellish it; punch a hole in the top; add some yarn; ta-da! A beautiful wreath that can be customized for any season or holiday. I like doing this at home and at the storytime program I hold at the library where I work.

    Reply
  4. Cat

    October 20, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    5 stars
    Easy tamborines for little ones, frames for “stained glass window” art projects, baskets for paper flowers, and boy scout frisbees. Numerous uses for handy paper plates!!

    Reply
  5. lisa franklin

    October 20, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    making preschool crafts

    Reply
  6. Rose Reins

    October 20, 2016 at 11:40 am

    Thanks for your post! We love to use Chinet paper plates to make home-made tambourines, using 2 plates and dried beans inside. Fun!!

    Reply
  7. Virginia N

    October 19, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    we have made snowflakes with the paper plates for christmas

    Reply
  8. Sarah

    October 19, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    5 stars
    As a first grade teacher, I use paper plates all the time. I make reindeer gift holders, frogs, snow globes and more!!!

    Reply
  9. Stacy Fellows

    October 19, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    This looks like a fun craft to do with my 4 year old. Looking forward to making them.

    Reply
    • Laura Fuentes

      November 16, 2016 at 9:56 am

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      Reply
  10. Amy

    October 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    We use these plates for quite a few things in my classroom. Just recently we made a salt dough map of ancient Egypt. Salt dough is pretty dense and heavy. Not just any plate will stand up to the task! These more heavy duty plates do the trick, though!

    Reply
  11. Amy Dreier

    October 19, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    We’ve used them to make pumpkins on Popsicle sticks and then perform the “5 little pumpkins” play! Super fun!

    Reply
  12. Lisa Topolinski

    October 19, 2016 at 3:03 pm

    Fun ideas! I used plates to make my kids halloween mask. My son likes these and we are makig these in the weekend.. Thank you for sharing

    Reply
  13. Kendra

    October 19, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Love this idea. We have used these plates to make crowns. Cut out the middle. Paint it gold and add fake jewels. We have also made ships for Columbus Day, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Hold in half and glue. Cut slit in middle of the fold, add Popsicle stick and add sail to popsicle stick. We then glued to all three to large paper so it looked like they were sailing the ocean.

    Reply
  14. Nancy

    October 19, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    Another way to use paper plates is to decorate two plain white paper plates and then sealing almost all the way around the plates, glueing them together. Add a handful of dried beans and then totally seal the two plates together. Let the glue dry totally. Now you have a home-made tambourine!

    Reply
  15. Carrie

    October 19, 2016 at 1:27 pm

    5 stars
    We used to paint two plates, fill with beads and staple together and make maracas with them. What fun noise they made.

    Reply
  16. Maryanne W.

    October 19, 2016 at 11:54 am

    We’ve used paper plates to make christmas wreath crafts!

    Reply
  17. Julie Wight

    October 17, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    We love to use paper plates to make Christmas wreaths. Simply cut a circle out of the middle, then kids can paint green and glue on all kinds of ribbons, bows and beads to make a super cute craft!

    Reply
  18. Melissa L.

    October 17, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    Cute idea! We’ve used Chimed plates to make shakers. We put popcorn or beans between two plates. Then staple and decorate. Easy peasy!

    Reply
  19. Faith

    October 17, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    I like to use paper plates for crafts just like you did!

    Reply
  20. Marion

    October 17, 2016 at 11:47 am

    My little ones like to make fun crafts just by painting, the plates and adding glitter, beads, buttons, etc. We have also made different animal crafts with letters that we work on or use rice or oats to work on practicing letter writing.

    Reply
  21. Kristina

    October 17, 2016 at 11:27 am

    We oftne use them to make paper plate masks. Or, if you staple 2 paper plates together and fill them with rice or beans, you get a fun maraca that you can decorate any way you want.

    Reply
  22. Rachael

    October 17, 2016 at 9:49 am

    I’m not saying this was a great idea, but… a couple of years ago we realized we hadn’t planned enough kid-friendly activities for a family reunion. We strung two heavy-duty paper plates together, weighted them a bit, and made multiple frisbees. It worked…for a while…

    Reply
  23. gretchen

    October 17, 2016 at 9:22 am

    1 star
    We have used bowls to make musical instruments by placing a up of dry beans in one, stapling a second bowl on top and coloring, marking and/or decoupaging to decorate our instruments. It is great fun for any age!

    Reply
  24. Carin

    October 17, 2016 at 9:16 am

    Maracas, masks, snowflakes and more!

    Reply
  25. Sara

    October 17, 2016 at 9:13 am

    5 stars
    Perhaps TMI, but I have used paper plates to scoop dog poo when in a pinch and didn’t have a baggie with me :^)

    Reply
    • Sara

      October 17, 2016 at 9:16 am

      Oh thought of a better idea, and actually fun. We have used paper plates to make signs and banners by stringing them together. Example “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”

      Reply
  26. Heather

    October 17, 2016 at 6:19 am

    So cute! I use paper plates as a painting palette. It’s a nice way to keep the paint from spilling and each kid can have their own so mixing colors doesn’t cause arguments.

    Reply
  27. Kim

    October 17, 2016 at 5:31 am

    5 stars
    We use paper plates to make all sorts of art crafts, from masks to decorations (flowers and such!)

    Reply
  28. Rebecca

    October 17, 2016 at 5:28 am

    I have used paper plates and cups for rhythm “instruments” in my music classroom. Plates can be tapped together (with oneself or a neighbor), tapped against legs, or swished against each other. Cups can be tapped together, with hands, on the floor, etc. Lots of fun.

