![]() So heads up, if you are rough with them, they can snap apart.With the 4th of July coming and summer boredom starting to show up, I thought it would be fun to come up with a little patriotic craft that the kids can do. My 6 year old even took hers to school… although, it came back from school broken. The kids LOVED these! They were so excited for me to finish my photo shoot so they could steal them to play with. (And if you do make them, I’d love you to share photos of them in the comments below! They’ll be a lot more visible on the Christmas tree. I made them in clear and red patterns, clear and green patterns, and red, green and clear patterns.Īgain, if you make your own melted bead candy canes I recommend trying them with opaque white beads instead of the clear beads. If you’re planning to hang them on the tree, attach another loop of fishing line to use as a hanger. ![]() Just thread the two jingle bells onto the fishing line, tie a quick knot to keep the bells from separating, then tie them around the candy cane. I used fishing line to attach the jingle bells to the candy cane. You can put them in the fridge or freezer if it’s not cold enough outside, but I do recommend keeping them outside for at least a few minutes to let the melted plastic smell dissipate a bit before you bring them inside. I let them sit outside in the cold for about 10 minutes to cool completely. So if you make these at a warmer temperature, it will probably take less time for them to melt. ![]() Keep in mind that since I live in Canada, it was really cold outside when I made these with a temperature of 2✬ (35✯). I baked them for about 7 or 8 minutes outside until they had fused together. But it worked like a charm, and at least I didn’t have to worry about toxins in the house! You can melt them on your barbecue as well. I used 12 beads in each candy cane, alternating the colours as I went.Īnd again I got to look like a crazy person by putting our toaster oven outside on the porch to keep the plastic vapours out of the house. Line a small pan with aluminum foil and arrange the pony beads in a candy cane shape. They still look pretty beautiful I think! In retrospect, I think these would have looked AWESOME if I had made these melted bead candy canes with opaque white pony beads instead of the clear ones. ![]() I’m pretty sure at this time of year you can buy a bag of pony beads in Christmas colours? I still had TONS leftover from the cookie cutter melted bead ornaments I made last week, so I just picked out the Christmas colours from the assorted bag. The full printable instructions are at the end of this post, but here’s what you’ll need: And I was so happy with how beautiful they turned out! Melted Bead Candy Canes | Candy Cane Bead Ornaments So I stuck with the simple look of jingle bells. I tried tying fancy ribbons around them, but I just couldn’t get it to look right. When I was making the melted bead Christmas ornaments last week, I was thinking how easy it would be to make these melted bead candy canes freehanded instead of using cookie cutters! And they were the PERFECT opportunity to use my leftover craft jingle bells! ![]() There is something that’s simply magical about the jingly sound it makes! I absolutely love it! Have you ever gone to the craft store, spotted a little bag full of small, silver jingle bells, and picked it up to give it a gentle shake to test out the sound? I LOVE doing that. My 6 year old, my 4 year old and my husband all started to sing along to the music and I had the BIGGEST smile on my face! lol How cheesy am I that it felt like a dream come true to hear all my peeps singing away to Christmas tunes in the car!? Yesterday after dinner, we had to make a family trip to Walmart to buy two of the three kids new winter boots (MAN, their feet grow fast!), and we were playing the kids favourite version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town in the van on the way to the store. Picture the tiniest flurry and my husband saying, “Debbie, it’s way too early for Christmas music!” and me replying, “What are you talking about!? It’s snowing!!!!!!” Even if it starts to snow in October, I’m excited for the excuse to play my favourite Christmas songs!! As soon as it starts to get cold outside I pop my favourite mixed Christmas CD into the car stereo and play it non-stop until New Years. Have you started listening to Christmas music yet? I loooooove Christmas music. ![]()
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