Valentine's Post #1

Today's entry is a treat bag for the classmates of a friend's daughter. My friend was working on a budget but she wanted something different to share with the child's classmates. I designed these individual treat bags for a fraction of the costs to buy them prepaid. The empty treat bags were purchased from Sur la Table. The children's Valentine's cards were recycled from last year (they were left over from another project).

NEEDED SUPPLIES
Empty treat bags
Children's Valentine's Cards (can be recycled)
Card Stock/Scrapbook paper
Hole punch
Brads (that coordinate with the size of the hole punch)
Glue stick or double-sided tape
Candies

STEP ONE.
Measure the the width of the treat bag and cut a piece of card stock to fit this measurement.

STEP TWO
Measure the height of the Valentine's card and cut the card stock to the height adding 1/4 inch.

STEP THREE
Center the Valentine's card on the card stock and glue/tape.

STEP FOUR
Using the center mark on most children's Valentine's card. score the the card stock along the center and fold.

STEP FIVE
Using an 1/8th inch border around the Valentine's card, cut around the top half of the card starting from the crease. Only cut around the two sides and top edge so that the top of the Valentine's card will release from the top of the bag (see the picture above).

STEP SIX.
Fill the treat bag with treats.

STEP SEVEN
Fold down the top of the treat bag and place within the folded card stock.

STEP EIGHT
Punch a hole on both side flaps that goes through both layers of the treat bags and both layers of the card stock.

STEP NINE
Close the bag with the brads.