XCountry treat Halloween style

Hello!

Making team treats is a lot of fun, but making them with AWESOME Halloween themes is totally up my alley. I showed you the box of fun items I got from Oriental Trading* last time, but here it is again to refresh your memory:

 

 This time I took those cute little orange treat boxes (they come in so many fun colors!) and made this for my son's Cross Country team:

I was making a lot so I did a sort of assembly line. But first I did a box in each stage and took a photo so you could really see what was going on and how simple this was. Which was good because there are a LOT of runners on a XC team! lol:

I've labeled each stage in the photo above for convenience.

1- This is how the boxes come with orange ribbon pre-cut.

2- I folded each box to open them up, added a bit of the fun Halloween washi tape and then trimmed the sides along the box's edge with my scissors. 

3- I used my computer to put a little label on the treats. It says "Freaky Fast Fuel"

4- I have this awesome skull & crossbones punch. You bet I put it to good use with the cool patterns from the Scrapbook Paper Halloween mix.

5- Add your treats and fold up the bottom of the box.

6- Push your ribbon thru the holes and tie it up anyway you want. I put a little slim jim in there for extra fuel for the runners.

This washi tape is so cool! I love that with these little pieces I was able to get so many different looks on each box. I couldn't decide if I liked the lit jack-o-lanterns in the tree or the bare tree w/ the bats better.

My son said the runners were all surprised and super excited to get the treats.

And here's my runner. This is his first year running. It's really cool to watch how much he improves each race. Especially since I am NOT a runner. lol

Hope you like my little treats.

Thanks for stopping in!

:)Ange

*Oriental Trading sent me products to review, but all opinions are my own.

Spooky soccer team treats!

 Hey there!

I am SO excited to share with you today.
I recently received a box of goodies from Oriental Trading* and I've been working on a few projects with them. Today I'm sharing one of those with you.

First here is the awesome product* I got to work with:

Fun right?!
Well I started off with some super cute and spooky treats for my son's soccer team.

It was perfect because their jerseys are purple so their coach named them the Purple Minions and doesn't that just scream Halloween?

Of course these adorable little pumpkins are the place to start. I put a little treat in them and then cut the awesome scrapbook paper into strips and made banners. On one side I wrote "Carve a path to the" and the other side I stamped "Goal"
Then I used the too cute washi tape to add 2 more banners to each pumpkin.

You just tear a piece of tape, wrap it around the handle, stick it to itself and then cut the ends into banners.
This is how they turned out:

Super cute, fun and EASY!

Next up was a drink. 

All little soccer players need a drink after the game so I picked up some grape gatorade 

a.k.a Purple Minion Monster Juice!

I wanted multiple layers, but wanted to keep it simple. So I used my printer to print out these little labels on white cardstock, using a font that was already on my computer.

Then I layered the white label onto the green polka-dot paper that I had punched and inked in black.

For the purple polka-dot I measured my paper into 3 x 9.5 inch strips to give me enough room to use good adhesive to keep them on the bottles. Then I punched these, inked them in black and attached them to the bottles. If these were older kids or adults it would be really fun to tear the paper and use red ink for a bloody look.

Here's how they all turned out:

And here's my super cute and happy little Purple Minion:

He and his teammates LOVED the treats. They were a big hit!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Come back soon and I'll have more projects to show you from this awesome product from Oriental Trading.

:)Ange

*Oriental Trading sent me products to review, but all opinions are my own.

Softball Treats w/ Love my Tapes.

 Hello!

I have a fun Team Treat project to share with you today.

My daughter's softball season is in full swing and I like to help encourage them with little treats here and there. They were headed to take on a particularly tough team recently and I thought I would encourage them with this fun treat.

I cut the bats with my silhouette, added a bit of inking and the quote. Then taped the handle, just like a real bat, with Blue Stars washi tape from Love My Tapes!

I used the Tape Runner I received from the store because I'm always having trouble with the decorations popping off the treats with my normal glue.

I can't believe how well it worked!

My daughter took these on a 2 hour bus ride and when she gave me the extras the next day, the bat and ball were still stuck solidly to the bag!!

I can honestly say my last glue did not do that.

Here's a close up of the project for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

:)Ange