Trick or Treat Candy Bucket

I love a festive and quick holiday project and last week I whipped up a Halloween trick or treat candy bucket. Just think of all the options you could do with this fun trick or treat bucket – fill it with candy, plastic spiders, or even a cupcake!

This year I am part of the #DIYitsFallOhMy giveaway over on Instagram where you can share your craft projects and win fun prizes. Last week’s sponsor was Oriental Trading Company and that’s where I got this super cute plastic paint can to make my trick or treat candy bucket. I have used these buckets before, for Christmas, birthdays, and baby showers. I think they make gift giving so much fun!

Estimated Time: 10-15 Minutes

Skill Level:  Beginner

Supplies Needed:

• Silhouette CAMEO® 4
• Silhouette Cutting Mat
• Weeding Hook
• Silhouette Studio
• Adhesive Vinyl – Purple
• Transfer Tape
• Paint Bucket
• Trick or Treat Design

Step One:  Create Your Trick or Treat Candy Bucket Decal:

Open Silhouette Studio®.

Select the Page Setup Window and adjust your cutting mat size to 12×12 (or the size mat you are using).

Measure your paint bucket or item you are using to determine the size of your decal.

Purchase the Trick or Treat design from the Silhouette Design Store and open it in the Silhouette Software. Click File>Library>Library> Fonts from the menu>Double click your file.

Resize your design.

Step Two: Cutting out your Trick or Treat Decal:

Turn on your Silhouette Cameo 4.

Attach your Adhesive Vinyl to the cutting mat, color side up, and load into your machine by lining up the mat on the guidelines and pressing the “up” arrow on the touch panel.

Follow the prompts in the Design Studio for Adhesive Vinyl and double-check to make sure your design has been selected to cut.

Click “Send” in the design studio to start cutting.

Press the “down” arrow on the Cameo 4 touch panel when your machine has finished cutting your design to remove the cutting mat from the machine.

Step Three: Preparing Your Trick or Treat Bucket Decal:

Remove your Adhesive Vinyl from the cutting mat – go slow so it doesn’t curl up.

Use a paper trimmer to cut away the vinyl you won’t be using. Don’t waste any valuable vinyl.

Peel away the excess vinyl with your fingers or a weeding tool. Be sure to leave your design on the white backing sheet and get be sure to get the vinyl out of the loops and middles of your letters.

Step Four:  Creating Your Trick or Treat Candy Bucket:

Place a piece of transfer tape over your decal.

Scrape the top of the transfer tape with your scraping tool (or a credit card) to make sure the design adheres to it.

Gently pull transfer tape up away from the backing sheet and make sure the entire decal lifts with it.

Center your decal on your bucket and press it down from left to right. If you’re making a large bucket, you may need to snip your transfer tape so it lays flat.

Finally, remove the transfer tape from your bucket. Tip: pull from a corner and not the side to make sure each part of the design transfers completely to your bucket.

Tell me what you would put in this bucket in the comments and be sure to check out #DIYitsFallOhMy.