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5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

December 12, 2017 By Vanessa Beaty 1 Comment

The holidays are a time to celebrate many things, but one of them is definitely food. Whether we’re talking about complex recipes or simple crafts, there is no time like the present to break out the treats.

We’re still a ways off from Christmas, so be sure to get started with our 25 homemade Halloween candy recipes and our 30 Halloween party drink recipes.

When you are ready to start with your Christmas crafting, we have got a treat in store for you—an exclusive video which teaches you how you can make everything from a sleigh to a wreath using ordinary candy canes. These crafts are as fun as they are delicious. Check it out!

Table of Contents

  • Materials:
  • Candy Sleigh
  • Candy Cane Heart Ornament
  • Candy Cane Treble Clefs
  • “Merry Christmas” Candy Canes
  • Candy Cane Wreath

Materials:

Hot glue and glue gun
Candy canes
Kit Kat bars
Chocolate Santa
Other treats of your choice
Twine
Crafting straw
Pipe cleaners
Gift tag
Bows and embellishments
Snowflake ornament

Steps:

Candy Sleigh

1. Get a Kit Kat bar (or any treat with a similar size and shape), and lay it flat. Then hot glue a couple of candy canes to it on the bottom.

Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

2. Stack some more candy containers on top.

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Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

3. Add a chocolate Santa.

Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

4. Tie a ribbon around the sleigh to hold everything together. Add any extra embellishments you want, and you have an amazing little candy sleigh!

Candy Sleigh - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Candy Cane Heart Ornament

1. Glue two candy canes together in a heart shape.

Candy Cane Heart Ornament - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Cane Heart Ornament - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

2. Add some craft straw or any other embellishments you want.

Candy Cane Heart Ornament - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

3. Affix some twine to it so you can hang it on the tree.

Candy Cane Heart Ornament - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Candy Cane Heart Ornament - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Candy Cane Treble Clefs

1. Get a single candy cane and a single pipe cleaner.

Candy Cane Treble Clefs - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
2. Shape the pipe cleaner into a kind of swirly “S” shape. It will form part of the treble clef when combined with the candy cane.

Candy Cane Treble Clefs - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

3. Glue the pipe cleaner and the candy cane together to form the completed treble clef.

Candy Cane Treble Clefs - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Cane Treble Clefs - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Candy Cane Treble Clefs - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

This is the perfect craft to decorate the tree of any music lover!

“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes

1. Glue two candy canes together.

“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
2. Glue a third candy cane to the back to provide more stability.

“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Once you have tied on a bow and added a gift tag which reads “Merry Christmas,” you can prop it up as holiday décor, perhaps to greet guests in your foyer for your Christmas party.

“Merry Christmas” Candy Canes - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

Candy Cane Wreath

1. Glue two candy canes into a heart shape.

Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

2. Do this a number of times with more pairs of candy canes.

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Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas
Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

3. Glue them all together in a circle.

Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

4. Mount a snowflake ornament (or anything else you want) in the center.

Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

You now have a fabulous wreath!

Candy Cane Wreath - 5 Candy Cane Projects for a Deliciously Festive Christmas

I hope you enjoy making all of these awesome candy cane crafts! These are really easy projects, so they are great to do with your kids (just make sure they don’t eat all the supplies)!

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  1. lisa says

    December 5, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    wow this is amazing

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