Unattended Halloween Candy Bowl Idea & Free Printable

Can you believe Halloween is only a few weeks away? With everyone gearing up for the “spook-tacular” holiday, it’s time to start talking about candy!!! This year will be the first year we take our Lil Man trick-or-treating and to say I’m super excited is an understatement. He was still too young the past few years, but I think this year he will understand the concept. Plus he has the cutest pirate costume ever!

Since we will be trick-or-treating in our neighborhood this year, I wanted to leave something at our doorsteps for the other kids as well. {in a sense – paying it forward a bit} But since our Halloween candy bowl would be unattended, I didn’t want the first group of kids to just dump it all in their bags and run. After brainstorming with my husband, we came up with the idea “I got my eye on you – please only take one” so the kids coming by our door, knew the rules ;)

If you think this idea is neat and you want to do it too – well you are in luck! Today I’m sharing how I pulled it together and you can score the FREE printable I created & used in this easy DIY project!

Supplies

* Wood Frame

* Small Wood Sign

* Large Wood Crate

* Various Colored Paints

* White Puffy Paint

* Paint Brushes

* Stickers – decorative & letters

* Free Printable {Download HERE}

* Hot Glue Gun

* Ribbon

Directions:

* First I painted my wood frame purple and added a decorative dot border around the edge. While that was drying, I painted my small wood sign green and added “Happy Halloween” w/stickers on it.

* Once those two pieces were done drying, I added my “I Got My Eye On You” printable into the frame and hot glue the small wood sign to the front of it – setting it aside for later.

* Next was my “candy bowl” which was made out of a simple wood crate. I painted it entirely black and used the white Puffy Paint to draw a spider web design all over it.

* When you are ready to put your unattended candy bowl together, fill your crate FULL of your favorite candy. If possible – place your crate on a chair on your front porch. Then prop your wood frame on top of the crate. To make sure the frame didn’t move or go anywhere, I hot glued ribbon to the back of my frame, so I could tie it to the chair. Then to finish it off, I added other Halloween decorations to really pull the look together.

So what’s the game plan folks? Are you handing out candy this year? Are you leaving an unattended candy bowl like us? I want to hear your stories and ideas! Remember Halloween will be here before you know it and you don’t want to be shopping for last minute candy…