The iconic song “Purple People Eater”, made popular by Sheb Wooley in 1958, was the inspiration behind these whimsical, one-eyed treat bags!
You’ll need:
- Small purple treat sacks (Michael’s)
- Purple scrapbooking paper to match
- Bright green card stock
- Black card stock
- Scissors
- Mini clothes pins
- Glue stick
- Hot glue gun & sticks
- 2″ hole punch
- 3/4″ hole punch
- Assorted candy or favors
Eyeballs are created by punching green card stock with a 2″ hole punch.
Punch 2″ circles from purple paper, then cut in half for eyelids.
For pupils, punch black card stock with 3/4″ hole punch.
With scissors, cut 1/4″ strips and zig-zag shaped pieces 1 1/2″ wide from black card stock to form lashes.
To assemble eyes, start with a green circle. Place one purple half circle on top. Add a pupil and jagged lash.
A glue stick from my kids’ craft bin was used on all paper pieces.
Apply glue to the thin black strip of card stock, cover seam, trim ends to approximately 2 1/4″, and allow to dry.
Carefully attach completed eyeballs to clothes pins with a hot glue gun.
Fill bags with goodies, secure the tops with purple-eyed pins, and prepare to receive giggles of gratitude as you hand these delightfully ghastly gifts to departing guests!
These are sooooo cute!!!
What amazing, cute bags!! These would be perfect for Halloween favors!!
hollie! love these, love the new look!
Very cute, like your new look. andi
Those are super cute!! Please come and link up at “A Place called Home”for our creative Halloween Ideas..
http://jeana-marie.blogspot.com/2011/09/creative-halloween-ideas.html
So cute, and so simple. I LOVE it. These would make such great halloween party favors. Can’t wait to try them. Thanks for sharing.
Super cute!!
My kids love that song! These are so cute!
How adorable is this?! You are so creative! What a great blog you have, I am excited to look around! Thanks for always supporting Show & Share, I do appreciate it!
Those are adorable!! I like that they don’t take much time to make too
These are awesome! I hope you will link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com
Very, very cute!
Hey- Thanks for commenting. it does make the house smell like heaven! These bags are way cute and perfect for a party favor or treats! Great job
Bekah
This is adorable! Love it!
love the purple people eaters song and theme and your bags look awesome
Those are SO cute!
These are the best! Thanks for sharing! Visiting from A Glimpse Inside link party.
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This is such a cute Halloween party idea! I know a few little people that would love to get something like this!
I would love for you to come link up to my Monster Mash Bash Halloween link party! http://afishwholikesflowers.blogspot.com/2011/10/lets-do-monster-mash.html
Hope to see you there!
Adorable and so easy! I love easy cute things! Thanks so much!
what a fun goodie bag & we listen to that song every Halloween so my girls know about the Purple People eater well!!!
would love for you to share on The sunday Showcase linky party – http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase
These are awesome treat bags! would make great halloween treat bags.
Okay…these are just adorable!! How fun for a party!! Thanks for joining last week’s What’s In The Gunny Sack? link party and I hope to see you again for tomorrow’s party!
I LOVED that song as a kiddo! Such a fun idea!
Thanks for sharing on Fancy This Fridays Hollie!!!
Hollie, love the song and love the bags they inspired! The polka dots and “eyelashes” are such a great touch. Thank you so much for linking up to “A Little Birdie Told Me…”! I’m spotlighting your post on my Facebook page today!
Jenn
love this! Thanks so much for linking up to Tuesday Talent Show! I would love to have you stop by and link up again tomorrow with more great projects!
-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/
Thank you so very much for joining the T’ Time Link Party last week! I really love to see all the wonderful ideas. Link parties are also a great way to get your blog out there for others to see. Hope to see you today! Maria Raising4Princesses
These are SO awesome! I love that song! Very clever.
Love these and will feature them on Thursday afternoon at Bacon Time.
Love how it turned out! Thanks so much for linking up with us at Show & Share! Hope you’re joining us again this week!
http://mylilpinkpocket.blogspot.com/2011/10/show-share-8.html
Marie
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Fabulous!! What a great idea! I’d love for you to link this to my party:
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-craft-challenge-5-kids-craft-or.html
I really liked, I made my way but with your layout …. Thanks for sharing … and if you can take a look at my blog as it was http://neusinhafusco.blogspot.com – My granddaughter will take to friends in her class, all under two years.
Fabulous! I love this!
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