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Make a Halloween Gift Bag for Your Friends

By: Jan K., The Proofer

Halloween can be fun for grown-ups, too! I use it as an excuse to make little Halloween Gift Bags that I give to my friends and business associates.

You don't need much, and you don't have to spend a lot of money. My favorite place to shop for Halloween doo-dads is Walgreen's---and thanks to the coupons that are usually in the Sunday newspaper, I can buy items at 2-for, 3-for, 4-for, and even 5- and 6-for-$1.00! I buy an assortment of Trick or Treat bags, candies, candles, and whatever else catches my eye, and then I use these things to make up fun treat bags. Since I shop with coupons, each gift bag costs less than $1 total, so I make up plenty of them and keep them handy.

Since I work at home, I like to send a little Halloween Gift Bag like this to my clients. A little bag of Tootsie Rolls or M&Ms (basically, anything that's chocolate) will get a smile out of everyone---even the men!

To make quick, easy, and inexpensive Halloween Gift Bags, you'll need:

• Trick or Treat Candy Bags
• Candies
• Candles
• Other small Halloween-related items (let your imagination run away with you!)
• Halloween Gift Tags (see below)

Simply stuff each bag with a few candies or other Halloween favors into a bag, fold over the top, and attach a gift tag!

Hand them out to friends, business associates---and even the checker at the grocery store...and watch the huge smile that you get in return!

Here's an idea for what to put in a bag:

http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Make-A-Halloween-Gift-Bag.htm

The gift tags are meant to be printed on sheets of business cards. If you are unfamiliar about working with business cards, then please see my tutorial:

http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/businesscardgifttags.htm

For your convenience, I have provided Halloween Gift Tags that are already made. One set just has a Halloween picture on each card, and one set has a place for you to type in someone's name:

http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenGiftTags.doc

http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenGiftTagsNoName.doc

For more tutorials about working with jpg (picture/graphic) files, with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions, go to:

http://freecontent.janktheproofer.com/#Tutorials:

For more Halloween crafts, ideas, and tips for easy-to-make, cheap-to-buy Halloween costumes, please go to Jan's Reading Room Halloween:

http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Halloween.htm

Jan K., The Proofer is a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. Visit http://www.jansportal.com for more information about Jan's free crafts, recipes, tutorials, other resource sites, and free content articles, as well as Jan’s business services. Be sure to visit Mom's Break (http://www.momsbreak.com/) for free printable crafts and projects. © Copyright 2005 to present. All rights reserved.