I love peppermint bark, and what better way to give it than packaged up like a snowman?! I wish I knew who I saw this idea from first. I found the idea a couple of years ago. It's a perfect party favor or small gift. I made a bunch to give to my seminary students.
My lighting is not fabulous in these photos, but you can still get the idea. These are the supplies I used to make my snowman:
First, I bought a large bag of peppermint bark from B.J's. You can make 13 snowmen out of one bag. I was lucky enough to find it on sale for $7.50, but it usually runs around $10 or $11.
Because I was mass-producing, I punched all of my circles first using the 1 3/4" punch. I free-hand cut a bunch of little carrot noses out of Pumpkin Pie card stock. Then I used a black Sharpie marker to add the eyes and mouth.
The Take Your Pick tool was super handy for appling the carrot noses as well as for picking up the tiny hearts I added to the snowman body.
I used a variety of things for the buttons: Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Silver Metallic Pearls, and Black rhinestones (retired now). I think the black were my favorite, but I only had a few left. The tiny heart is from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. I put a little strip of red glimmer paper in the punch to cut out a bunch of hearts.
I used Fast Fuse to attach the white circles to the chocolates; glue dots also work. As you can see, I worked on mass producing one "body part" at a time:
After I had all the body parts together, I put the pieces inside pretzel bags (bought at Michaels) while I snuggled by my hubby and watched Netflix. You need to tuck the side flaps of the chocolates around back to fit them in. This part is a little tedious because the chocolates are a tight fit and sometimes they go in the bag easier than other times. The Stampin' Up cello bags are sturdier and easier to fill, but I needed the bags right away and couldn't wait for them to ship to me.
I tied up the top with the 1/8" Real Red ribbon from the Holiday catalog (sold out now). I cut off some of the excess plastic bag.
There you have it, a pile of yummy snowmen to brighten someone's day!
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