One More Easy Halloween Gift

Aren't these adorable? They perfectly hold a snack size Kit Kat or Hershey bar. This picture is from Angie Juda at http://chicnscratch.typepad.com .

This is the last thing I've been putting together for Halloween. I saw them at Angie's great blog. You can view her tutorial here. Of course, her's are much fancier and mine were made last-minute to give to 12-yr-olds who will mostly care about what's inside. But you can see how they can be dressed up or down depending on your timeframe.

The cardstock is 10" x 2.5" and scored at 2-3/16", 2-11/16", 6-1/8", 6-5/8". The pattern paper is 9" x 2-1/4". You adhere the pattern paper to the cs starting on the short end. And the use the word window punch on the part that is left sticking out.

Use four small pieces of sticky strip as shown in the photo below. The two pieces by the word window hold it together and the other two are to secure the ribbon.

For the closure, I used the 1-3/8" circle punch and stuck it on the top flap with sticky strip. The I used a tiny piece of sticky strip to close it. (Be sure to put the candy in first!) Angie uses velcro so it can be open/shut repeatedly.

And here is what my neighbor/friend/upline did with hers! She started with the same basic idea but switched things up a little. You can see more of hers on her blog http://heathersheavinlystampations.blogspot.com .

Happy Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by and have a good weekend. It's almost time for my "monsters" to head out.

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Till next time, Tasha

Ghost-Bustin' Gift Idea

My DS has a birthday party tonight for a friend who's turning 13. That's a hard age plus he is an only child so, of course, has anything he could ever want. Luckily, we faced the same challenge last month so I was a little less daunted this time. And guess what TARGET had the answer. Where else? Keep in mind we do not have an Abercrombie store here and I was not about to drag 3 children through the mall on a Saturday aimlessly looking for a gift my DS might approve.

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So we started back at the smart-aleck t-shirt section in menswear. Most are not appropriate for this age group but we found a vintage style one with the Ghost Busters symbol on it. Great thing his birthday is so close to Halloween so we were able to build a "ghost-bustin kit". It was hard to remember that this was a birthday gift and not Halloween so I had to watch it with the stamps.
This is the shirt that started it all. I just rolled up a leftover piece of only orange cs and put on the label "official ghost-bustin' uniform".

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With a little help from my computer word processing and my neighbor/friend/upline's Halloween stamps the kit was together in a short amount of time.This is the 6-pack of Ghost Bombs. Tag states "eliminate ghosts remotely", "just place, wait, and detonate". My favorite is the Ghost Bait. These are ghost Dots. I made a box and lid out of 1 piece of cs and it fits 6 boxes perfectly!

This snack is ghost shaped marshmallows that I saw in the $1 bins upon entering the store. The last thing in the kit is the Ghost Poop. It states "collected 10-25-08" "to be used for identification" and "submit to lab for testing".

Oh, the can that holds it all is one that used to hold pretzels so I can feel good about recycling!

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Hope this inspires you like others' have inspired me. Thanks for stopping!

Till next time, Tasha