DIY TRICK-OR-TREAT GLOW STICKS

These DIY trick-or-treats would also be great as party favors!  
FREE printable pumpkin cut-out included!

Every year for Halloween I give out candy.  Every year for Halloween I eat the candy before Halloween  and end up having to buy more.  Then I eat that candy and have to buy more again, and so on.  I never have leftover candy and it's not because we get a ton of kids knocking on our door.  I just have absolutely no willpower.  I have even purposely bought candy I don't like so I wouldn't eat it. Guess what?  I ate it.  Come on, admit it, because I KNOW I'm not alone!  Well, this year I was determined to change that pattern and do something different.  I wanted it to be fun, so when I saw glow sticks on sale I thought, "Why not? Who doesn't like glow sticks?"  Then I realized this year Halloween is on a Saturday and that means kids out after dark.  Why not help them be safer by giving them something bright to wear at night?  By this time, giving glow sticks as my trick-or-treat give-away was a no brainer.  Here's what I did.

Supplies Needed:

• Glow Sticks (3 per favor) with connectors
  
• Orange Cardstock or Construction Paper
  
• Printer
  
• Scissors
• FREE Printable Pumpkin Cut-outs - This is a pdf file with four (4) pumpkin cut-outs to a page.  You can click on the link or the picture below to download.

These are the glow sticks I purchased. They come with connectors. Note also that they are non-toxic, non-flammable, and generate no heat.

Print on orange paper and cut out individual pumpkins.

Gently bend cut-out in two and cut the two slits on the inside of the dotted lines.

All slits have been cut.

Slide a connector on the end of each glow stick.

Use three glow sticks per treat/favor. This allows either three bracelets or one necklace to be made.

Be VERY careful sliding the glow sticks through the slits on the pumpkin. DO NOT BEND THEM IN ANY WAY OR YOU WILL ACTIVATE THE GLOW. It is very easy to accidentally bend the sticks so be sure to bend the pumpkin instead!

Three sticks make a 24 inch glowing necklace!

All ready for my trick-or-treaters!

Where I Purchased Glow Sticks:

I purchased  WHOLESALE PACK of 300 8" LumiSticks (affiliate link with Amazon) for $21.99 and free shipping on orders over $35.  They are Non-toxic and they came with connectors so they could be made into necklaces. I purchased so many because I knew I would be using them for other things (Halloween decorations blog post coming soon!).

The 8" LumiSticks can also be purchased in tubes of 100 (affiliate link with Amazon) for $8.99 and free shipping on orders over $35.  

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