It's time to dress your Christmas tree up Candyland style with all types of sweet treat themed ornaments. These 5 colorful candy themed ornaments are easy enough to create in one afternoon and will help you create the perfect colorful, sweet filled tree for the holidays. Everything from colorful gingerbread men, to rainbow candy canes, to large wrapped hard candies and gum drops can be made with a few supplies and a little DIY action.
Begin by taping off the blank gingerbread men ornaments asymmetrically across the middle. Then paint one side with one color of acrylic craft paint. For more pastel colors of paint, try mixing primary colored acrylic craft paint with white to get the perfect colors for your decor. Repeat with the other gingerbread men ornaments. Next, remove the tape and paint the other side a coordinating color. Once the paint is dry, use a gold paint pen to draw on eyes, buttons, and a mouth.
Begin by painting styrofoam balls with colorful acrylic craft paint. Once dry, Use white craft paint and a small brush to add on candy stripping and swirls. When the white paint drys, cut pieces of clear cellophane into large squares and wrap the balls in the cellophane wrap. Use 4" pieces of chenille stems to twist around each end to make the styrofoam ball look like a wrapped candy.
Begin by cutting egg shaped foam balls in half with a serrated knife. Then paint the top half of the egg with acrylic craft paint and let dry. Next, rub glue all over the painted egg half and dip in iridescent glitter. Let the glue dry, then add an ornament hook by poking one half into the top of the gumdrop ornament.
Begin by taking one white, red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple chenille stem and lining them up so that the ends meet. Then twist the colors together to form a long rainbow colored twisted stick. Finally, bend over one end to create a candy cane hook.
Begin by painting wood beads in different colors of acrylic craft paint and let dry. Once dry, use a glue gun to attach the wood beads to each other to form a long hard candy stick ornament. Tie a piece of baker's twine around the top wood bead so that you can hang the ornament on the tree.
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