Let’s make it.

1. 1

   Print the template

   Print the size you like on A4 paper (on US Letter, choose “Fit to page”). Each strip between two coloured bands is one bag.

   

2. 2

   Cut out the strips

   Cut out each strip along the outer edges of the coloured bands. A paper trimmer makes long straight cuts quick, but scissors work too.

   

3. 3

   Glue it into a tube

   Lay the strip face up. Put glue on the dotted strip at the short edge.

   

   Turn the strip over and bring both short ends to the middle. Lay the other end over the glued strip and press. Now you have a flat tube.

   

4. 4

   Close the bottom

   Open the tube a little. Put glue inside, along the coloured band at one end.

   

   Press the band flat so the bottom of the bag is closed.

   

5. 5

   Fill it with candy

   Open the bag and drop in a few candies. Leave room at the top so the bag can close.

   

6. 6

   Close the top

   Put glue inside the coloured band at the open end.

   

   Press the two sides of the band together with your fingers, the same way as the bottom.

   

   Now the bag is closed at both ends. It puffs out in the middle and looks like a big wrapped candy.

   

7. 7

   Cut the zigzag ends

   Cut small zigzags into the coloured band at both ends. Stop at the dashed line, so the glued part stays closed.

   

   Your first candy bag is ready.

8. 8

   Make the whole gang

   Here is the finished spider bag. Make the pumpkin, the ghost, the vampire, the witch and Frankenstein the same way.

   

   Fill them all and share them with friends, or put them on the Halloween table.

   

   Your Halloween candy bag gang is ready.

Make it easier.

• Glue first, candy second. Let the bottom set for a moment before you fill the bag, so it doesn’t open under the weight.
• Small candies fit best. Wrapped hard candies or jelly sweets work well. For chocolate bars, choose the BIG size.
• Use a glue stick, not liquid glue. Liquid glue makes thin paper wavy.