With the thought of winter break around the corner, we dream of sugarplums dancing in our heads. The anguish of finals may cause many sleepless nights. Why not relax and get in the holiday spirit by brightening your studying with a cheerful candy sleigh, or decorate your home festively with a wreath?
Candy Sleigh: To make a candy sleigh, you simply need:
- A hot glue gun, candy canes, a KitKat bar, flat mini-sized candies, such as Hersey’s or Starbursts, and ribbon. (It’s easier and more fun to construct the sleigh with a roommate or friend, too!)
- The first step: run a strip of hot glue down the two candy canes
- Next, attach the KitKat bar to form the base.
- Attach 10 mini-sized candies in the shape of a pyramid on top of the KitKat bar with a small drop of glue.
- Once the glue has dried, tie a festive ribbon around the sleigh and pass out to your friends and neighbors!
Holiday Wreath: In order to make a holiday wreath, you’ll need:
- Cardboard, scissors, 1 large bowl, 1 small bowl, holiday gift bows, and hot glue
- To begin, take the large bowl (likely from your kitchen) to trace onto a piece of cardboard.
- Cut out the circle, and then trace and cut a smaller circle out of the center of the cardboard using a smaller bowl
- Next, glue the ribbons onto the cutout circle.
- Once you have filled the entire wreath with holiday bows, hang it on your door with tape or a tack!
Candy Sleigh info: http://ellynsplace.blogspot.sk/2011/12/candy-sleighs.html
Holiday Wreath info: http://www.brit.co/bow-wreath/
Contributed by Julie Ramus