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Candy Plant
Create candy flowers in a terra cotta clay pot. A great gift idea shared by SUSAN5679!


Materials:
  • 3 inch Clay Pot
  • Green Floral Foam
  • Paint
  • Wrapped Candy
  • Popsicle-Type Sticks
  • Glue

Instructions:
Paint a small clay pot. My children used the tip of a paintbrush to place dots all over the pot in lieu of totally painting them. Place a snug piece of green floral foam (Oasis) in the pot.

Hot glue wrapped candies (I used very small chocolate bars, kisses and colorful hard candies) to a wide craft stick or small dowel. I also made the plants a little fuller by gluing small candies on two small craft sticks so that I had three stems in each pot.

Place the stick(s) in the oasis. Fill in at the bottom with shredded tissue or Easter grass.

Optional: "I also backed some of the candy with some opalescent wrap that I had left over from another project. (An easier alternative is to line the clay pot with some clear or colored plastic wrap, place some crumpled tissue in the base and fill with candies.)"

- See a larger photo of this craft completed by Vickie's Daycare.
- See a photo of this craft completed by Dryden David.
- See a photo of a Valentine's Day version of this craft completed by Laura.
- See a photo of this craft completed by Matt and Andi.

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