Corporate Branding & Events
Winter Wonderland for Boys & Girls Club
Under the direction of
production company Flyhelo, Chicago Scenic Studios fabricated a Winter
Wonderland set for YouTube star Casey Neistat’s annual holiday video.
The Winter Wonderland, set in Milwaukee’s abandoned
Northridge Mall, was created to host children from the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Greater Milwaukee for an afternoon of frolicking in the snow,
munching on tasty treats, and watching snowboarders and skating
professionals perform impressive tricks.
According to Chicago Scenic Project Manager Doug Peer, the extensive
snow-set needed to be built and installed in just a week and a half. In
order to meet that deadline, Chicago Scenic’s team had to do some fast
thinking—and building—to create the 10,000 sq. ft. Winter Wonderland,
complete with a realistic two-story, pink frosted gingerbread house and
three smaller gingerbread houses.
When it was complete, the Winter Wonderland included several
different areas in which the children could play—and snack. The three
small gingerbread houses were decorated with edible candy and cookies.
There was a chocolate fountain nearby and cotton candy and popcorn
stands. There were also interactive areas where children could meet
Santa and receive gifts, play in the foam “snowball” pit, dance in the
infinity light room, take snow covered escalator toboggan rides, and
ride the festive holiday train.
The Wonderland also included winter sport entertainers, ice
sculptors, and Neistat, dressed as Santa and powered by a drone as he
flew and filmed over the winter scene. The afternoon’s festivities were
captured on video by the children, Neistat and YouTube Collaborators,
all using Samsung Galaxy Note8 phones.
Under the direction of
production company Flyhelo, Chicago Scenic Studios fabricated a Winter
Wonderland set for YouTube star Casey Neistat’s annual holiday video.
The Winter Wonderland, set in Milwaukee’s abandoned
Northridge Mall, was created to host children from the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Greater Milwaukee for an afternoon of frolicking in the snow,
munching on tasty treats, and watching snowboarders and skating
professionals perform impressive tricks.
According to Chicago Scenic Project Manager Doug Peer, the extensive
snow-set needed to be built and installed in just a week and a half. In
order to meet that deadline, Chicago Scenic’s team had to do some fast
thinking—and building—to create the 10,000 sq. ft. Winter Wonderland,
complete with a realistic two-story, pink frosted gingerbread house and
three smaller gingerbread houses.
When it was complete, the Winter Wonderland included several
different areas in which the children could play—and snack. The three
small gingerbread houses were decorated with edible candy and cookies.
There was a chocolate fountain nearby and cotton candy and popcorn
stands. There were also interactive areas where children could meet
Santa and receive gifts, play in the foam “snowball” pit, dance in the
infinity light room, take snow covered escalator toboggan rides, and
ride the festive holiday train.
The Wonderland also included winter sport entertainers, ice
sculptors, and Neistat, dressed as Santa and powered by a drone as he
flew and filmed over the winter scene. The afternoon’s festivities were
captured on video by the children, Neistat and YouTube Collaborators,
all using Samsung Galaxy Note8 phones.
12.2017
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