Crafting Candy Wrapper Flowers

I have always had a sweet tooth and a soft spot for candy. The guilt from eating candy is bad enough to weigh me down. It would be far worse if I had no use for all the leftover candy wrappers that I accumulate. I was visiting with my niece when I stumbled upon the ideal craft project for keeping candy wrappers out of landfills. It is a very simple project and takes very little time or trouble.

To get started making candy wrapper flowers, the first thing you will need to do is eat plenty of candy. I would be lying if I said that this was not my favorite part of the whole project. When you open the candy package, try not to rip it too much. You will want to save even the outer package to use for your flower stem. As you unwrap your candy to eat it, spread out each candy wrapper and set them aside to use for your project.

Items Needed For Flower
1. Outer candy wrapper or bag
2. Scissors
3. Tape
4. A vase
5. Individual candy wrappers

Getting Started On The Flower
As you eat each individual candy, flatten out and smooth your candy wrapper. Stack your wrappers and keep them nice and centered. If your candy wrappers come in several different colors, you will want to stagger the colors as you stack them to get the best effect. Square wrappers will do the best for this project but any shape will work.

Once you have a stack of at least ten or more wrappers, you will be ready to poke a hole in the center of each wrapper. You can use just about anything with a sharp point to poke your holes. Just be sure to keep each hole in the exact center of each wrapper. As you finish with each wrapper, stack it and remember to stagger the colors again.

Making The Flower Stem
The first thing you will want to do is make a note of the size of the holes that you punched into your candy wrappers. The stem you are going to create for your flower can not be much thicker than the holes you put in to the candy wrappers. You may have to cut down your outer wrapper if it is too large to use for the stem.

All you are going to do once you have an appropriate sized piece of outer wrapper to work with is a lot of twisting. You will want to grab one end of your outer wrapper and start twisting it very tight. The wrapper should hold itself in place unless you have a slick plastic outer wrapper. If you are using slick plastic, just add a small piece of tape around it to hold it in place as you twist your way up.

You will want to end the flower stem with a point. If you have to use your scissors and cut a bit off to make a pointed tip, that is perfectly fine. You might also want to use your tape to firm up the tip of your flower stem. The candy wrapper flower that is pictured along with this article had a firm wrapper and I did not have to tape it to keep it in place.

Putting The Flower Together
Once you are completely satisfied with your stem, you will want to start adding the candy wrappers to the tip of it to make your flower. Take your time and add each wrapper on one at a time. Every time you add a new wrapper, position it so that it is slightly off center from the wrapper you put on the stem before it. You can glance at the candy wrapper flower that I made to give you an idea of how to layer your candy wrappers.

Keep adding candy wrappers until you have a full little flower. When you are happy with the look of the flower, you will pinch it between two fingers and slide it just a pinch further down the flower stem. Now, take the part of the stem that pokes through the center of the flower and give it a twist. You may have to push and bend it down a bit in to the center of the flower to get the perfect fit.

All you have to do now is find the perfect little vase to use to display your beautiful candy wrapper flower. You may love it so much that you will want to go get more candy and add a few more. I hope you enjoy this simple craft project. It is the perfect project to share with children. If you are looking for more ideas for craft projects, you might want to click here for all of my craft and hobby articles.