Holiday Family Craft - How to Make an Edible Candy Wreath

An edible candy wreath is a nice decoration for the holiday's. Better yet, you can make mini versions of this wreath for gift giving! Nothing is as homey and quaint as this yummy tasting wreath. You can hang it on the wall and enjoy it at the same time. This is a nice and easy craft to get the kid's involved in! They will marvel at the finished masterpiece and be proud of their contribution.

It is also nice enough for adults to make and give for gifts as well. It can even be catered to diabetics with sugar free candies if needed!

You can make this wreath one of two ways. You can use a coat hanger or you can use a hot glue gun and a Styrofoam wreath form,. You can find wreath forms inmost craft supply stores. As for peppermints the red and white disc variety will do. Or get creative and use cinnamon candies or butterscotch. You can really use just abut any candy that is wrapped in a wrapper and still be tied with a ribbon. During the holiday's most varieties of candies came in holiday colors which also helps coordinate with different holidays such as Christmas, Easter, etc. You can also use mini chocolate bars or most kinds of candies that are packaged and that you can tie a ribbon to! Get creative and experiment!

The supplies you will need for this project are;

clothes hanger or wreath form

hot glue and gun (only needed if using the wreath form)

scissors

mini scissors

curling ribbon

candy (1 super large bag of peppermints makes 2 wreaths)

If you are using a coat hanger you will need to bend it into a circle. You can also do heart shaped one if you want to make a wreath for Valentine's Day!

Next comes the most tedious part and that is tying the ribbons to the candy. Trust me you will be tired of this quickly if you don't have help enlisted. But the good news is it is easy and mindless and can be done watching TV or listening to music.

You will want to cut your ribbon about 3-4" in length. Be sure to leave enough on the ends so you can curl the ribbon with scissors on the ends. Really, it's not a science though so you can do this part however you like basically.