Sweet Bouquets - Candy Crafts - Edible Arrangements

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Edible Candy Bouquets and Food Crafts

Anyone can give a bouquet of flowers or a box of candy as a gift. Why not give an incredible edible candy craft bouquet or an arrangement made from sweet treats (candy, cookies, fruit)? Every holiday features special sweet treats - why not make a decoration or gift from candy or confections you've made yourself?

For Valentine's day decorate picture frames with candies, design candy ornaments or craft an edible gift bouquet made with candies and cookies. At Easter time, decorate cookies shaped like eggs, or create some hand-made candies dipped in chocolate and covered in pastel sprinkles.

For Christmas, make a Gingerbread house or cookies to hang on the tree and nibble until New Year. For harvest holidays or summer fun, you can create carved vegetables or fruits for the table or your friends.

Play with Your Food - sweet candy crafts and edible arrangements bring another creative dimension to Culinary Arts. Flowers are Fun, but edible Gift Bouquets made from candy, fruit, veggies, cookies or cakes are Sensational! Treat the kids to Candy Sushi or let them make some Candy Crafts at the next birthday party.

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Deliciously Beautiful Edible Candy Bouquets 

How to Make Candy Craft Arrangements for All Occasions

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How to Make A Candy Wreath 

A Candy Wreath is a fun Shower or Party Favor

Make a candy wreath for any party or special occasion - not just for Christmas! Change up the colors and candy types to match your holiday or party color scheme.

How to Make a Candy Christmas Wreath

Jill Cooper from LivingOnADime.com demonstrates how to make a Candy Christmas Wreath. This inexpensive and easy craft is a great gift for the holidays!

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Creative Candy Crafts and Party Favors 

Incredibly edible decorations and tiny sweet gifts made with candy or cookies or both

Ideas for easy candy crafts you can make.
  • Candy bars with personalized wrappers
  • Tiny tins of mints with custom labels
  • Sucker tied up with a dried flower and ribbon
  • Candy cane or lollipop attached to a card and balloon
  • Cookie on a stick, decorated with tiny candies
  • Teddy Bear Cookie wearing fruit roll "diapers"
  • Sugar Cookie Hearts with Licorice Ribbon Lacing
  • Candy covered picture frames
  • Candy Sushi - just don't dip these delicacies into ginger sauce ...
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Candy Covered Ornaments 

Decorate Cookies or Cardboard to Make Ornaments for Any Holiday or Party

Candy ornaments are a fun party activity for children or adults. You can decorate cookies to make candy covered ornaments, or you can glue candies to cardboard shapes to make your candy crusted decorations.

Cookies that make sturdy candy ornament bases include home made cookies: shaped sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies, or you can use packaged cookies: ginger snaps, shortbread cookies or graham crackers.

How to Make Candy Covered Ornaments
Mix up a batch of Royal Icing Glue and gather up your favorite small candies and colored sprinkles.

Spread a thin coating of icing glue on a cookie (to make an edible ornament) or cardboard shapes. Glue candies to the cookies or shapes. Glue on a ribbon or string to the back of the candy covered ornament. Allow candy ornaments to dry overnight before hanging on display rack, in window, on a holiday tree or wrapping up to use as a gift package tie-on.

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Sweet Fun Candy Crafts 

Cute and Sweet Edible Crafts to Make - Kid or Klutz Craft Friendly

Handmade edible sweet treat gifts are fun to create, wildly popular to give or get, and many are easy enough for kids to craft.
Candy Cane Heart Valentine Craft
Candy cane heart valentine craft. A homemade Valentine's Day craft heart made with candy canes.
Candy Sushi
The kids will love making and eating candy sushi - it's a great birthday party activity and treat.
Fun Edible Kid Crafts Made with Candy and Fruit
Kids will absolutely love making (and eating) these sweet treat candy craft and fruit decoration projects.
How to Make a Candy Topiary
Learn how to make a candy topiary. This yummy candy bouquet will have everyone's mouth watering for a bite!
Christmas Candy Topiary
You can make it yourself... a candy craft centerpiece for your Christmas holiday table.
Edible Thanksgiving Turkey Centerpiece
Kids will enjoy making these holiday decorations. When Thanksgiving is over they can eat their turkey made from candy and cookies!
Candy Crafts Made From Wrapped Candies
Quick and easy decorations to craft from wrapped candies.
Candy Sundae Craft Decoration
Looks like an ice cream treat, complete with the fancy tulip serving dish.
Candy Train Gifts
Choo Choo Charlie would love this one. Made from packaged candies still in their wrappers.
Tasty Candy Bouquet Centerpiece - Thanksgiving
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These are step by step instructions for growing your own sugar crystals or rock candy.
Wrapped Candy Christmas Wreath | Candy Craft
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Pretzel Shamrocks Candy Craft
Delicious, easy and fun to make pretzel shamrocks candy craft - the kids will love 'em.
Easy Candy Necklace
Fashion your favorite wrapped candies into mega-karat baubles. To create these sweet necklaces, you will need a bag of wrapped candies and a stapler.

