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    Home » Cricut

    DIY Trick or Treat Bags made with the Cricut Maker {and free Halloween SVG files}

    Updated: Oct 9, 2019 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 1 Comment

    Just in time for Halloween, I’m here to help you out with a tutorial for super quick and easy DIY Trick or Treat Tote Bags. I’ve also included some free Halloween SVG files for you to download as well! 

    diy trick or treat bags

    This post is sponsored and contains affiliate links. I work as a Brand Ambassador for Cricut and am thrilled to be working with such a fantastic company.

    My kids are older now, but we have not stopped celebrating Halloween around here. Since my teenagers aren’t too keen on me making trick or treat bags for them I thought it might be fun to make a few to ship off to my nieces and nephews to use this year.

    I was able to quickly whip up a bunch of trick or treat totes using my Cricut Maker.  When I was making the bags, I used a variety of materials to give you guys LOTS of ideas for designing your own bags.

    diy trick or treat bags

    About the Halloween SVG Files:

    Four of the files are free SVG’s that I designed especially for you for this project and one of the designs is available in the Cricut Design Space (and it’s a CUTE one, you should see all the other cut files in that collection— they are all ??). I used a couple of them to make these Halloween t-shirts last year.

    Today I’m going to show you how to DIY trick or treat bags, but you can also use the Halloween SVG files for t-shirts, mugs, and pillows!

    Tips and tricks for using the cricut maker for quilting and adapting the maker for existing quilting patterns #cricutmaker #cricutmade #Cricut #quilts #quilting #miniquilt

    All of the bags were made using my Cricut Maker and my Cricut EasyPress.  I’ve mentioned before that I’m a brand ambassador for them. I’ve been an ambassador for well over a year and keep saying “yes” when they ask me to work with them because I love the projects so much.

    Next, to my sewing machine, my Cricut Maker is the MOST used tool in my craft and sewing room.

    Cricut EasyPress on ironing board

    We use it to make t-shirts for the kids for school, teacher gifts, and things for church activities. We are also getting ready to use it to make a bunch of simple Halloween costumes for an upcoming trip.

    diy trick or treat bags

    How to Make Trick or Treat Bags with the Cricut Maker

    Supplies for DIY Trick or Treat Bags:

    There are 5 different bags, each uses different materials. I’ll mention on each bag which materials I used. This is the master supply list for all of the tote bags. You don’t need all of the supplies for ALL of the bags.

    Cricut Maker Machine

    Cricut EasyPress & EasyPress Mat (I used the 9×9) size, the larger size would be awesome for a project like this.

    Canvas Tote Bags

    Cricut Everyday Iron-On in Black

    Cricut Foil Iron-On in Red

    Iron-On Protective Sheet (so you can layer multiple colors of Iron-On)

    Cricut Glitter Iron-On in Black

    Cricut Holographic Sparke Iron-On in Silver

    Free Cricut SVG files- download on the Cricut Downloads Page

    Cricut Tools – used for weeding the vinyl

    Cricut “Broom Hair, Don’t Care” Cartridge in Design Space

    12×12 Piece of Black Fabric

    12×12 Piece of Paper Backed Fusible Web

    To make the So Cute It’s Scary Trick or Treat Bag:

    diy trick or treat bags

    Step One: Cut out your Applique with the Cricut maker:

    Download the SVG file (linked above) and load it into Cricut Design Space. Resize as you’d like. On the tools panel on the right hide the words, so that only the skull is showing.

    Iron a piece of the heavy paper-backed fusible web onto the wrong side of your fabric.  Wait for it to cool, then remove the paper backing.

    Place the fabric, fabric side down on the pink fabric cutting mat.

    Install the rotary blade in your Cricut Maker Machine.

    In Design Space, click MAKE it. Then select from the materials list “cotton bonded”. Next change the blade to the rotary blade (it will default to the fine point blade, but I think the rotary blade is better for this project).

    Load your mat into the machine and follow the prompts to cut out your image.

    diy trick or treat bags

    After it’s cut out, set it aside.

    diy trick or treat bags

    Step Two: Cut out the Words from Iron-On Vinyl

    Back in Design Space, hide the skull and crossbones, then un-hide the words.

    Click “attach” so they cut all at the same time in the same place. Load Gold Everyday Iron-On onto your green Cricut mat.

    Send the cut to the machine. Change the blade back to the fine point blade. Make sure you click the Mirror prompt since you’re cutting out iron-on.

    diy trick or treat bags

    Remove the excess iron-on from your cut out image. I love to use my Cricut tools and BrightPad for this step.

    Position the images on the tote bag.

    First using your EasyPress attach the skull and crossbones. I just used 300 degrees for 30 seconds and it worked great!

    Next, place your letters in the right spot and adhere them with the EasyPress. Check the settings for the exact vinyl that you are using. You can find a chart on Cricut.com.

    To Make the Boo Crew Trick or Treat Tote:

    diy trick or treat bags

    This tote bag is made using two different types of vinyl. You’ll need to cut each of them out separately.

    Grab the Boo Crew Image from Cricut Design space. Insert it into your project.

    Cut out the ghost separate from the words by hiding parts of the image as we did with the “Spooky” tote bag above.

    The Everyday Iron-On and Holographic Iron-On have different cut settings, so you’ll want to make sure you don’t try to cut them both at the same time.

    After you’ve cut out your images, peel away the excess vinyl and “test” fit them on your tote bag.

    First, apply the ghost image using the EasyPress.

    diy trick or treat bags

    Next, place the “Boo Crew” words in the correct spot on the bag. Then lay the protective sheet over the entire image. If you don’t use the protective sheet the ghost you just adhered will melt onto your EasyPress.

    diy trick or treat bags

    The Vampire Trick or Treat Bag is made using the same method.

    diy trick or treat bags

    For this bag, you’ll want to use Red Foil Iron-on and Black Everyday Iron-On.

    More Halloween SVG Files to use:

    I’ve also created 2 additional Halloween SVG files for you! One of them is the “You Say Witch Like its a Bad Thing” featured in our T-Shirt project last week. Here you can see it on a tote bag.

    …. and I couldn’t let Halloween go by without a Wizard inspired SVG file.  You can get this “Accio Candy” SVG file on the downloads page as well.

    Accio Candy Free SVG File:

    You can see I took a bit of “artistic” license with the image 😉

    diy trick or treat bags

    If you’re still looking for a Halloween Craft “fix” after reading this, here are a few other fun Cricut Halloween Projects on the site!

    How to make cute Halloween t shirts with iron ons and a review of the new Cricut EasyPress machine. Includes free cut files inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion themed t-shirts for Halloween
    How to make cute Halloween t shirts with iron ons and a review of the new Cricut EasyPress machine. Includes free cut files inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion themed t-shirts for Halloween
    How to make cute Halloween t shirts with iron ons and a review of the new Cricut EasyPress machine. Includes free cut files inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion themed t-shirts for Halloween

    More Cricut Tutorials:

    Cricut EasyPress2 Review

    Quick and Easy DIY Cat Halloween Costume

    diy trick or treat bags

    This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. Annie O says

      October 18, 2018 at 9:14 pm

      These bags are too cute. My grandsons would love them. This month our MQG had a raffle for a Cricut Maker at our guild meeting; my sister won it and gave it to me! This would be a fun project to try it out. Thanks!

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