Saturday, November 29, 2008

Candy Christmas Trees


















Here are some of my candy Christmas trees. They really are easy to make and are very attractive. I am still experimenting with them. Finding the narrower wire ribbon has been a challenge! I saw another picture of some trees that used tulle (not netting - netting won't stay pinned to the styrofoam cone!) instead of ribbon. Personally I like the all ribbon version best, but because of the lack of narrower ribbon, my second choice is a bow on top and fill in a little with the tulle. Regular pins do not work well with this craft. They don't tend to hold the candy well. I used T pins and larger ball end pens. I liked the T pins best but wish I had found smaller than 1 1/2 and 1 1/4" pins! Obviously that is something that should be in my craft storage from now on!

5 comments:

Diane said...

I want to make some of these with Angel too! I was thinking it would make a great xmas gift for her teacher .
I just have to buy the supplies.
I will post when I get mine done. You used the strawberry ones that I love so I will be making at least one tree with those.
I love your trees great job!!!

krisijo said...

Great job! Those are great I'm sure the kids will love making them!

Amber said...

Those are really nice!! Makes a nice gift for a candy lover!!

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home said...

These are so cute! I'm featuring Christmas crafts this week on my blog. Do you mind if I use one of your photos? It would be one of several other photos I'm posting, and there would be a link back to your blog.

Joy said...

Hi! Your trees are so nice. They look great!