I have been wanting to make my kids trick or treat bags for years. Finally I did it! Check out how to make Halloween Trick or Treat Bag with a freezer paper stencil.
It's October. Time for all things Halloween! The first project I tackled this year is finally making Trick or Treat bags for my 3 kids!
I found these blank canvas bags at Oriental Trading. I decided to stencil them with a freezer paper technique.
How to Cut an Image from Freezer Paper with a Silhouette
I designed my images and words in the Silhouette design software. I flipped the images horizontally so it would cut backward. I'll explain why I did that in a minute. I used the vellum setting on my Silhouette.
The trick to cutting freezer paper without it tearing is to load the paper onto the mat upside down, or shiny side up. It helps the fragile freezer paper stay stuck to the mat and not tear. That's why the image has to be flipped horizontally before sending to the cutting machine.
After the image was cut, I used my handy dandy spatula (similar here) to pry everything off the mat.
The back side (shiny side) of the freezer paper has wax on it, so when it's ironed on to fabric, the wax melts. The freezer paper then becomes a stencil.
The paint will bleed through the fabric, so you need to put something on the back side. I ironed another sheet of freezer paper inside the bag.
Then it's time to paint. Make sure that the stippling brush is straight up and down. Then pounce the brush instead of dragging it. Otherwise the paint could seep underneath the stencil.
It looks kinda crazy when the stippling is done.
But after peeling off the freezer paper, the paint turns out fantastic!!
I was on a roll, so I made a few other trick or treat bags.
They will be perfect for my 3 kiddos!
Oriental Trading has many different treats for Halloween!
If you're not into candy, there are many other options like hollow pumpkins to fill with tattoos, spider rings and other fun Halloween goodies!
Of course there are tons of candy choices, of every shape and size! Yum!
Try making a Halloween Trick or Treat Bag with a freezer paper stencil. It makes such a great (and inexpensive) way to get an image onto fabric.
