s/o Halloween: treat bags

Virgo17

What do you do for trick or treat bags for your kids?  I can't justify spending $30 on a personalized one, but want something fairly decent looking.

My girls are going to be Elsa and Aurora and my son is going to be a dinosaur if that helps.

emberlee3

My kids like big plastic pumpkins. We put a glow stick inside, and they look awesome and improve visibility. Does anyone actually pay $30 to get their kid a personalized bag? I can write their names in sharpie on the pumpkin.

MommaP12

I have reusable character bags they've gotten birthday gifts in.   DS is going as Megatron and will be using a transformers bag he got a gift in and DD has a Princess Sofia reusable bag she'll use.  I can't justify spending money on a trick or treating bag/container, seems a bit over the top.

mlee116

We are using the $1 pumpkin DS got a couple of years ago.  I do like the glow stick idea mentioned above, so I'll probably pick some of those up.  

Personally, I would not spend that much on something to use for one night a year but I'm pretty cheap

jlaOK

I made DS's and DD will use the one my mom made for me when I was little. 

Have you looked at Etsy?  There are some great options for as little as $12.

Mustardseed2007

We also love the plastic pumpkins. I love the glow stick idea!

ricekez

Um, an old paper potato sack. It has a nice paper handle.

I guess I'm the uncool cheap mom.

mae0111

Target had some treat bags in the $1 bin a few weeks back, so I picked up a couple.  Otherwise, I would have gone with the plastic pumpkins.

74dragonfly

Plastic pumpkin here! I love the glow stick idea!

BabyHope2013

Plastic pumpkin over here too. Good idea on the glow stick. 

minirella

We use whatever we have in the house whether it be a colored bucket or a larger handled ziploc bag.

bumpuser10331514

Our local grocery store sells Halloween-themed reusable grocery bags. So we got a couple of those for a few bucks. The kids will be using those until they're 18.

MamaAllison

Clearly the minority here - I got DD a PB kids one from the outlet for like $12. Obviously it's not personalized but I wanted a cuter one that "went" with her outfit better than the orange pumpkin.

MommyAtty

DD has a plastic pumpkin she plays with year-round. And we bought a cheap felt black cat bag at Target bc she loved it.

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The plastic $1 pumpkin.

owlet3

I made them cloth treat bags several years ago. Grabbed 1.5 yards of the Halloween-ish material I wanted from Joann's and sewed the bags up like a pillow case, equipped with handle. I am not crazy crafty but every now and then I make them something simple so they have it as a keepsake. It cost me maybe $10 bucks for 3 and they are taking them to college whether they like it or not.

kristennd

Last year McDonald's had trick or treat pails for October Happy Meal containers so we used that.