Tutorial: Halloween Treats For Your Little Monsters

I think Halloween brings out the kid in all of us.  I love this holiday and look forward to it every year.  Not only is the actual evening fun, but so is the whole month in anticipation.

The Trendy Twine design team was challenged this month to make "spooky but cute treat packaging."  I decided to make some little monster test tubes.  

These were really quick and easy to do.  They started life as a set of Wilton Halloween sprinkles which I emptied and filled with Halloween M&Ms. The test tubes came in an acrylic stand.  I turned the stand around to display the monsters so I'd have more working room.

To make the monsters, I hand-drew and cut whimsical shapes on patterned paper from Echo Park's Halloween line, Chillingsworth Manor.

I added some twine fringe or loops to each monster.  To make the fringe, I put down a strip of adhesive on the back, then tightly looped the twine on top, overlapping the monster shape.  I used Orange Licorice and Grape Licorice twine.

After I had the loops, I trimmed the twine to make fringe. I used the same method to make the curly hair on the fourth monster, but made smaller loops and didn't trim them.

To make the monster faces, I used felt and googly eyes.

To see more Halloween projects from the Trendy Twine design team, visit the Trendy Twine blog.  To join our Halloween challenge, please see the details here.  Linking this project to Tip Me Tuesday.