St. Patrick's Day Treat Bag

Here is a simple and adorable St. Patrick's Day Treat Bag to make and share! I made a bunch in no time! I started by filling a 4" x 6" Cellophane Bag with gold foil wrapped caramel candy, rainbow candy, and mini marshmallows. The caramel candy represents the pot of gold. The rainbow candy stands for the rainbow pointing to the point of the gold. Lastly, the mini marshmallows are the clouds that the rainbows come from.

I folded over the top of the bag and stapled it closed. The handheld stapler made this so much easier than a regular stapler! I didn't worry about spilling the contents or having a long enough stapler arm to fit.

I used a word processing program to make the treat topper tag. Creating the tag was really quick and is not as difficult as it sounds. I think choosing the font took the longest!

1. Start with a new document. Insert a text box that is 4" high and 5" inches wide. Keep the single line border around the text box, so it will be easier to trim to size later.
2. Create a second text box that is 2" high and 5" wide. Inside this text box type your phrase. I typed "You are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!" Remove the single line border around the smaller text box.
3. This step is optional. Highlight one letter at a time in word rainbow and change it to rainbow colors. In the word processing program I used, I highlighted each letter and inserted the RGB color code for Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, and Rich Razzleberry, respectively, in the font menu color selector. 







Color	R	G	B
Real Red	198	44	58
Pumpkin Pie	255	130	1
Daffodil Delight	255	211	92
Old Olive	138	151	71
Tempting Turquoise	75	196	213
Pacific Point	1	128	181
Rich Razzleberry	149	69	103



4. Move the smaller text box to the bottom half of the larger text box, so that the two text boxes overlap. I made two text boxes because I didn't want the words to be upside when I folded the tag in half.
5. Then I printed the treat topper tag on Whisper White cardstock, trimmed the excess, folded it in half, and stapled it onto the top of the cellophane bag.
6. Finally, I punched the extra gold sticker paper from February 2016's Paper Pumpkin kit with the 1/4" and 1/2" circle punches. I adhered them to the tag to look like gold coins.

I hope your family and friends like these treat bags as much as mine!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

The products used in this post are:

Paper ·         Item #100730 Whisper White cardstock	Ink	Stamps
Punches ·         Item #134364 ¼” Circle Punch ·         Item #119869 ½” Circle Punch	Embossing Folders/Dies	Embellishments
Adhesives	Tools ·         Item #126889 Trimmer ·         Item #139083 Handheld Stapler	Other ·         Item #102757 4” x 6” Cellophane Bag ·         Paper Pumpkin February 2016 Kit ·         Word Processing Program ·         RGB Codes for Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, and Rich Razzleberry