DIY Pumpkin Treat Boxes

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Create cute pumpkin treat boxes for Halloween! These fun free printables have a jack-o’-lantern design and can be printed directly onto orange cardstock for a simple Halloween paper craft perfect for holding sweets and treats.

Two range Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin treat box filled with candy.

Hello Crafty Friends! Spooky season is here and with it comes another treat box tutorial – this time for making pumpkin treat boxes! I love creating treat boxes for Halloween and these cute boxes come together quickly and only take a few supplies. The free treat box printables are designed to be printed directly on orange cardstock. Once printed, you can cut them out, fold and tape them together and they are ready to be filled with Halloween goodies!

Orange Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin treat box filled with candy.

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I used this cute Halloween treat box in my Felt Ghost Candy Holder craft! The friendly ghost is a fun way to set out candy for the Halloween season!

Felt ghost holds a pumpkin bag filled with Halloween candy.

Below is the step-by-step tutorial for creating the pumpkin treat boxes. 

DIY Pumpkin Treat Boxes

Supplies Needed:

Pumpkin treat box printable, paper trimmer, scoring board, scissors and double-sided tape.

Step One: Cut out the treat box pieces.

Use a paper trimmer and scissors to cut out the two treat box pieces. Also cut a strip of paper that measures 3/4″ wide and is the length of your paper for the handle. I like to use a paper trimmer to cut along the straight edges and a small paper scissors to cut out the rest. 

A paper trimmer and scissors are used to cut out the treat box pieces.

The two pieces cut for the pumpkin treat box.

Step Two: Score the treat boxes

Use a scoring board and stylus to score along the black lines on both pieces then fold along these lines.

Treat box pieces are scored on a scoring board.

Pumpkin treat boxes are folded along the score lines.

Step Three: Adhere the box together.

Apply double-sided tape or adhesive to the two tabs and connect the two box pieces together. I like to use Scor-tape for my treat boxes because it is really strong and helps keep the boxes together once they are filled with sweets.

Double-sided tape is applied to the tabs on the box pieces.

Two box pieces are attached along one of the tabs.

The box is fully adhered and formed except the bottom of the box is still open.

Step Four: Close the bottom of the box

Fold in the bottom of the box starting with the “H” shaped piece. Fold the two side pieces next and then finally fold down the last piece, sliding it into the opening created by the other tabs.

The bottom of the box is closed.

The bottom of the box is fully folded and closed.

Step Five: Attach the handle.

Add double-sided tape to both ends of the handle and adhere them to the inside of the box. I like to apply my adhesive so it covers about 1″ of each end of the handle. This helps make the handle more sturdy. Keep in mind if the treats are heavy, the handle may be more for decoration!

Strips of paper with double-sided tape on the ends lay next to the pumpkin treat boxes.

A handle is attached to the inside of the pumpkin box.

Two pumpkin treat boxes with handles read Happy Halloween lay on a black wooden surface.

Step Six: Fill with candy and enjoy!

The pumpkin boxes are done and ready to be filled with candy and enjoyed! If you are making a bunch of these boxes, you can use different shades of orange cardstock to make your pumpkin boxes look different, or make all of them in the same color for a cohesive look.

Two range Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin treat box filled with candy.

I hope you enjoyed this fun Halloween craft idea. Looking for more cute crafts for the season? Check out my Halloween Crafts Page! I’ve also rounded up a few of my favorite Halloween treat boxes below:

Happy Crafting! -Kim

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