The Martha Stewart Show

Candy Garland

The Martha Stewart Show

Martha creates a cute "candy" garland made with glittered foam cones.

Glittered ''Candy'' Garland Craft

Tools and Materials

Bamboo skewers
2-inch foam balls
White glue
Paintbrush
Orange, black, white, and yellow iridescent glitter
Mini treat wrappers
Screw punch
Hot-glue gun and hot-glue sticks
4- by 2-inch foam cones
Tinsel garland

Glittered "Candy" Garland How-To
1. To make the wrapped candy ornaments, pierce a bamboo skewer through the center of a two-inch foam ball. Holding skewer, dip ball into white glue, then brush off excess glue. Shake orange or black iridescent glitter onto ball and let dry.

2. Flatten out four mini treat wrappers. Glue wrappers together in twos, with white ("wrong") sides facing. Create a hole in the center of each wrapper circle with a screw punch. Thread wrappers onto skewer, with one on each side of ball. Hot-glue wrappers to ball; let dry. Remove skewer.

3. To make candy corn ornaments, sand a 4-inch by 2 1/2-inch foam cone into a candy corn shape. Dip top of cone into glue, brush off excess, and dip in white glitter. Let dry. Glitter the bottom of the cone in yellow, let dry, then brush glue onto the center of the cone and glitter in orange.

4. Once glittered, pierce a hole through bottom of cone with a bamboo skewer.

5. To string ornaments, glue or tape one end of a length of tinsel garland to a bamboo skewer. Thread skewer and garland through holes in ornaments, spacing as desired (the tinsel on the garland keeps the ornaments from sliding).

Resources
Iridescent Halloween mini glitter 6-pack, mini treat wrappers, screw punch, and hot-glue gun available from Martha Stewart Crafts. All other tools and materials available at most craft stores.

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