Craft handouts for trick-or-treaters with this Halloween tutorial.
Materials
- Pattern (Below)
- Letter-size black card stock
- Scissors
- Corner rounder punch
- Glue stick
- 16-in. length of 3/8-in. ribbon
- Unopened 1-oz. box of Tic Tac mints
- Photocopier
- Patterns at right
- Pencil
- Craft knife and cutting mat
- Glue dots
- 1¼-in. white foam letters—one B and two O’s
Instructions
- Download and print Craft Pattern
- From black card stock, cut a 6¾-in. x 4¾-in. rectangle. Fold in half vertically and round all four corners with corner rounder punch.
- Open folded rectangle. Apply glue stick all over one side of interior. Place ribbon, centered lengthwise, about ¾-in. down from fold. Press sides closed with ribbon inside. Align all edges and smooth bumps. Let dry.
- Fold card stock rectangle around mint box and crease to form a ¾-in. spine in the center, making a book cover shape.
- Photocopy pattern; cut out at 100%. Trace choice of shape onto lower front cover as shown. Using craft knife, carefully cut out pattern outline on cover.
- Remove label from mint box. Photocopy and cut out pattern phrases. Use glue dots to adhere “Are you scared to pieces?” to top portion of box and “Happy Halloween” to top of inside cover, as shown.
- Use glue dots to adhere mint box, centered, to inside back cover. Be sure front cover cutout is placed over area where mints show.
- Close front cover over box and tie ribbons into bow.
- Cut out eyes and mouth pattern. Use glue stick to adhere them to front cover cutout area of box, as shown.
- With glue dots, adhere “BOO” letters to top portion of front cover.
Craft originally sent in by Amy Williams of Fort Collins, Colorado
I am confused on where to glue the ribbon on the Halloween Boo Treats. Do you use two sheets of black and glue the ribbon between the two pieces of paper? The way it looks in the picture is that it comes from both sides and ties but it doesn’t show the ribbon when you open it up so where does the ribbon go? I know this is probably a dumb question but I am not following your instructions. Please advise me. Thank you. It is such a cute idea and I would like to make some of these.
Nancy
Hello, Nancy, Please read step #’s 2 & 3 again where it explains how to cut the card stock and adhere the ribbon. There is one sheet of card stock folded in half vertically. The ribbon is nested between the folded card stock and adhered with a glue stick. (This is explained in steps 2-3.) Hope that helps.