Candy Cane Crafts – DIY Ideas For Your Inspiration

Cane canes are so popular during Christmas season and you can bring the feel of Christmas all year long by creating cute little candy crafts that will look very innovative and beautiful. They are very simple to make and will turn simple items into decorative ones and costs less too.

Candleholders:

Take a lid of any small container where you can insert the candle and cover the container with candy canes and tie them with a ribbon. This candleholder is easy to make you can place them as a centerpiece too.

Cane flower vase:

Just like you made the candleholder this flower vase is easy to make and you can create one in a similar fashion. All you need is a broad container like the one you can insert the flower bunch in it and start arranging the candy cane around it. Later you can fill the flowers in it and place the vase anywhere around your house.

Cane wreath:

Make a wreath out of cane where you can hang it outside the door and it is very easy to make, as you need to tie the two canes facing each other and join them in a circular shape. The center can be adorned with a flower bunch, leaves or pinecones.

Door décor idea:

Make a door handle décor with candy canes, and it is one of the easiest craft, as you just need to hang a couple of canes to the door handle with a ribbon. This will make the door handle look decorative and cute.

Gift tags with canes:

Before you add a gift tag to the wraps you can attach a candy cane to the tags and then attach them to the gifts. This will make it look sweet and the person can open it with a smile as they chew on the candy.

Marshmallow snowman and sleigh:

Make a sleigh out of candy canes and you can attach marshmallows on top of it and place them as centerpieces on the dining table to make it look attractive.

Place card holder:

Make a small bundle with three candy canes and then place the name cards in it, this will not only serve as a card holder but they can also carry it along with them as a return gift.

DIY Candy Cane Ornament:

Attach flowers, leaves or Christmas balls to the candy canes and they will look like tiny ornaments that can be used to adorn other things.

This vintage Christmas card was my inspiration.These are the easiest ornaments in the world to make.  It takes a few inexpensive supplies and a hot glue gun.  Honestly, the most expensive part of this was the candy canes because I wanted to use the big fatties from Hammond’s.  They make the most beautiful candy canes and I thought they would look most like the card.
You can find them at specialty grocery stores and at Cost Plus.  The candy canes are $2.50 but the combined total of all the other supplies, per ornament was less than 50 cents each.

 

 

 

 

-This is what I used besides the candy cane:
-sprig from a Christmas floral
-wired balls
-pre-made ribbons
-florist’s wire

I took these supplies and cut them into pieces.Then, I just hot-glued everything back together to imitate the Christmas card. 

I made a big loop and tied the florist’s wire into a tight little knot.  Then I hot glued it like a mad woman onto the candy cane and the ribbon to act as a holder.  Voila!  They’re super simple and I love them! They would be just as cute with smaller candy canes and any color Christmas balls you wanted to use.  My ornaments will only be used for one year since the big Hammond’s candy canes needed to be unwrapped and are a little bit sticky.  If you use the smaller shrink-wrapped candy canes, you could probably re-use them a few more times.  You can see I switched out the ball color and the type of evergreen on this one.

Aren’t they fun?  I think I could handle just these colors on my tree–no problem.  Maybe I’ll work toward this so when the kids take leave with their huge collections of ornaments in the next couple of years I’ll still have something to decorate the tree with!  Do you have a coordinated tree or a family tree?  Which do you love the most?

You even can create a candy cane Christmas tree! Check for more DIY Christmas tree ideas !