EASY Trick or Treat bags!

These clever trick-or-treat bags are simple to construct and help keep children safe because they glow in the dark.

Tools and Materials
Templates (bat, ghost, ghost window, spider, spider web) Brown paper bag (approximately 13 by 10 inches long and 5 inches deep) Glue Glow tape, 1/2 inch in width Craft knife Mini Slinkies White duct tape Martha Stewart screw hole punch Reflective fabric Black fun foam Black duct tape Chip board

Bat Trick-or-Treat Bag How-To 1. Cut a circle out of reflective fabric. Glue circle to bag.

2. Download and print bat template. Trace bat template onto black fun foam. Cut out bat from fun foam using craft knife.

3. Take a mini Slinky and cut off a section of approximately 6 coils. Stretch the Slinky so it pops out. Attach Slinky to back of bat with black duct tape. Placing chip board inside of bag for protection, take the Martha Stewart screw hole punch and punch through the center of the yellow moon. Feed other end of Slinky through hole and tape with duct tape inside.

Ghost Trick-or-Treat Bag How-To 1. Download and print ghost and ghost window templates. Take brown paper bag. First, make the ghost window by cutting one black rectangle, about 8 1/2 by 4 inches. Place rectangle on a piece of wax paper.

2. Start peeling strips of 1/2-inch glow tape and stick around window to make frame. Then, using scissors, cut the 1/2-inch glow-tape strips into 1/4-inch glow-tape strips. To make the window sill, cut a 1/4-inch strip of glow tape about 5 inches in length and apply to window frame. Then peel and stick 1/4-inch strips of glow tape horizontally and vertically to form window. Using rubber cement, paint back of completed window and paint brown bag where window will be placed. Let rubber cement dry for approximately 3 minutes. Stick window onto bag.

3. Take sheet of white fun foam; trace ghost template. Cut out ghost using craft knife.

Thanks Martha Stewart!