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Ghost Halloween Treat Bags

Provide a fun and contactless way to distribute halloween treat bags. These Ghost Halloween Treat Bags will be a huge hit in your neighborhood as kids catch ghosts to take home.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour

Equipment

  • sharpie marker

Supplies
  

  • 100 glowsticks
  • 200 Halloween treats can be candy, stickers, toys
  • 50 white paper lunch sacks
  • 1 sharpie marker black
  • 1 large sign

Instructions
 

  • Draw eyes on each of the lunch bags. You can draw these freehand or use a stencil. I did a quick google search for “ghost eyes” to give me some ideas of different eyes to draw.
  • Fill the bags with treats. Traditional treats are candy, but you can also include stickers, small toys, and spare change. I added one light stick to each ahead of time.
  • Hang a sign if you won’t be around to give instructions. Our sign said, “Are you a Ghostbuster? Please catch one ghost and take it home with you.” We hung it on the garage door with a spotlight overhead. If I was around when families came, I explained that there were too many ghosts at my house. Kids and parents were thrilled to take these kinds of ghosts home with them.
  • Lay out the bags in an array. If you can, don’t lay out the bags in straight lines. Instead, stagger the lines so that your trick-or-treaters can see the different faces. Leave space between the bags so kids can walk between them and choose. This is really important. Kids love to choose!
  • Add a lit glow stick to each bag. This is what will make your ghosts glow in the dark.
  • Sit back and enjoy a stress-free Halloween night! Seriously, this was the crockpot of Halloweens. I could set it and forget it OR open the door and say hi to visiting families. Parents were thrilled with the ease and safety involved and it was so much fun!

Notes

Variations: You can take this in lots of different directions.
  • Use colored bags for witches, monsters, aliens, what-have-you.
  • I can even see this fitting into Christmas celebrations and catching elves out and about in the neighborhood.
  • This same concept can apply to treat you leave at friends' doorsteps for any of the fall and winter holidays.
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