    Reply
  29. Kailyn Shippee

    October 17, 2016 at 4:07 am

    Wow these are adorable! My little girl would love to make the pumpkin one.

    Reply
  30. thuy n.

    October 17, 2016 at 12:05 am

    They make great dream catchers.

    Reply
  31. Sunny

    October 16, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    5 stars
    These are cute, we also like to make “shakers” by filling with dried beans and then stapling and decorating the outside.

    Reply
  32. Maribel F

    October 16, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    5 stars
    My kids love to make lots of fun stuff , We made masks and puppets with paper plates,we also used buttons and yarn for hair and eyes.

    Reply
  33. Kim

    October 16, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    My kids are going to love making these. We use paper plates for lots of things. One of our favorites is just putting them in the floor and skating around the house.

    Reply
  34. Stacy

    October 16, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    4 stars
    These treat bags are adorable! I just made “All About Me” books with my pre-k class using paper plates. The kids loved decorating each plate with their favorite things, then binding them together with pipe cleaners. They turned out adorable and using plates for “pages” makes them sturdy!

    Reply
  35. LaTanya

    October 16, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    I have used them for paint palettes. Just put a few drops of paint on the plate and give me son a paintbrush. We are ready to paint!

    Reply
  36. Jessica Dawson

    October 16, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    We use paper plates for our painting projects. They come in handy when using multiple paint colors or nixing colors too.

    Reply
  37. Viviannette

    October 16, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    I have used the plates for crafts too. I made Fall wreaths with my scouts. Cut a circle in the middle of the plate. Glues colorful paper leafs around the plate. Easy and cute.

    Reply
  38. Amanda

    October 16, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    What a fun idea. Can’t wait to try this with the kiddos

    Reply
  39. Bonnie

    October 16, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    4 stars
    Love the idea! And super cute for Halloween…. we use our plates for paint trays to do other crafts. My youngest made a snake out of a plate at school and cut into into a swirl so the snake looked coiled.

    Reply
  40. Aimee J

    October 16, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    This is a great idea!
    We’ve decorated the plates and cut out holes to wear them as masks.

    Reply
  41. Melydia G Little

    October 16, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    These are so cute! I think we will try this. I love using paper plates for various crafts with my kids! They are so versatile.

    Reply
  42. Lisa Suit

    October 16, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    These are adorable, I’m definitely going to have to make these with my kiddos!! We love Chinet around here; they’re the strongest paper plates around!! When I was a child I loved to make rainbows on paper plates to hang up but I hadn’t thought about that in years! Might have to do that with my kids soon, too!

    Reply
  43. Nova

    October 16, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Love any plate crafts! Thanks for sharing these ideas. We enjoy making crowns and tiara’s but especially percussion instruments for our music loving children. Gonna have to try out your ideas!

    Reply
  44. Cathy

    October 16, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    I haven’t done this personally, but in first grade, the kids’ teacher wrapped a paper plate in foil, then had the kids draw a holiday-themed picture (e.g., Christmas tree or menorah) stained-glass style, then wrapped the plate in plastic wrap to protect the picture and added a hook for hanging. I hang my plates up every year!

    Thank you for the giveaway!

    Reply
  45. Emilie B

    October 14, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for this craft. I am going to make this with our classroom for our halloween craft time!

    Reply
  46. Sarah Gancer

    October 14, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    5 stars
    What an awesome craft! a great way to put some of the leftover party plates to use!

    Reply
  47. Erin

    October 14, 2016 at 2:11 pm

    5 stars
    SO FUN!!! We’ve used paper plates in the past to make an easter craft and make flowers

    Reply
  48. Matt

    October 13, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    5 stars
    We made these today. The kids had a blast. thank you for a cool craft idea that dads can make that isn’t cutesy

    Reply
  49. Mary Johnson

    October 13, 2016 at 10:22 pm

    5 stars
    these are super cute! we usually eat out of our Chinet plates but they make a great craft

    Reply
  50. Pat

    October 12, 2016 at 10:01 am

    Awesome! I will for sure make these with my kids for Halloween. We always have Chinet plates around the house and the kids will love making these.

    Reply
  51. Ashley T.

    October 12, 2016 at 10:00 am

    Super cute video. Love it! Amazing how your kids are always part of the videos.

    Reply
  52. Olivia

    October 12, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Wow, these are awesome! So much better than just boring bags for the kids.

    Reply
  53. Elisabeth

    October 12, 2016 at 9:16 am

    5 stars
    SO FUN!!!!

    Reply
  54. Stephanie Miller

    October 12, 2016 at 9:15 am

    5 stars
    I was so happy to see this DIY activity in my inbox this morning! I head our neighborhood party committee and “booing” your neighbors with treats is such a fun idea! We are definitely implementing this craft at my house!

    Reply
  55. Justine

    October 12, 2016 at 9:14 am

    5 stars
    you are a genius for providing a “printable” way to make these!! one of my pet-peeves is when diy blogs don’t have a way to print out directions, like i’m supposed to copy/paste onto word? don’t think so. thanks for not making me jump through hoops to make these! I already have chinet round plates since those are the ones we buy because they are sturdy, the other paper plates are awful. thanks!

    Reply
  56. Emma Jene

    October 12, 2016 at 9:13 am

    5 stars
    these are super creative!! great how to video! I usually watch all of your cooking videos and I was surprised (and loved) this diy video!

    Reply
  57. Sarah

    October 12, 2016 at 9:12 am

    5 stars
    these are super cute! my husband loves using the square chinet plates because it fits more of his “man food” LOL

    Reply

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