Looking for a fun handmade project for Halloween? These DIY crochet Halloween treat bags are perfect for trick-or-treating, Halloween parties, classroom treats, or festive home décor. The designs shown in the image feature adorable Halloween characters such as a ghost, black cat, witch, and mummy, with drawstring closures and playful colors.

Note: The image is an inspiration for the finished designs, not a complete stitch pattern. The instructions below provide a beginner-friendly construction guide that you can adapt to your preferred yarn and crochet gauge.

🧶 Materials You’ll Need

For one small Halloween treat bag:

• Worsted-weight or medium cotton yarn
• Main-color yarn: black, gray, cream, orange, purple, or green
• Small amounts of contrasting yarn for decorations
• Crochet hook appropriate for your yarn
• Yarn needle
• Stitch marker
• Scissors
• Optional: small buttons or embroidery thread for facial details

👻 Step 1: Choose Your Halloween Character

Start by deciding which character you want to create.

Ghost Bag

Use:

• Black yarn for the bag
• White yarn for the ghost face
• White or black yarn for the drawstring

🐈‍⬛ Black Cat Bag

Use:

• Black or charcoal yarn
• Orange/yellow yarn for eyes
• Pink or rust yarn for the nose
• Contrasting yarn for whiskers

🧙 Witch Bag

Use:

• Orange, purple, gray, and black yarn
• Flesh-tone yarn for the face
• Purple/black yarn for the witch hat

🧟 Mummy Bag

Use:

• Cream or beige yarn
• Green, gray, or black yarn for the eyes
• Dark green/gray yarn for decorative stripes

🧺 Step 2: Crochet the Bottom

Begin with a magic ring or chain loop.

1. Crochet several single crochet stitches into the ring.
2. Work in continuous rounds.
3. Increase evenly around the circle.
4. Continue increasing until the base reaches your desired width.

For a small children’s treat bag, a base approximately 5–7 inches wide can work well, depending on your yarn and gauge.

Keep the increases evenly distributed so the base stays flat.

🧵 Step 3: Build the Bag Walls

Once the bottom is wide enough, stop increasing.

Continue crocheting single crochet stitches around the entire edge.

Work several rounds until the sides begin to form a pouch.

Helpful Tip

Place a stitch marker at the beginning of each round. This makes it much easier to keep track when crocheting in continuous rounds.

Continue until the bag reaches your desired height.

🎃 Step 4: Add Halloween Colors

This is where the project becomes fun!

You can create stripes similar to the colorful bags shown in the inspiration image.

Try combinations such as:

Orange + Purple + Black

or

Cream + Olive Green + Gray

or

Black + Gray + Orange

Change colors at the end of selected rounds to create horizontal stripes.

For a cleaner color transition, change to the new color during the final yarn-over of the previous stitch.

🧶 Step 5: Create the Drawstring Opening

At the top of the bag, create a row with small spaces for the drawstring.

A simple method is:

1. Crochet a few single crochet stitches.
2. Chain 1.
3. Skip 1 stitch.
4. Repeat around the bag.
5. Crochet the next round normally.

This creates small openings around the top.

The drawstring will later pass through these spaces.

🪢 Step 6: Make the Drawstring

Cut two long pieces of yarn.

You can create a simple braided cord:

1. Cut several equal lengths of yarn.
2. Tie one end together.
3. Braid the strands tightly.
4. Tie the opposite end.
5. Trim the ends neatly.

Use a yarn needle to weave the cord through the openings around the top of the bag.

Pull both ends to close the pouch.

👀 Step 7: Add the Character Face

Now give your Halloween bag its personality!

🐈‍⬛ Cat Face

Add:

• Two embroidered eyes
• Small triangular nose
• Whiskers
• Simple mouth

👻 Ghost Face

Use white yarn to crochet or embroider:

• Two large eyes
• A small mouth
• Optional ghost-shaped facial details

🧙 Witch Face

Add:

• Two eyes
• Small nose
• Smiling mouth
• Purple or black witch hat

🧟 Mummy Face

Add:

• Large eyes
• Horizontal decorative “wrap” stripes
• Small smiling mouth

For children, embroidered details are a good alternative to loose buttons, especially for younger kids.

🎩 Step 8: Add Small Halloween Details

Take your design to the next level with small crochet appliqués.

You can add:

• 🎃 Tiny pumpkins
• 🕷️ Spiders
• 🕸️ Spider webs
• 🍂 Autumn leaves
• 👻 Mini ghosts
• 🧙 Witch hats
• 🐈 Cat ears
• 🦇 Bats

Sew each decoration securely onto the bag.

✨ Step 9: Shape and Finish the Bag

Before finishing:

1. Check that all ends are securely woven in.
2. Trim excess yarn.
3. Gently shape the bag with your hands.
4. Check that the drawstring moves smoothly.
5. Make sure all appliqués are firmly attached.

Avoid excessive stretching while shaping.

🎃 Step 10: Make a Matching Set

One of the best ideas from the inspiration image is creating multiple character bags as a coordinated Halloween collection.

You could make:

Bag 1: 👻 Ghost
Bag 2: 🐈‍⬛ Black Cat
Bag 3: 🧙 Witch
Bag 4: 🧟 Mummy

Use the same basic bag construction but change the colors and appliqués.

This creates a cute handmade Halloween set for siblings, friends, parties, or trick-or-treating.

🍬 What Can You Use These Crochet Bags For?

These handmade bags can be used for:

• Halloween trick-or-treating
• Halloween party favors
• Candy bags
• Small toys
• Gift bags
• Classroom treats
• Fall décor
• Handmade gifts
• Seasonal craft markets

🧡 Final Thoughts

These DIY Halloween crochet treat bags are a creative way to combine practical crochet with festive Halloween decorations. Once you learn the basic pouch construction, you can create almost unlimited variations by changing the colors, faces, stripes, and appliqués.

Start with a simple ghost or mummy design, then experiment with a black cat or witch version. 🎃🧶

Save this idea to your Pinterest board so you can come back to it when you’re ready for your next Halloween crochet project!