We have several children in our neighborhood with peanut allergies. The joy of trick-or-treating is not the same for them or their parents. Trick-or-treating is filled with danger and disappointment (who wants to receive a scrumptious piece of candy to then be told you can’t eat it?). As much as my family enjoys Halloween, I decided last year to make sure I had fun non-peanut treats for them when they ring my doorbell on Halloween. This year I decided to make these super easy peanut free Halloween treat envelopes. This is a fun kid-friendly craft to make and spend time with your kiddos.
These envelopes are fun to make and easy enough to make with younger kiddos. You’ll need to start with a gift certificate. So visit your local Wendy’s® to purchase a Jr. Frosty™ Halloween Coupon Book* for $1, which benefits the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®. (DTFA) I really like the Wendy’s® Jr. Frosty™ Halloween Coupon Book. It only costs $1 and contains 5 coupons, with 90 cents of every $1 booklet sold between 9/15/14 and 10/31/14 going to benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ®! The coupons are valid from 11/1/14 to 2/1/15. The DTFA believes that we have a responsibility to be the voice of foster care adoption, so that every child finds a family. As founder Dave Thomas said, “These children are not someone else’s responsibility. They are our responsibility.” The DTFA exist to find homes for children who are waiting to be adopted from foster care in North America. Thanks to Wendy’s® consumers and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®, 4,000+ children have found adoptive families. That means that for just $1, I’m able to give out 5 peanut free Halloween treats and help a child’s adoption process. What a great win-win-win!
*Coupon book may contain coupons for 5 or 10 free Jr. Frosty™ treats. Prices and participation may vary. Ninety cents to every $1 coupon booklet sold between 9/15/14 and 10/31/14 will benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®. Coupons valid from 11/1/14 through 2/1/15. ©2014 Oldemark LLC
Once you get back from picking up your coupon books, grab some colored card stock (this is a great project to use up some of your paper scraps), a paper-trimmer or scissors, double stick tape, marker and googly eyes. If you have a paper punch and paper crimper grab those, too. 
Measure your card stock so that it will wrap around your coupon and leave about a half an inch extra at the bottom of the coupon (this is where you’ll tape the envelope shut). 
Tape the bottom and sides of the paper shut with double stick tape. If you have a paper punch that is the right shape, punch an opening to make it easier to pull the coupon out. If you don’t have a punch, just use your scissors to cut the opening.
If you have a paper crimper, use it to crimp the bottom of the envelope. This helps keep the double stick tape closed well. No worries, if you don’t have a crimper, just skip this step.
Make Halloween-y characters by using the googly eyes and markers or scrap paper.
What is it about those googly eyes that make these envelopes so adorable?
Who do you know that would enjoy a peanut free Halloween treat envelope filled with a #Frosty4Adoption coupon?
I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
Cynthia L says
What a great idea! I never really thought about the poor kids with allergies. I will have to make a few of these up this year. We love Frostys!
susan says
Cynthia, we love Frostys, too. I’ll have to hide the coupons or we’ll use them all before Halloween.
Holly @ Coconutheadsurvivalguide says
Hi Susan – What a great idea and great organization to support! We usually keep a separate container of non-peanut treats since we have kids in the neighborhood with allergies, but I like this idea better – no worries! Hugs, Holly
susan says
Holly, again, great minds think alike. 🙂
Jamie says
Those are adorable! Any more, I’m always worried about giving out the wrong thing, and these would be perfect. 🙂