Eye Candy
Like pumpkins, ghosts and witches, candy corn just screams Halloween. Sure it satisfies your sweet tooth, but the tasty confection's visual appeal also makes a great decoration for the holiday. (And with over 35 million pounds of candy corn manufactured each year, there's plenty of it to go around!) The seven decorating ideas below-from stringing the candy into garlands to using it to decorate tabletops--are proof that sometimes playing with your food is more fun than eating it!
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Ear Buds
At this time of year, it seems candy corn does grow on trees. Pick a few clean-looking branches from your yard and hot-glue kernels onto them in clumps of twos and threes in various spots, concentrating on the ends and the Vs where the twigs branch off. Wedge the trunk of the branch into a small Styrofoam or floral square (available at crafts stores) and rest it in the base of a vase. Fill the vase to the brim with corn to cover the Styrofoam.
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Howl-oween Cards
Kids going batty indoors? Pull out art supplies and make cards you can hang on the refrigerator or hand out.
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Corn Balls
Gather several Styrofoam spheres and hot-glue the bases of candy corns (we used Brach's and Jelly Belly) tightly round and round the balls. Set atop containers or group in a bowl on the table.
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Snack Table
Lay your bounty down the center of a cloth-covered table and nestle candles and pumpkins randomly among them. Use a measuring stick to create a straightish edge on both sides, pushing the candy farther into the center. Finish with stark dishware and harvest-hued napkins fan-folded and tied with spidery ribbon.
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Good-Enough-to-Eat Garland
Why pop kernels for a swag when you can string the candy kind? Thread monofilament fishing line (at hardware stores) onto a needle and poke it through the candies, avoiding areas where the colors meet-corn can break at those points. Hang on a mantel or a staircase using cloth tape.
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Feed the Flames
Fill glass hurricanes or cylinders about a third of the way with candy corn and rest a pillar in the center of each. The candy will keep the candles standing upright; just don't leave lit candles unattended.
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Sweet Wreath!
When weaved together, candy corn makes a vivid textile pattern, which you can use to create this chic door adornment. All you need is a Styrofoam wreath, black duct tape, a hot glue gun, candy corn, and, most important, a wide black ribbon to conceal any unavoidable gaps.
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