Candy Craft Chocolate Molds 

Wilton 10 Piece Candy Mold Mega Pack

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Create a variety of chocolate candies and lollipops with this set of 10 molds in 72 different designs. Includes alphabet letters, numbers, hearts, peanut butter cups, transportation, sports, celebration, snacks, fruit, and flowers.

DIY Make Your Own Sweet Candy Craft Favors 

Small But Sweet Candy Crafts for Showers and Weddings

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Pacifier Favor
Make a baby's pacifier from candies.
Lollipop Lilies for Valentines | Blissfully Domestic
Looking for a fun way to make and give Valentines this year? Try these fun Lollipop Lilies. Lollipop Lily Leaf Download the files, cut and assemble with a Tootsie Roll Pop or other candy sucker with a stick.

Candy Decorated Picture Frame Craft 

It's fun and easy for kids to make a candy-decorated picture frame.

All you need are colorful hard candies and candy decorations, Royal icing, a picture frame, mat or cardboard to make a frame base, and ribbon or yarn to hang up the finished candy picture frame.

CANDY PICTURE FRAME MATERIALS
  • Clean Pre-made Picture Frame, Picture Mat or Recycled Cereal Box Cardboard, Recycled Corrugated, Foam Core to make a frame shape

  • Small Hard Candies, unwrapped

  • Cake Decorating Sprinkles

  • Royal Icing Glue (recipe below)

  • Ribbon or Yarn

  • Clear Acrylic Spray Finish (optional)

If you aren't using a pre-made picture frame or framing mat, draw and cut out a frame from clean cardboard in any size and shape you like. Cut an opening in the center for the picture to show through.

Candy Crafters Meringue Powder 

Meringue powder makes it easy to whip up royal icing at home.

Wilton 8 oz. Meringue Powder Mix

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Adds body to royal icing, meringue, boiled icing; stabilizes buttercream. Replaces egg white in many recipes. Resealable top opens completely for easy measuring. Certified Kosher.

Candy Picture Frame Directions 

1. Cover work surfaces with wax paper. Tape wax paper down to prevent sliding.

2. Spread royal icing glue onto one surface of the frame border, then starting with larger size candy pieces, glue candies onto frame in whatever arrangement or pattern desired.

3. Continue around the remaining border sections, covering the frame completely with candy.

4. Use decorative candy sprinkles to fill in any blank spots, applying extra icing glue as needed.

5. Allow project to dry completely. (Royal icing dries to a very hard cement-like finish.)

6. Mount a picture to the frame from the back so it shows through the frame. Glue or tape securely to hold in place.

7. Attach a ribbon or yarn securely to back of frame near the top to create a hanger.

OPTIONAL STEP
Spray the entire frame with clear spray finish to preserve and protect the frame.

Candy picture frames won't be edible if you spray clear acrylic on to preserve them, but they'll last a longer time and still look good enough to eat!

Free Candy Crafts Book Find many more creative candy crafts in this PDF booklet from the National Confectioners Association.

Pure Food Colors 

Wilton 12 Piece Icing Color Set

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Get exactly the right shades of practically any color with these concentrated icing colors.

Valentine Candy Bouquet 

Easy candy craft for your Valentine

Step by stap instructions for making a sweetheart sucker Valentine bouquet candy craft.
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Royal Icing Candy Glue 

Edible "cement" for candy and cookie decorators

INGREDIENTS
3 TBS. meringue powder
4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
4-6 TBS warm water

Beat all ingredients with mixer until icing forms peaks and thickens, starting with 4 TBS water and gradually adding more water by tablespoons to thin to workable consistency. Use less water if icing becomes too thick.

Makes about 3 cups.

Thanksgiving Cornucopia Candy Craft 

The kids will enjoy making and eating these sweet Horns of Plenty Thanksgiving treats. Easy to make!

Ingredients
1 pkg sugar cone waffle-style ice cream cones
Royal Icing
Candy sprinkles
Jelly beans, candy pumpkin creams, nuts and other small edible treats

Directions
  1. Place royal icing in a shallow bowl or saucer large enough to use for dipping.
  2. Place candy sprinkles in a single layer on wax paper or a shallow saucer.
  3. Dip the open end of a sugar cone into the icing, then into the sprinkles. Set aside on cookie rack or wax paper to dry.
  4. When cornucopia cones are dry, fill each with an assortment of nuts, jelly beans and candy pumpkins or candy corn.

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