If you’re looking for a fun, non-candy item to hand out to trick-or-treaters, our DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party favors are it. Find out how to make them, and get our free printable, here.
For more ways to make this the best holiday, check out all of our Halloween posts.
Chocolate is the most common treat to give trick-or-treaters on Halloween. But, in recent years, people are trying to figure out candy-free alternatives to have just in case because of food allergies. A lot of non-candy treats are kind of lame, like spider rings that don’t fit anyone’s fingers and vampire teeth that hurt kids’ mouths. A better idea: glow sticks.
Glow sticks are so much fun. Everyone loves glow sticks, plus they’re actually really helpful for safety for kids who are trick-or-treating into the dark evening.
Sure, you could buy a bunch of glow sticks and just hand them out and that would be just fine. But, if you’re extra like me, you’re gonna want to make them into fun favors.
A simple way to do that is with our free Halloween glow stick printable. All you have to do is print and assemble. And, if you tell people that you came up with this Halloween party favor idea all on your own and designed the tag yourself, that’s fine. We won’t tell.
These glow sticks are a great addition to your Halloween treats. If you’re looking for more inspiration, we have a post about How To Make The Perfect Halloween Treat Bowl with ideas of what to add to your Halloween bowl, plus a cute free printable with a fun Haunted house design that you can set up in case you’re not going to be home on Halloween.
DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors
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Our free printable in this post is designed to fit the long, thin glow sticks that are also called glow bracelets. Those are 8-inches long. The ones marketed as glow necklaces are 22-inches long and would be way too long to fit.
DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors Supplies:
You can get the full list of supplies in the how to card below.
- Free printable – You can get the printable for these glow stick favors at the end of the post.
- Paper trimmer – This is to evenly cut out the printable. You can do this with scissors, but a paper trimmer is quicker.
- Scissors – This is to cut small holes in the printable, which you can’t easily do with the paper trimmer.
- Glow sticks – The printable is designed to fit 8-inch glow sticks.
How To Make DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors:
Print out the free printable (at the end of this post).
It’s formatted to fit on an 8.5- x 11-inch piece of printer paper so you can easily print it at home.
If you want to make these a little more sturdy, you can print them on card stock. But, if you need to be a little more frugal with these, you can use standard printer paper instead.
Cut the printable into four rectangles.
Use a pair of scissors to careful cut a small slit at the top and bottom of the circle.
Slide a glow stick in the top slit, behind the paper, and come out through the bottom slit.
Continue until you’re done with all of them.
Free Halloween Glow Stick Printable
We made a free Halloween glow stick printable that you can use to easily make this craft. It says, “A tiny light for your night” on it.
It a PDF file formatted to fit an 8.5- x 11-inch piece of paper. Right click it, then save it however you typically save PDF files, then print it at home when you’re ready to use it.
DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors: Frequently Asked Questions
As long as you don’t crack heather, glow sticks will last just over a year. So, if you have extras from Halloween, you can either save them for next Halloween or you can use them on the fourth of July.
The Halloween glow stick tags we made are designed to fit the thin, 8-inch long glow sticks. However, you can cut a larger slit to fit the thicker, shorter glow sticks.
If you do that, though, I would recommend cutting a bit off the top and bottom of each tag because they would feel a little long with a shorter glow stick.
Or, what you could do is get a long treat bag that’s used for packing chocolate pretzel rods, put the printable in the bag of the bag, and put the glow stick in the front of the bag. Just make sure that if you’re doing that, you have a bag that’s wide or tall enough to fit the glow stick. You don’t want to crack them trying to force them into cellophane bags because then they won’t glow for the kids you give them to.
I don’t suggest using double-sided tape on these. Yes, that would be easier if you’re making this with your own child for classroom gifts, but you would end up taping the glow stick right over the words on the printable and that would kind of defeat the purpose of the words actually being there. But, if that’s what you want to do, go right ahead. These are yours now. Do whatever is easiest for you.
Purchase Halloween Glow Sticks Tags Online:
I highly recommend you use our printable tag for your Halloween parties because, well, it’s free. But, if you don’t have a printer and you need to purchase these instead, we did find a couple options, like the A Little Light For Halloween Night tags above.
You can find more options at:
Double check a store’s minimum cart total to qualify for free shipping. Also, check the shipping date as well to assure that your order will arrive before Halloween night.
More Non-Candy Halloween Treat Ideas:
If you’re looking for another non-candy Halloween treat to give out this year, check out our DIY Mustache Tattoo Halloween Party Favors. They’re a cute way to give out mustache-shaped temporary tattoos instead of candy.
DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors
If you’re looking for a fun, non-candy item to hand out to trick-or-treaters, our DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party favors are it. Find out how to make them, and get our free printable, here.
Materials
- Free printable
- 8-inch glow sticks
Tools
- Paper trimmer
- Scissors
Instructions
- Print out the free printable (in the post).
- Cut the printable into four rectangles.
- Use a pair of scissors to careful cut a small slit at the top and bottom of the circle.
- Slide a glow stick in the top slit, behind the paper, and come out through the bottom slit.
- Continue until you’re done with all of them.
Notes
Have you made these DIY Halloween Glow Stick Party Favors? Let us know how it went in the comments.
Carol
Thursday 30th of October 2025
What a fun treat and candy alternative or addition to! Featuring when my link party opens.
Jennifer Wise
Monday 27th of October 2025
Love this. What a great alternative to sweets.
Lyndsey
Monday 30th of October 2023
These are super cute!
Jennifer Wise
Monday 30th of October 2023
This is a great idea! I love the printable, too.
Cathy
Saturday 17th of October 2015
What a creative idea!! Easy to make, easy to grab and yummy to eat! Perfect!