Oriental Trading - Winter Treats

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty Friends!

With Winter in FULL Swing - Sometimes we need 

something to wash away those Winter Blues -

 So I thought I would make

some FUN Winter Goodie Bags for the Kids at 

school using some Oriental Trading Products.

My whole idea started with this Giant box of

Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa I purchased at a local store --

I mean Who Doesn't Like Hot cocoa on a Cold Blustery Day???

Then I went to Oriental Trading where I found Everything I

needed to create a FUN Wintry Themed Gift Bag!

I got all my items together and separated them into

small piles - We have 21 students in our 5th-grade class -

Each Bag will Contain 3 packs of Hot Cocoa, 

3 packs of  Marshmallow Snowman Candy Treat Packs,

1 Frosted Polar Bear Lollipop, 1 giant Hard Candy Peppermint Spoon,

3 Blue & Silver Hershey's Kisses Candy, 1 Snowman bullseye game,

and 1 Hot Cocoa & Marshmallow Notepad & Pencil Set

I wanted to show you how THICK these spoons are - I could not believe

how thick they were and I have to give Extra Props to

Oriental Trading for how they shipped them - I got 2 packs

of 12 and they were each individually wrapped so

nothing was broken! They did the same thing with the

Cute Snowman Suckers - Everything arrived in excellent condition -

Which was amazing in itself! - We all know sometimes

things break during Shipping, and I thought I would have

maybe a couple of items broken due to what they were -

But NOPE... Excellent packaging on their part - 

I was very excited & Impressed by that! KUDOS to them!

 I used some Adorable Snowman Goody Cellophane bags 

to tie the whole theme together - Each bag was tied up

with some grey twine I had in my stash -- 

I really think the kids at school are going to enjoy these

in the next few weeks --

Not only did I make those fun Goody bags!

I also made a Winter Themed Home Decor project -

I was totally on a roll one day - and thought this sign

would be fun to hang up in my house --

I used a blank DIY Wooden Slate Sign and painted it

with a Shimmer Blue paint I had in my Stash - Once it dried

I splattered on some White & Silver Acrylic Paint - Just

to give it a Snow/Wintry look - As that dried on my sign 

I found some Winter Scrap Paper in my stash 

and traced the DIY Unfinished wooden Snowflakes with a pencil

and then cut the shapes out of the paper -

 then I applied some Mod Podge to each

snowflake - then placed the paper cutout snowflakes

on top of the unfinished wood ones - set them off to dry -

While everything was drying - I went to my Cameo program

and found a really cute Winter Sentiment and cut it out

with some Scrap vinyl, I had - Placed it where

I wanted on my now dried sign, then used some

Hot Glue to place the snowflakes around the sentiment

And there is my NEW DIY Winter Sign hanging in my Kitchen!

Head on over to Oriental Trading to check out the items used on my project and for other Seasonal decor items.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a fabulous day!
This review is based strictly on my opinion.  I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading to provide my honest review.  No other type of compensation was received.  All ideas and opinions are my own.  

Theresa