How to Make Halloween Treat Candy Bar Covers that are fun gifts to give at your Halloween Party or trick or treaters. An easy DIY craft tutorial idea.
Halloween is just a couple of days away, but there is still a little bit of time left to make these fun Halloween Treat Candy Bar Covers. I needed some small easy gifts for my coworkers and this little project was perfect, and who doesn’t love candy bars, especially around Halloween?
I found a box of 18 assorted candy bars. Perfect. What I don’t give away I will keep for me to eat!
This idea originally came from Skip to My Lou. These would be perfect!
How to Make a Halloween Treat Candy Bar Cover
Skip to My Lous has printable PDFs that you can download, but I wanted to use my Cricut Explore so I created my own version of the Bat Candy Bar Wrapper and Ghost Candy Bar Wrapper. They are PNG files that you can upload into Cricut Design Space. Make the wing span of the wrapper 6 1/2-inches to fit the candy bars perfectly.
Here they are all cut out, I only did the bat and the ghost.
Score a line along the inside wing so they will fold up perfectly. Use google eyes and attached the candy bars with glue dots. Making all 18 took me just over an hour, so it really is a pretty quick project.
For the greeting on the inside wing, I found some Halloween stamps in my stash that fit the theme perfectly! The bat says “Bats about you”, and the ghost says “Happy Boo from me to you”.
I sure hope my coworkers like them! Who are you going to make them for? Share and leave a comment below.
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Mandee Thomas says
October 30, 2014 at 9:23 amLove this! Super cute and creative 🙂 I would love for you to share this post at my Create & Share Link Party! Hope to see you there 🙂
Nichole @Budget Loving Military Wife says
October 30, 2014 at 12:34 pmWhat a cute idea! I’m pinning it for next year! 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
September 28, 2015 at 11:22 amThis is adorable- I love it! I love a fun, simple craft!
I stopped by from Inspiration Monday.
Katie says
September 28, 2015 at 6:03 pmThank you Jessy! I am so glad that you like tutorial.
Valerie says
October 7, 2015 at 10:38 pmWhat a cute idea and a great way to dress up a candy bar!
Katie says
October 9, 2015 at 7:50 amThank you Valerie!
Terri says
October 8, 2015 at 11:05 pmSuper cute idea!
Katie says
October 9, 2015 at 7:49 amThank you Terri, they really are fun to make too.
Kimberly says
October 10, 2015 at 1:53 pmSuper cute! Pinned and tweeted. You always bring the most amazing creations to our party. Thank you! I hope to see you again, this Monday at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you! Lou Lou Girls
Glena says
October 12, 2015 at 9:21 amThese are so cute! I saw them on Woman’s Day site also and was so disappointed that were no longer there. Thanks for creating them. Made my life so much easier! Just one quick question what size did you make them when you cut them out?
Katie says
October 12, 2015 at 9:28 amOh that is a great question Glena! Sadly I don’t have in front of me to tell you exact measurements. I would measure the length of the candy bar and add about 1 1/2 to the length of the file. That gives you room for the head and the arms to compleltely wrap around the bar.
Glena says
October 12, 2015 at 12:29 pmThanks for getting back with me. If you get a chance could you place the actually dimensions?
Katie says
October 12, 2015 at 4:05 pmI am sorry, but I don’t have the actual dimensions that I used. I made these last year. So I no longer have any. Measuring your candy bar should work just fine.
Glena says
October 12, 2015 at 5:54 pmThanks! Also I used my Cricut to cut these out and I am getting to cut lines an inner and then an outer. Do you know why this is happening?
Melanie redd says
October 14, 2015 at 9:04 amVery cute ideas! You are making me hungry for chocolate!!
I came over on Grandma Ideas today, and I’m glad to find your site.
Hope you have a blessed day today~
Melanie
Katie says
October 14, 2015 at 7:44 pmThanks Melanie. Sorry about the enticing chocolate, but we all have to indulge a little 🙂
Jessica says
October 16, 2015 at 5:10 amLove these!! Super cute!
Katie says
October 17, 2015 at 8:48 amThank you Jessica, everyone I gave them too absolutely loved them!
Kati | Houseful of handmade says
October 16, 2015 at 10:25 amThese are fantastic! I wonder if they would work for the smaller sized candy bars for class treats, I’ll have to go get some and do some measuring. Thanks!
Katie says
October 16, 2015 at 1:34 pmThanks Kati and good luck! I would love to see what you come up with!
Leilani says
October 21, 2015 at 8:17 amLOVE IT! Sharing immediately. I’m having a girls craft night on Thursday and i MUST add this. #AwesomeThings
Katie says
October 21, 2015 at 8:59 amThank you Leilani! I am go glad you like it.
Vashti Quiroz-Vega says
October 19, 2015 at 12:06 pmSuch a cute idea, Katie! Love it!
Katie says
October 19, 2015 at 9:15 pmThank You Vashti!
Sahana says
October 24, 2015 at 2:00 pmNeat little way to dress up the candy bars. Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty. We would love to have you again next week.
Katie says
October 25, 2015 at 7:08 pmI am glad that you like my Candy Bar covers Sahana. I’ll be there! 🙂
Sam // diy just cuz says
November 3, 2015 at 11:45 pmSoooo cool! It’s like they’re giving the candy a hug, pinning for next Halloween…it’s perfect and would be great for those “you’ve been boo’d” gifts. Thanks for linking at Welcome Home Wednesday!
Isandra says
October 5, 2016 at 11:27 amHi Valerie,
Here’s the link to the original post of the halloween candy bar covers you saw featured in Woman’s Day. It’s from Skip to my Lou. Enjoy!!!
http://www.skiptomylou.org/womans-day-candy-bar-covers/amp/
Katie says
October 6, 2016 at 9:09 amThank you so much Isandra! I have given the post proper credit to Skip to My Lou.