How to Make Candy Jewelry
Making candy jewelry is a great activity for a birthday party or sleepover. Kids tend to love making anything with candy. It's colorful and delicious, and makes a great party favor. Making jewelry out of candy that already has holes in it is easiest, but you can also poke holes through softer candy.
Things You'll Need
- Toothpicks
- Scissors
- Plastic lacing
- Plastic bowls
- Lifesavers
- Twizzlers
- Gumdrops
- Gummi Bears
- Jelly beans
- Mini-marshmallows
Instructions
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Divide the candy into bowls.
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Cut the Twizzlers into 1/2-inch pieces. Poke a hole in each Gummi Bear, jelly bean, marshmallow and gumdrop with a toothpick.
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Cut a length of plastic lacing long enough to fit around the wrist or over the head of the wearer.
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Knot the lacing at one end. Use one of the smaller-holed candies to begin your string of candy jewelry so it won't slide off.
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Lace different candies onto your string or use all of the same kind of candy. When you've finished adding candy, make a knot at the end of the string.
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Tie the ends together.
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Tips & Warnings
To make your candy jewelry completely edible, you can use shoe string licorice to string it together.
Make your own rock candy and turn it into a pendant for your necklace.
Tape the ends of a length of candy dots together to make a candy crown or bracelet.
Resources
- Photo Credit candy image by cherie from Fotolia.com
