How to Make Lollipop Favors

Lollipops make sweet party favors.

Kids and adults of all ages will appreciate sweet-tasting lollipop party favors. Whether you are planning a birthday or holiday party, you can create candy favors to match the occasion. Vibrantly hued, flower-inspired lollipop favors are inexpensive and simple to make, and will work double duty as party table decor. After creating the unique parting gifts, arrange them in a decorative vessel, such as a sand pail or vase.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Small, individually wrapped lollipops
• Green tissue paper
• Mug
• Pencil
• Craft scissors
• Hole punch
• Transparent tape
• Black pipe cleaners
• White craft glue
• Plastic googly eyes

Lollipop Flowers

1. Start making a lollipop flower favor by gathering one small, individually wrapped lollipop for each guest. Choose lollipops featuring a rainbow of colors, or customize the hues to coordinate with a party theme. Pick all pink lollipops for a baby girl shower, or red and blue lollipops for a Fourth of July bash.

2. Place a coffee mug, rim-side-down, on a piece of green tissue paper and trace around it using a pencil. Create three tissue paper circles, which will represent the flowers' leaves, for each lollipop.

3. Set three tissue paper circles on top of each other. Make a hole through the center of the paper stack using a hole punch.

4. Slip a lollipop stick through the hole in the tissue in paper. Slide the papers up to the top of the candy. Push the papers up and around the candy so they resemble leaves.

5. Place a piece of tape at the point where the bottom paper meets the lollipop stick to secure them together.

Spooky Spider Lollipops

1. Make spooky-yet-sweet spider-inspired lollipops as Halloween party favors.

2. Hold four black pipe cleaners in your hand and center them at the base of a red or orange wrapped lollipop.

3. Wrap the pipe cleaners around the stick once so that there are four spider legs on each side of the stick.

4. Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner legs up to resemble feet.

5. Glue two plastic googly eyes onto the flat area in the center of the pipe cleaners where they meet.

References

• "All You"; Lollipop Flowers
• Busy Bees Kids Crafts: Lollipop Flowers
• Craftfully Made: Halloween Lollipops