For this week's Halloween project, I created four different Halloween treat boxes - Frankenstein's Monster, a ghost, a jack-o-lantern, and a bat.
All four TakeOut treat boxes are made using the TakeOut Thinlits featured on page 50 of the 2018 Holiday Catalog.
These takeout boxes are a fabulous size for small treats such as chocolate kisses, hard candy, candy corn, gummies, and more. For non-candy treats, this box is perfect for fun-shaped pencil erasers, little action figures, small puzzle pieces, money, and even small pieces of jewelry! I like that last option!
Frankenstein's Monster's hair is free-hand cut from a rectangle of Basic Black Cardstock and Paper Snips. The excess is trimmed after the hair is adhered to the box. His eyes are 1/2"-circles. His mouth and scar are drawn with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.
On the back, I drew a spider coming down from the top of his head.
The ghost's face also uses 1/2" circles and the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.
I drew a basic triangle and half circle jack-o-lantern face, but you could draw or cut out shapes from cardstock in any facial expression that you would like. He could be frowning or showing a mouth full of teeth or booing. Your creativity is limitless.
The top of the stem is cut on an angle to give a more natural appearance. One end of the leaf ribbon is adhered underneath the stem to hide the rough ribbon ends. The stem is also set back on top of 1 box closure tab, so that you can open the box without ripping the stem.
The bat treat box looks complicated but is super easy! The bat takes more steps than the other boxes, but this sweetie is worth it!
The ears are made from cutting a Classic Label punch out in half and then folding each half in half. Folding them again creates a tab, so that the ears can adhere more easily to the box and can stand up on their own. Here is how I did it.
The wings are made from one 2-1/2" circle cut in half and then punched along the flat side with a 1"-circle punch. It can be tricky to eyeball where you want each punch in the wing to be, so I adhered a 1" circle in a contrasting color where I wanted to punch. That way my bat wings came out more symmetrical.
The wings are adhered to the sides of the box with a strong dry glue, such as glue dots(r) or liquid glue.
I love how these TakeOut Treat Boxes turned out! I can't wait to deliver these for Halloween!
These are just 4 Halloween ideas using the TakeOut Thinlits. What Halloween characters will you create? I would love to see what you make!
You can find the measurements and a supply list at the end of this post.
Thanks for stopping by!
Beth
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Quartet of Halloween TakeOut
Treat Boxes Supply List
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Stamps
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Paper
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#105117 Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock
#144245 Lemon Lime Twist
Cardstock
#121045 Basic Black
Cardstock
#115318 Soft Suede
Cardstock
#131198 Blushing Bride
Cardstock
#102482 Real Red Cardstock
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Ink
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#132708 Momento Tuxedo
Black Ink Pad
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Embellishments
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#146905 Leaf Ribbon
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Tools
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#126889 Stampin’ Trimmer
#143263 Big Shot Machine
#103579 Paper Snips
#141491 Classic Label
Punch
#134365 1/8”-Circle Punch
#119869 1/2"-Circle
Punch
#119868 1”-Circle Punch
#141705 Layering Circles
Framelits
#147927 TakeOut Boxes Thinlits
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Quartet of Halloween TakeOut Treat
Boxes Measurements
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Paper
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Dimensions
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TakeOut Box Base
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Thick Whisper White Cardstock
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6” x 11” (die cut 2 box sides from each of the 4
colors of cardstock)
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Basic Black Cardstock
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Pumpkin Pie Cardstock
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Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock
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Ghost Face
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Basic Black Cardstock
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Scrap at least large enough to punch a 1/2"
circle
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Pumpkin Stem
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Soft Suede Cardstock
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1/4" x 1”; folded in half
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Frankenstein’s Monster's
Face
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Whisper White Cardstock
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Scraps at least large enough to punch two 1/2"
circle
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Frankenstein’s Monster's Hair
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Basic Black Cardstock
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2-1/2” x 3/4"
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Bat Wings
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Basic Black Cardstock
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3” x 3”
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Bat Ears
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Basic Black Cardstock
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2-1/4” x 3”
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Bat Eyes
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Whisper White Cardstock
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Scrap at least large enough to punch two 1/2"
circle
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Bat Nose
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Blushing Bride Cardstock
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Scrap at least large enough to punch a 1/8” circle
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Bat Mouth
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Real Red Cardstock
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Scrap at least large enough to punch one 1/2"
circle
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