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Holiday Candy Trains Add a Sweet Decoration for Your Holiday Table
I recently fell in love with this holiday craft when a friend of mine emailed it to me. It's a sweet way to add unique decorations to your holiday celebration. These cute candy trains also make great stocking stuffers and ornaments. Candy is a favorite of many, so why not get your creative hands moving fast on this holiday craft. Let the kids help with shopping for the candy and of course with putting it all together. Hope you enjoy this craft. I'll be making a few this weekend for my holiday celebration. If they come out good, I'll post them for you all to see. Happy crafting!
*These directions are for making 1 train car. Please add more candy if you'd like to make a long train.
*Please feel free to be creative and place the candy where you'd like
Things You'll Need:
1 roll of Lifesavers Candy
1 small package of gum
1 chocolate rollo Candy
1 Hershey's Kiss
1 mini Hershey's chocolate bar
1 Starburst candy
4 Round peppermint candies
Fancy string or Ribbon for the ornament hanger (optional)
Low temp. hot glue gun
Putting it All Together:
*Use the hot glue gun to make all candy stick into place
1. If you're making an ornament tie the ribbon into a loop around the Lifesavers package.
2. Glue roll of Lifesavers candy on top of the package of gum (with ribbon loop in between, if making ornament)
3. Glue 4 peppermint candies onto the package of gum (making wheels)
4. Glue the Hershey's Kiss on the end of the Lifesavers package to make the train smokestack (flat side up or whatever you prefer)
5. On the other end of the Lifesavers package glue a Rollo candy to make the engineer's room and then glue a small candy (Starburst) on top of the Rollo candy for the roof.
6. Place the Mini Hershey's bar on the back end of the Candy Train.
Here are some images of candy trains we found around the web:
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Comment by Monica J on February 3, 2012 at 7:31am Hi Giulia, your Valentine's train looks gorgeous. I have to post your pic on the blog. I'm so happy you tried out this project. I love it! I think the kids at your son's school will love it too. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
Comment by Giulia Occhino Cermak on January 26, 2012 at 12:51pm 
Monica...here is the train using Valentines day candy! I could not find gum in the packets...they now come in flat boxes.
Comment by Monica J on January 20, 2012 at 9:02pm I love these candy trains. Aren't they so much fun? You can make them unque and add whatever you or the kids want. Have fun with this project. please share some pics when you do it. I'd love to see your finished product. Thanks for the comment! :-)
Comment by Giulia Occhino Cermak on January 17, 2012 at 9:00pm I know you have not posted since 2010, but I am going to make this train for my sons Valentines Day at school using all red a pink candy, using your candy list! Thank you! Great idea this train is.
Comment by Samantha on December 19, 2010 at 5:36am i luv this craft too! such a neat and crafty idea, kids can play with it and eat it too...not sure about eating all of it though. it'd be neat if they could link up to make a long train.
Comment by Monica J on December 11, 2010 at 9:37am I love this craft. What do you all think? Will you try your crafting hands at this one?
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