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Skittles and Starburst are my two absolute favorite candies! When given the chance to show off a fun Halloween idea featuring these two I was pretty excited {and of course my kids were too with the promise of eating some!} We decided to make some fun Candy Halloween Cards to give out to the boys’ teachers. The boys also wanted to attach a little candy goodie bag to the card. This is what we came up with…
I picked up a huge Skittles & Starburst 30 Pack from Sam’s Club for this project and it worked perfectly. Enough candy for the project AND for the goodie bags. I love the multi-pack with my two favorites in one box!
We were all pretty excited to got down to business.
I took some card stock and sketched out a few simple outline shapes. The ghost and the pumpkin are the most festive, but I liked the leaf too. Do you have other shape ideas?
We put glue in the center of the shape and I set my boys to filling the outlines.
It was fun watching them get so into it.
and there was some eating…
The ghost ended up with two different color eyes! {I gave the creative freedom to the kids!}
This is also a GREAT color sorting activity as they had to pick out the colors they needed.
While the boys finished up and the gobs of glue were drying, we filled some green bags with more candy. We used up the yellow ones leftover from the candy Halloween cards and added more Skittles and the Starburst.
When the glue was dry I punched a hole in the corner of the card, added a border to each one, then tied on the bag of candy.
I think the pumpkin is my favorite.
Ok candy lovers… did you know these candyies have thier own YouTube channels??? WHAT? Check out Skittles and Starburst on YouTube. Candy videos… yes please!
Here are a few other fun Halloween related posts…
Evelyn @ My Turn for us says
I love when kids get involved with making (and eating, lol) gifts! What fun!!
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Christine says
I love that you turned candy into an art project! My husband’s faves are Skittles…I don’t know if he’d let us use them to make halloween art!
Emily says
ha! i know, it was hard to cover them with glue… the good thing is the pack had so many we also got to eat A LOT!!!
Melanie says
Those are cute and would be great classroom activities!
Emily says
yes! they would be easy to make even with a large group!
Britni says
Sounds like a great Halloween idea!
Katie Pierce says
These are cute and would be perfect to make at school!
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
These are so festive and clever! I love that you got the kids involved in making them!
Janelle says
I just happen to have skittles and will be making these with my daughter tomorrow for sure! Thank you for the idea!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
What a cute project idea! I bet that was fun! 🙂
Pure Grace Farms says
These are adorable. I would have a hard time getting them on the paper. Most of them would be popped into my mouth!
David @ Spiced says
What a fun idea! I love Skittles + Starburst, and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. That project with your boys must have been loads of fun…talk about lucky teachers! #client
Deanna Ritz says
What a cute craft for the kids to be able to take part in. I love it and can’t wait to do this with my little boys. Thanks for the idea. 🙂
Victoria @ Creative Home Keeper says
This is so fun. My kids would love this, me too since Skittles are my favorite. We’d probably eat them all instead of making the cards! 🙂
Stephanie Pass says
I love this, Emily! My 4 yr old is going to love this idea, and I have tons of Skittles right now!
Rebecca says
These are so fun, what a great project for the kiddos!
Rachael says
Such a cute idea! I wonder if you could make an edible glue!! Lol, my kids would probably eat so many!
Emily says
oh my!! edible glue would make this so perfect!!! I bet with a sugar cooked to hard crack it would work.. hmmmm