Halloween Treat Balls

Martha wraps up festive candies and small surprises in black and orange crepe paper, decorating them as bats by adding wings and as pumpkins with a face and stem.

Pumpkin Treat Balls

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Unwrap a sweet surprise with cute pumpkin balls filled with favorite candies. If you prefer your treat vessels winged, try our bat variation.

Tools and Materials

Rubber ball
Roll of orange crepe-paper party streamers
Variety of small treats
Pumpkin template of your choice
Scissors
Glue stick or double-sided tape
Craft paper

Additional Supplies for Bat

Black crepe paper
Black construction paper
Bat template
Adhesive rhinestones

Pumpkin Treat Balls How-To

Use a rubber ball as the core of the surprise ball. Start by wrapping the rubber ball with the paper streamer directly from the roll.
Bundle treats into the ball as you stretch and wrap the streamer. When the ball is desired size, cut streamer and tape down end with double-sided tape.
Download a pumpkin template of your choice and cut out shapes for jack-o'-lantern face. Attach shapes to ball with a glue stick or double-sided tape.
Twist a piece of craft paper or brown paper bag into a stem; attach with glue stick or double-sided tape.

Bat Variation

To make a bat, use black crepe paper to make the ball. Download and print the bat template and trace and cut from black construction paper; adhere to ball with double-sided tape. Add rhinestones for eyes.

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Halloween Treat Balls

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