Delicious Candy Candle

Difficulty: Very Easy

Age: 3 and up

Parental supervision is recommended

Celebrate Valentine's Day, the winter holidays, Easter, or a birthday with this pretty and festive candle.

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What you'll need:

  • Candle
  • Candy conversation hearts, holiday mints, or jelly beans, or other favorite candy
  • Hot glue and hot glue gun (adults only)

How to make it:

  1. Start with a short, thick candle (look for pink, white, or red).
  2. Pour out a bag of candy on the table. Encourage your child to place thick tacky glue on the backs of the candy pieces and press these at the base of the candle. (Or have your child help you sort the candy while you use a hot glue gun to fix it to the candle.)
  3. Continue putting candy all the way around the base of the candle in three or four rows.Start with a short, thick candle (look for pink, white, or red).
  4. Pour out a bag of candy on the table. Encourage your child to place thick tacky glue on the backs of the candy pieces and press these at the base of the candle. (Or have your child help you sort the candy while you use a hot glue gun to fix it to the candle.)
  5. Continue putting candy all the way around the base of the candle in three or four rows.
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