Holiday Crafts Decorate with Candy and Gumballs!
Nov 18, 2008
Decorating with candy can be loads of fun and it’s a great way to bring your family together for a holiday activity. A few ideas are:
Make a hanging candy ornament
Glue a piece of ribbon in a loop to the top of a styrofoam ball with a low temperature glue gun. This will be for hanging your ornament once it is completely decorated. Next, cover your styrofoam ball with gumballs or hard candy using the low temperature hot glue gun. Hang it from a door knob in your house or anywhere else that strikes your fancy.
Create a gumball picture frame
Find a simple wooden frame and paint it the color of your choice. Glue hard gumballs onto the frame using a hot glue gun to add a whimsical touch. Spray with an acrylic sealer to protect the surface.
Or, get an inexpensive slide-in plastic frame with no borders. Place a narrow line of craft glue (like Goop) around the front edges of the frame, and arrange candies in your favorite colors and pattern.
These frames are adorable for a child’s room.
Candy mobile
Holiday Crafts…Decorate with Candy and Gumballs!
To create a frame for the mobile, wrap four 8″-long sticks or plastic dowels with ribbon; secure ends with glue. Lay two of the sticks parallel to each other, about 3″ apart. Place the other two sticks on top, perpendicular to the first two (in a pattern that looks like a tic-tac-toe board). Secure the four overlapping corners with thin twine. Cover the twine with 2′ strands of ribbon in a contrasting color, pulling ends up and tying them together to hang the mobile. Now tie 8 (for Hanukkah) or 12 (for Christmas) 1′-long strands of thinner ribbon to hang down from the frame. Attach candies to each strand (several pieces on each strand for the eight days of Hanukkah, two pieces on each strand for the 24 days before Christmas). Use a variety of your favorite candies or gumballs in different colors or interesting shapes. Hang the mobile, then tie a star-shaped cookie cutter in the center above the frame.