How to Make Fun Candy Garlands from Paper Scaps!

I still have TONS of paper scraps that I want to use, but didn’t have fun ideas for it -until now!

Here is a cute paper craft to make a paper garland that looks like it has a bunch of strung up candies without the sticky mess or the temptation!

Get out your scraps of paper -any will do.  If you have different weights and textures, they can add nice depth when you’re finished.

Grab one piece of paper and draw out a bunch of circles (I used the middle of a plastic tape dispenser as my circle template.

Find a good contrasting colour to make the wrapped candy tips. Make sure to measure the diameter of the circle as the long middle so it’s easy to tape to the back of the circle.

For large lollipops, draw out larger circles just like the little wrapped candies.

Choose several different colours to combine contrasting ones for each lollipop.

Choose one colour as the base and one as the top swirl. Take the top colour and cut out a swirl. To do this, just start cutting at one point and follow the circle until you reach the middle.

To make the swirls thinner, cut along the middle of the strip and cut all the way through the middle. This should now give you two thinner swirls.  You can use both swirls for lollipops or use one swirl for other hanging decorations.

Glue the swirls down on the plain circles for the lollipop top.  Cut out a few sticks and just tape them to the back.

For simple mini heart lollipops, cut out small heart shapes and tape short sticks to the back. Simple!

I found these fun bright colours and just started cutting out rectangles and trapezoids (essentially a triangle with a cut tip).

Glue the trapezoids to the ends of the rectangles to make a simple type of rectangular wrapped candies.

For smaller scraps of paper, try to pair up shades of long thin rectangles together for candy sticks.

Take the lighter shades and cut out diagonal strips (width wise).  Discard every other strip and glue the rest on the darker strip.

Once all of the candies are done, arrange them as you like along a string or ribbon.  I like to arrange them close together so that the string is barely visible.

Finished!  Isn’t it adorable?  I think it’s a great decoration for Birthday parties, children’s play dates, or even just to dress up the house with something colourful and fun!

Let me know what you think and please send me your variations so that I can feature them on the site!