Give your home, office cubicle or costume party the proper Halloween treatment with festive homemade decorations and party favors.

Joy Shimabukuro, host of OC16’s "The Joy of Crafting," suggests recycling yogurt containers to make a string of spooky ghosts using black and white paint. Poke a hole on the sides of each container and thread a string through them to hang over a doorway.

Other popular Halloween crafts include treat wrappers and paper items. "People seem to be using lots of paper punches and cardstock for card making and favor-treat making and not necessarily for scrapbooking," she said. "Adults are making things for the kids, but also for friends and co-workers."

Recycled materials always come in handy when embellishing projects, Shimabukuro added. Ribbons, buttons, old puzzle and game pieces and costume jewelry are among the treasures that can help personalize items. "People always appreciate homemade gifts," she said.

FRANKIE TREAT PAIL

Supplies and tools needed:
1 miniature clear pail
2 3/4 x 9 1/2-inch green glitter paper
1 1/2 x 9 1/2-inch black glitter paper
2 x 3-inch black glitter paper
2 x 2-inch white cardstock
1/4-inch double-stick tape
Glue dots
Sharp scissors
1-inch circle punch
3/4-inch circle punch
Mega scallop heart punch

Note: If punches are not available, pieces can be cut by hand, using scissors.

Take the longer black glitter paper and trim one edge into a free-form zigzag border for hair. Place alongside one edge of the green glitter paper and adhere with double-stick tape. Using the 1-inch circle punch, cut out two circles from the white cardstock. Using the 3/4-inch circle punch, cut out two circles from the black glitter paper. Use glue dots to adhere black circles onto the white ones for eyes. Place eyes under the hair in the center of the green strip and attach with double-stick tape. With the scallop heart punch, punch just one side of the heart from black glitter paper. Move the punch over a little and punch again, creating a mouth. Place the mouth below the eyes and adhere with double-stick tape. Roll the green glitter paper up and place into the clear pail. Center the face between the handles. You can pierce the ends of the handles into the top of the green paper to keep it in place. Fill pail with treats.

PUMPKIN TREAT WRAP

9-inch strip of orange cardstock
Two strips of green cardstock
Clear treat bag
Double-stick tape
Martha Stewart Crafts Punch "All Over the Page Jack-o’-Lantern"
Border punch, pointed or similar
Brownie treat or similar

Center the jack-o’-lantern punch in the center of the orange cardstock and punch out the design. Take the two strips of green cardstock and punch the border design along the edge of each one. Using the double-stick tape, adhere the strips to the top and bottom edges of the orange cardstock. Place the brownie in a clear treat bag and tape closed. Wrap the decorated strip around the packaged brownie, overlapping the edges on the back. Tape overlapped edges together to secure.

CANDY STICK BAGS WITH TOPPERS

Clear candy stick bags, 1-by-8-inch
Small filler candies such as M&Ms or candy corn
2 3-inch pieces of white cardstock for stamping
2 3-inch pieces of cardstock for scallop circles
Small stamp designs, ink pads, coloring tools, embellishment
Double-stick tape
2-inch circle punch
2.5-inch scallop punch

Stamp image on one piece of white cardstock and color in using markers, pens or pencils. Center in the opening of the 2-inch circle punch and cut out. Punch a 2-inch circle out of the other white cardstock and stamp another design or write a message on top. Punch out two scallop circles from cardstock (printed or solid) using the 2.5-inch scallop circle punch. Center the stamped 2-inch circles onto the scallop circles and tape in place. These are the toppers. Fill the candy stick bag with candies and seal. Place the top of the filled candy stick bag in between the two toppers and tape together. (You can use many other shapes and/or tags for the candy stick bag toppers based on your theme. Toppers can be hand cut if punches are not available.)

WITCHES BLACK HAT

Cone with base, available at craft store
Black acrylic paint
Paintbrush
Spider webbing and spiders
X-acto knife
Purple tulle or ribbon
Battery-powered tea light
Paper or cardstock for tag

Paint outside of the cone and base with black acrylic paint. Using an X-acto knife, cut a 4-inch arch into the side of the cone, push in the flap and insert tea light to illuminate hat. Arrange spider webbing and spiders around hat. Tie tulle or ribbon around the base of the cone and attach a tag that reads "Home is where you hang your hat." (If you like, hat can be repainted and reused as a Christmas tree.)

HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

Foster Botanical Garden

Halloween skeleton, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today and Oct. 24; recycle-art project uses plastic milk gallon containers (provided); bring craft scissors and hole punch. Fee: $10, plus garden admission. Reservations required. Call 522-7064.

Ben Franklin Crafts

Handmade holiday event: Make a candy wand, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at all locations. Visit joyofcrafting.com/craft-club/craft-calendar for class schedules.

Pearl City, 850 Kamehameha Highway, 455-1909:
» Frankie favor, 10 a.m. today and 2 p.m. Oct. 25
» French fry bat, 2 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Oct. 27
» Halloween Tube-a-licious, 2 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m. Oct. 24 and 3 p.m. Oct. 29; also Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
» Pumpkin box, 2 p.m. Oct. 28

Enchanted Lake, 1020 Keolu Drive, 261-4621:
» Yarn pumpkin, 4 p.m. Wednesday and noon Oct. 28
» Witches’ hat favor, 11 a.m. Oct. 31
» Halloween Tube-a-licious, noon and 3 p.m. Oct. 31

Market City, 2919 Kapiolani Blvd., 735-4211:
» Spook ‘n Takes: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22

Mapunapuna, 2810 Paa St., 833-3800:
» Ghost favor box, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
» Halloween card class, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday
» Spider box, 5:30 p.m. Thursday
» Skeleton charm, 2 p.m. Sunday
» Spider ring, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25
» Halloween sack, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 27