Sweets Candy Dish

Sweets Candy Dish Craft Materials List

empty 2-liter soda bottle

2 red craft foam sheets (5 ½ inches x 8 ½ inches)

letter foam stickers

heart foam stickers

small glitter poms

marker

hot glue gun

old newspaper

scissors

ruler

Sweets Candy Dish Materials

How to Make this Sweets Candy Dish Craft

Measuring the Soda Bottle

Ask an adult to plug in the hot glue gun and place it over an old newspaper or sheet of paper. While waiting for the glue gun to heat up, carefully remove the label from the soda bottle. Then wash it and dry it. Using the ruler and marker, measure and mark 5” up from the bottom of the soda bottle.

Pierce the soda bottle with the tip of the scissors. Cut along the top in a straight line. TIP: Make a dotted line to help guide you while you’re cutting off the top of the soda bottle.

Sweets Candy Dish Base

The base for your Sweets Candy Dish should look just like this.

Measuring What to Cut Off on the Red Foam

Marking What to Cut Off on the Red Foam

Now you need to cut the red foam to fit the base. Measure and mark 5” up from the bottom of the long side of one craft foam sheet. Mark a few different spots. Use the ruler and marker to connect the dots. This will make cutting in a straight line much easier. Repeat with the other foam sheet.

Heart Shape on Red Foam

Draw a medium-sized heart shape on one foam sheet. Make sure it is centered. Later on you will be cutting away excess foam, and you don’t want to lose your heart! Also, draw on the same side as before; you will use the clean side—the side without any markings—as the exterior.

Cutting Out the Heart Shape

Fold the foam sheet in half at the center of the heart and cut. Unfold the foam sheet.

Multiple Heart Shapes on the Red Foam

On the second foam sheet, draw and cut out a couple of smaller heart shapes. Repeat the steps you just did with the first foam sheet.

Adding Glue to the Red Foam Covering

Wrapping the Red Foam Around the Base

Take the foam sheet with the multiple hearts on it. Place it yucky-side up—the side with the marks from the marker. Have an adult apply glue with the glue gun. Press the red foam against the soda bottle and hold for a few seconds, making sure that you cover any part of the label you were unable to get off earlier.

Fitting Second Foam Sheet to Base

Measuring the Second Foam Sheet

Marking the Second Foam Sheet

Hold the second foam sheet up to base as shown, yucky-side facing outward. Mark where it overlaps on each end with the other foam sheet. Draw lines on the second foam sheet to help guide you while you cut off the excess foam.

Prepping the Foam Letters and Stickers

Peeling and Sticking Foam Stickers onto Sweets Candy Dish

Have an adult apply glue with the glue gun. Press the red foam against the uncovered side of your Sweets Candy Dish.

Next, lay out the stickers you want to use. Use whatever colors you want. For color coordination reasons, we find it easiest to spell out words and stack the heart stickers on top of each other before removing the adhesive. We double-stacked and triple-stacked the heart stickers and spelled out “SWEETS” above the biggest heart.

Organizing the Small Glitter Poms

Gluing Poms onto Sweets Candy Dish

Your last step is to decorate your Sweets Candy Dish with small glitter poms. Arrange the poms in the order you want them along the top edge of your Sweets Candy Dish. Have an adult apply glue with the glue gun. Then press the poms along the rim of the candy dish top.

Sweets Candy Dish

Now fill your Sweets Candy Dish with treats and put it on display!

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