Christmas Decorations Made from Candy

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Easy Christmas decorations made from candy will delight children of all ages and create a whimsical atmosphere for the holidays in your home. Making decorations is a great craft project for adults and kids to do together on those winter snow days or Christmas breaks.

String holiday-themed candy to make a garland for your tree.

Homemade Christmas Candy Centerpieces

No Christmas table setting is complete without a centerpiece. A candy centerpiece is the perfect addition to a delicious dinner table.

Candy Cane Vase

A candy cane vase is simple and easy. Using a glue gun on low-heat setting, glue canes to the outside of a cheap vase facing the hooks outward. Hooks may be at the top of the vase, or could rest along the bottom. Glue miniature canes end-to-end so you have a hook at the top and bottom of the vase.

Go beyond traditional red and white striped candy canes and use multi-colored versions or alternate colors in your vase. If you have a color theme in your home, such as winter blues, try to match the cane color.

Topiary Christmas Tree

Make a Christmas tree using your holiday candy. You will need to purchase a Styrofoam tree and holiday-themed painted pot to hold the tree, or paint your own. Then follow these steps to decorate:

  1. Glue green spice drops around the top of the base to create a green moss-like look.
  2. Use a Santa lollipop to create the look of Santa putting presents under the tree.
  3. Add mini Christmas presents to make the look even more realistic.
  4. Push green lollipops into the tree, covering the entire shape. Make sure pops are close together.
  5. Top your tree with a star shaped lollipop.

Just about any candies can be used to cover the topiary Christmas tree. Consider gluing chocolate ball ornaments or striped mints in between green lollipops to look like ornaments placed upon the tree.

Sandy Candy Centerpiece

Using Sandy Candy in holiday colors like greens, reds, whites, and blues, create a fun centerpiece for your table.

Fill a tall glass candle holder or large round bowl with Sandy Candy and top with a large chocolate holiday shape, like snowmen, Santas, or reindeer. The colored foil-wrapped chocolates make excellent choices. Scatter other candies around the larger pieces.

This is such an easy centerpiece, even the youngest of kids can make it without too much help from Mom and Dad.

Christmas Decorations Made from Candy for Trees

Your Christmas tree is the perfect display area for candy decorations. You can make your own decorations or buy ones ready to hang. Kids will get a kick out of this “treat” tree and you will have fun making it—as long as you refrain from eating the ornaments!

Peppermint candy canes make great ornaments for your tree, with their natural hook shape for hanging on branches. Fortunately, candy companies have realized the appeal of hanging treats from trees, and have created a number of ornaments out of candies and chocolate. Candy ornaments ready for hanging include:

Of course, you can always make your own tree decorations from candy. Creating a candy garland is a great family activity that will help accent your candy-filled tree. A candy garland can be made in a similar fashion to popcorn strings. Using the same concept, string the following candies along your garland:

Choosing a theme for your string, such as a color pattern or only Santa faces, can create a cohesive look to your candy garland. You may even want to create a faux chocolate string of Christmas bulbs, using foil-covered chocolates. Add a nostalgic touch and intersperse popcorn on your string with the other holiday candies.

Tips for Crafty Candy Décor

Christmas decorations made from candy can be a delight during the holidays. To make your candy crafts the best possible, follow these tips:

  • Always supervise children using scissors, glue guns, needles, or other items.
  • Keep chocolates at a height dogs and cats cannot reach.
  • Buy more candy than you think you need; some is surely to be eaten as you make your decorations.
  • You can create great candy decorations by simply gluing candy onto any sort of Styrofoam holiday shape—perfect for those who are lacking creative skills or time.
  • Exercise caution if you plan to eat candy after the holidays. Candy wrappers that have been punctured or candies exposed to glue should be discarded.
  • Consider making candy items to give as Christmas gifts.

The most important tip is to make decorations that appeal to your sense of design] and your sense of taste!

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