Category: Candy

Food gifts: Gummy Candy Skewers tutorial
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Stephanie from the fabulous Couture Parties created these oh-so-clever Gummy Candy Skewer favors for a “Preppy Beach Party” she recently designed, and she was kind enough to share a step-by-step tutorial with us here! One of the best things about this favor idea is that it can easily be tailored to other themes too… For example:gummy tropical fruit skewers for luau theme, spiders/frogs/worms for Harry Potter or Halloween parties,butterflies for fairy parties, etc… so many options! Full details on the candy skewers are below… and stay tuned for more details on Couture Parties Preppy Beach Party, including additional
Food gifts: Vintage Bouquet Tutorial
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Food gifts: Vintage Bouquet Tutorial I come from a long line of crafters, but I have to say that I most likely got my crafting gene from my grandmother. She was a master crocheter, master seamstress, she gardened and canned a lot of her own food, and she worked full time while doing it all. She was the master of crafting ADD. When I was younger, she would send me occasional kits from a craft club that she belonged to called National
Food gifts: Sweets Indeed Halloween Candy Skewers
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How FUN are these colorful Halloween Sweets Skewers from Sweets Indeed?! The skewers hold over one half pound of candy each! The {limited edition} designs include Bats, Skulls,Pumpkins, Zombies, Caskets, and Eyeballs. Great idea for Halloween party favors & gifts! (Note: The ordering deadline for Halloween skewers is this week! – Friday, October 15th) Sweets Indeed offers candy skewers for other holidays & occasions too – they can actually be customized to any color palette or theme! Scroll down for more examples of both Halloween and beyond… Food gifts: Sweets Indeed Halloween Candy Skewers
Baby favor: Sucker Covers tutorial
Candy, Cards, Making flower, Origami, Paper crafts, Wrapping and Packaging | 0 Comment
Paper crafts for kids Sucker Covers Super easy and cute sucker covers. Let's make some..... Click on the template then right click and save. I printed mine on the back side of scrap book paper. I'm not a scrap book gal but love the paper. It's good for all kinds of crafty goodness! Cut out your covers, punch a hole where the circle is, then fold on the dotted lines. Insert your sucker, tuck in that top flap, secure with a glue stick. Now it's all

Flower gifts: Candy Cane Centerpiece tutorial
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This adorable candy cane vase will add the perfect festive touch to your Christmas season wedding. Place one on each table and fill with red roses. Your guests can help themselves to the candy canes during the evening or a few lucky guests can take the complete vase home to use for holiday entertaining. If you plan on playing wedding games during your reception, these make great prizes. Materials Required: Cylindrical vase or clean empty can Two sided tape (found at most hardware
Unique food for parties: candy necklace
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Do you remember candy necklaces? They were little discs of candy on an elastic string. From what I remember, they weren’t very good. Here’s a simple do it yourself candy necklace that would be a great party favor for a child’s birthday. I chose Lemonhead candies because summer is just around the corner and the lemony yellow color would make a great summer party theme. They’re also a nice shape to wrap and not sticky. To make a candy necklace, cut a strip
Unique pot flower for kids: candy gifts
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A Different Kind of Bouquet Teacher's Appreciation Week is coming up so my kids and I wanted to honor their teachers with something homemade. Each year we do this. (Okay, so it hasn't been many years since my kids are young, but we have included daycare staff in this as well.) We were thinking about making posters again this year but wanted to do something a little different. Something that they wouldn't get 15 of. A couple of weeks ago I was
Flowers for valentine: Make Valentine lollipop flowers
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Make Valentine lollipop flowers Lollipop flowers are a cute Valentine's Day craft, so H and I set about making some on Friday. Unfortunately, the steps can be tricky for little hands so we modified the project to make it toddler friendly. Here's what we did, so your little one can make a bunch: Original Valentine lollipop flowers [adapted from Martha Stewart] You'll need: - Lollipops - Coloured paper (we used pink and green) - Cupcake liners (we used pink and green) - Scissors - Hole punch - Tape - Glue Directions: Step one: Take a piece
Unique gifts : Valentine Heart Lollipops
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Valentine Heart Lollipops I just thought these were too cool. Totally Valentin-y and so easy to make. What's not to like, right? But the fact that my daughter about screamed when she saw them was the icing on the cake. She LOVED them! I saw the idea over on Pleasant Home. Ingredients * Small candy canes (left over from Christmas) =o) * White melting chocolate * Valentine's sprinkles * Lollipop sticks First you position the stick between the candy canes so that they form a heart. Melt your chocolate.
Food gifts: free Candy Corn Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
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Free crochet patterns Crochet Amigurumi Candy Corn These little guys are a dietitian’s best friend. No calories! You can make a whole group of them for a cute little Halloween centerpiece. They are quick to work up. You can make one in 30-40 minutes. I think this would be a great project to help your daughter or granddaughter learn to crochet. My 9 year old has been begging to learn. I think I might help her make a couple for her room. She
Food gifts: Cake Pops tutorial
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Cake Pops - Spring Flowers The other day I decided to create my own spring inspired cake pops, seeing how Easter is only a few weeks away. If you are feeling a little confused because you have never heard the words "cake pops" before you should visit this site, (Bakeralla) because they are simply fabulous! *Cake Pops are basically ground up cake pieces which are mixed with lots of yummy frosting and then dipped into chocolate and formed into various fascinating designs. To make these cake pops a little
Gum Drop Pomander Ornament for kids
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One day recently, the idea popped into my head to decorate with gumdrops. I’ve made two different gum drop crafts {one of which I’ll show you soon…I promise}, but for now here is one that I’m just loving! Introducing….Gum Drop Pomander Ornaments!! Fabulous, eh? so let’s get to it! Supplies You’ll Need: Styrofoam balls {super cheap at Walmart!} Ribbon Straight Pins Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks Gum Drops Scissors Squeeze a dab of glue on a foam ball and then attach the ribbon with a pin through the hot