On New Year's Eve and Christmas, original hand-made crafts are becoming relevant. It is these products that are a wonderful gift to family members and friends and can become an interesting decoration of any living space. In this article we will share with you a simple technology for making a beautiful and tasty souvenir.
So, a tree of sweets. This product will appeal not only to adults, but, of course, will also please children. A Christmas tree made of sweets will not take up much space and will certainly become an ornament of any holiday table. So, we proceed to the manufacture of this colorful and vibrant craft.
Sweet New Year's present - a tree made of sweets: a master class
To make a sweet souvenir, you will need the following supplies:
- thick paper (thin cardboard) white or green;
- pencil, scissors;
- glue;
- stapler;
- Scotch;
- foil (bow);
- candy in a wrapper.
The basis for the Christmas tree is a cone made of thick paper or cardboard. For its manufacture, it is necessary to cut a semicircle from the existing material and roll it into a cone, fixing the edges with adhesive tape or glue. Trim the edges of the workpiece so that the craft is more stable. It is advisable to choose green paper, so your candy tree will look more natural. Although you can take white cardboard, paint it with paints or decorate the finished craft with decorative elements, hiding the white areas. If you wish, you can make a Christmas tree of golden or silver material, then your product will look very elegant and rich. It is advisable to choose a color for the "trunk" of the tree so that it harmonizes with the candy wrapper.
The next step in the manufacture of New Year’s crafts “Christmas tree of sweets” will be the attachment of sweets on it. They are placed around the base in rows, moving from bottom to top. It is advisable that each next row of sweets slightly cover the previous one, so the Christmas tree will not have ugly gaps. You can glue candies to the cone in a checkerboard pattern, in this case the product will look neat and elegant. There are two ways to attach sweets - using tape or using additional squares of paper attached with a stapler to the “tail” of each candy. Scotch does not hold well, but it makes it easy to separate sweets from the cardboard base without damaging their wrapper. The second method, using paper fixed on a candy wrapper with a stapler and glue on a cone, allows you to hold the candy well, but if you want to eat it, you will have to remove the treat from the wrapper, leaving it on the Christmas tree. For crafts, you can use one sort of candy, such a plain Christmas tree will look very stylish. You can also take sweets in a multi-colored, colorful wrapper - this craft will be more vibrant and festive. You can dream up and make a craft “Christmas tree of sweets” using confectionery products of two or three varieties, laying out each row in one of three colors. After gluing sweets, you can additionally decorate the craft with garlands of beads and beads, tinsel, sparkles. It’s good to put a little star on top of the tree.
We hope that now you know how to make a Christmas tree from sweets, and you can make such a nice and sweet souvenir yourself. This craft will delight guests and household members and create a festive atmosphere.