Candy Holders for Halloween

While searching online for ideas for Halloween treat holders, I came across a plethora of candy holders by several designers that use clear domed ornament balls. Honestly, there were so many that looked so cute and fun that I had a difficult time deciding on which I wanted to make. As you can see from the photo, I couldn't resist choosing Hello Kitty. 

I purchased the cutting file to create this Hello Kitty candy holder from designer "By Yeni". The original design was of Hello Kitty peeking out of a pumpkin but I decided I wanted to change things up just a little and dressed my Hello Kittys in black cat costumes for Halloween.

And for my guy and ghoul friends who aren't fans of the kitty, I made these fun skeleton candy holders, also designed "By Yeni". The crown of flowers came included in the cutting file to give the look of a sugar skull, and I created a cutfile for a top hat and bow tie from clipart found online so the guy skeleton could look dapper.

Both the Hello Kitty and Skeleton candy holders were designed to be made using 8cm plastic ornament balls but I decided to try using 8cm half ball shaker domes that I picked up from Amazon instead. As a result I had to make some changes to the way the domes were attached and how the candies inside could be accessed. I decided to create a bottom panel for the candy holder with a hole just large enough for the candies and covered the opening with a petal style closure as I have done in the past. Although I had to make a few modifications to the original design, in the end I had a much easier time using the shaker domes than if I had used the plastic ornaments. Both the Hello Kitty and skeleton candy holders came together pretty quickly so I was able to finish several of each to share with friends.

Earlier this month I decorated boxes of cookies with this cute Frankenstein wrap to share with friends we had lunch with.

The original cutting file for "Frankie" from My Scrap Chick was designed be used as a candy bar wrap. I wrapped purple cardstock around the sides of the box and enlarged the cutting file for "Frankie" to be large enough to fit onto the front of my favorite LaGrande Gallette cookies. This was a fun way to give the boxes of cookies a festive Halloweeny look.

Our furbabies are the only children we have in our home these days, and yes, we do have fun dressing them up for Halloween. Enjoy your Halloween too!