Halloween Candy Envelopes

For a while now, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do for little man’s class for Halloween this year. I wanted to do something cute that they would enjoy receiving, but that isn’t a bag-full of sugar! Plus, he’s in school at our church, so anything too scary or blatantly “Halloween” isn’t allowed. The idea for these candy envelopes came about while perusing Michael’s one day. They were having a huge sale, so I snatched up a stamp, paint, ribbon, and stickers. Here’s what I ended up with:

What do you guys think? I really wanted these to be for those delicious candy apple pops or pixie sticks – neither of which I could find at my grocery store. So, blow pops it is! I think for his class, I’ll actually give out dum dums because they’re all still so little, I don’t want them choking on gum. But, that’s the awesome thing about these, you can use them for almost any candy!

Here’s What You’ll Need:

File Folders
Halloween or Autumn Words Stamp
Ink Pad or Paint & Brush
Halloween Ribbon
Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween Stickers
Hot Glue Gun
Paper Cutter

Start out by cutting approximately 2″ off the top of your folders so the tabs are cut off.

Next, open each folder, and cut another 2″ or so off the front.

You’ll end up with little “envelopes” like these.

For this next part, I attempted to use a black ink pad, but it just wasn’t working right; I switched to Martha Stewart Craft Paint and it was adorable! Open up each envelope and stamp the front with your words. This stamp I found is great because, while it does have Halloween words on it, most of them are more harvest-inspired. Plus, two-year-olds can’t read…so I’m probably good to bring these to school.

Once the paint dries you can hot glue up the sides of each envelope to seal it. Then, make bows with your ribbon and attach it to the top of the front portion. Add a sticker and you’re ready to stuff with candy! If you’re sending these to school, it might be fun to add a little note to the top flap saying something like “I think you’re spook-tacular! From: ___”.

These are perfect for bringing to your kids’ classroom, but they’re also cute for co-workers, or {if you’re really ambitious} the neighborhood trick-or-treaters!

I have been storing them in a little bucket by the front door for any unexpected visitors to take home!

My problem has been keeping little man and the husband away so I have enough to give to other people!!!

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