Hi everyone! One more day of school here- and then SPRING BREAK!!!
We are so excited- because the weather has been really feeling ‘springy’ here! Since, St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner– literally days away- I thought I’d whip up some cute little treat boxes.
If you’ve been on Pinterest lately- there’s all sorts of St. Patrick goodies on there- from cupcakes, to Leprechaun traps, and more- I thought- I’d keep it simple, as we don’t get TOO into St. Patrick’s Day here. I even get a ‘free pass’ from wearing green- because my eyes are green….(at least that’s what I tell my kids) Before you get mad at me…I should be up front- I will still wear green (I actually like green)- and I’ll probably even make them green milkshakes!
For these little treats- I chose one of my family’s favorite candies- Skittles- I thought it would be perfect- since their slogan is “Taste the Rainbow.” I wanted to fill these cute little clear boxes that I order from clearbags.com, with a rainbow of candy.
However, as I was filling the boxes- I was singing the song we used to sing to our kids…”Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue…” blue? There are no blue skittles!! How could this be? I brought it to my hubby’s attention- and then double checked with him on the slogan of this popular candy. Yep–taste the rainbow….the rainbow minus blue? How could they omit such an important color- a primary color?! And, more importantly–how did I buy into this ‘rainbow’ hype and never realize that they were missing a color? Guess, Skittles thinks you’ll forget all about blue after you are intoxicated by their high doses of sugar! Ha! (I can’t say that I didn’t think about writing them a letter…)
Anyway- back to my cute little clear boxes, filled with so-called-rainbow candies.
I reluctantly stacked the colors, to give a CA-UTE rainbow look- trying not to let my issues with the missing blue get to me! Then I added a rainbow tag using Bo Bunny ribbon, CTMH Topiary ink and a sentiment from Pink by Design’s Luck o’ the Irish.
Thanks for stopping by today- I always LOVE to see you!! 🙂
Ps. I bet you next time you see a bag of Skittles you will think about them cheating us out of the color Blue 😉 😉
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these! And I love the idea of skittles! Taste the rainbow!!! So cute!!!
Crafty hugs,
Jessica
http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Oh my…how could they leave out blue. Oh well…your rainbow boxes are still the cutest. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
What a great idea to use the Skittles! Love the boxes of colors….and WHY is there NO blue Skittles???!!
Wow, what a colorful project. Love it!
Love your treats they are brilliant!! Thanks for sharing!
Angela
gypsydreamdesigns.blogspot.com
These are so cute!! Can you tell me what size box you used?
Cute idea! I think we all need to write and complain about no blue Skittles.
What a cute story! You should send this post to the company that makes Skittles and see what kind of response you get! At the very least they may send you a coupon for a free bag of Skittles! 🙂
This is just way to adorable!!! What a great idea;)
Sarah, these are way too cute!! Love this idea! I may have to scraplift it in the future! 😉 The kiddos are sure to adore these!!!
I guess a possible defence for Skittles is that the other (unoriginal) packs of flavours have the colour of blue 😛
Love your boxes and fun labels n if you get tropical or Wild Berry you will get blue Skittles…
What a great saying! Super cute project as usual Sarah!
Puppy Hugs,
Wendy
These are adorable! I love the idea of the rainbow. I may make something smaller but with the same concept for my kiddos for tomorrow. TFS.
Wow! So glad that someone actually thought about the fact that Skittles are a lie! It’s good that you were able to look past this error and I’m sure the kids won’t be blue to be receiving your sweet treats!!! TFS!
These are soooo super cute!! Love how you seperated the colors of Skittles!
How fun!! I remember when they brought out the purple skittles. There was some poll that you could call in and vote on whether you wanted blue, purple, or some other color. I guess purple won. 🙂