Styrofoam Cone Candy Christmas Tree
This festive Christmas tree made by pinning candies to a styrofoam cone makes a cute decoration or a fun gift during the holidays.
Materials:
- 11" Styrofoam cone
- Wrapped Candies (I used Goetze's Caramel Creams (about 100 for an 11" tree)
- Straight pins (the type used for sewing)
- Floral picks with small balls (to cut apart and use for "ornaments")
- Wooden star (about 3" size and painted the color of your choice)
- Glue to attach star to the top of your tree
Instructions:
- Begin by pinning the candies in layers around the styrofoam cone. I used one pin for each candy. Push the pin through the top part of the candy wrapper and then push the pin into the cone to attach the candy. I used 18 caramels for the first layer around the bottom of the cone and then used 1 or 2 less caramels for each successive layer. I had eight layers of candies going around the cone when I reached the top, and my final round used 7 candies.
- You may also wish to cut a small piece of an extra wrapper and pin it at the top to cover any bare spot on top of the cone.
- I then used floral picks that had small red balls to create some ornaments for my candy tree. I cut them apart leaving some length to the wire stems so that I could poke them into the styrofoam cone. You can add these here and there as you wish for extra color or to cover small bare spots.
- Finally you can add a decoration to the top of your tree. I bought a wooden star at the craft store and painted it white and then gave it a topcoat of glitter paint too. I secured it to the top of the tree with just a dab of hot glue.