Zoulah was peeking in the Women's Day Magazine the other day and she saw these spheres. She featured them in her Candy Corn Tablescape this week. Zoulah wants to tell you that they are so easy to make. It took Zoolah about 30 minutes to make each sphere. They provide an extra punch of color during the Halloween season.
Zoulah's Materials:
2 Large bags of candy corn (26 ounce) per sphere -- You won't use all of it.
Two 4-inch spheres -- Wal-Mart sells them in a double package for about $3.50
Low temperature glue gun
Glue sticks
Candle holders or urns or anything to display the spheres. Zoulah found her candle holders at a garage sale.
Toothpicks to pick out stray hot glue threads.
Zoulah's Directions:
Take your sphere and position it on top of a small bowl; Zoulah used a ramekin. Begin gluing candy corns on the sphere in a circle around the sphere horizontally; make sure that you do not leave any space inbetween the candy corns. When you start the next row, try to position the first candy corn in the row inbetween two of the candy corns from the first row --- brick laying fashion. Now, Zoulah wants to caution you to not be a perfectionist on this. If the row of candy corns is not straight that's okay.
Zoulah found that you should apply hot glue to the bottom of each candy corn and not run a row of glue on the styrofoam sphere. By gluing each sphere, you will get less of the hot glue threads. Use a toothpick to remove any stray glue threads. When finished, place on candy holder or on top of the opening of an urn.
Zoulah thanks you for dropping by her Halloween Bash at Red Couch Recipes where she always has more tricks and treats this Halloween season.
Posted with the following: Halloween Party
Posted with the following: Halloween Party
What a nifty idea! I think I am going to have a hard time finding candy corn over here, though, as Halloween is only just now starting to become popular.
ReplyDeleteI love your Halloween background-it is so cute!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
How pretty and festive!
ReplyDeleteTOo cute...just came over from Tidy Mom!
ReplyDeleteCandy corn is a sure sign that fall is here! I love those candy corn orbs...I just may have to break down and give them a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Zoulah - you should have your own webpage!
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with all projects with candy corn this year!! And these orbs are no exception! :)
ReplyDeleteJoni, I'm going to make this for sure! So cute!
ReplyDeleteI like Zoolah's choice of projects. I may have to see if I can follow these directions and make some for my table. ~ Sarah
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Now I'm off to see those candy corn cookies. I think Zoolah and I have a lot in common. ;-)
This looks so festive! I am inspired!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the thumbnail pic at 504 Main's Tickled Pink hop, I just had to hop right on over! I adore these candy corn spheres!! They look great & easy enough to make, thanks for the how-to. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! :>
ReplyDeleteTell Zoulah thanks for the tutorial. I love the candy corn spheres. Hate candy corn but love the cute look so now I can have my candy corn but I don't have to eat it. So cute.
ReplyDeleteThese look so precision and festive! Love the look!
ReplyDeleteThese are on my to-do list this week. They are just adorable and colorful! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! What a great centerpiece.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joni!
Sherry
Glad you showed how to do these. I love the color. I went shopping for candy corn for the houses and only got dull colors, what's up with that? Yours just jump off the page.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to sneak out of here without stealing your vintage side bars!Ahhhhhhhh! Where did you find all of this wonderfulness? Beautiful! Need more candy corn, off to the store! OMG I know there is at least 20 of these images that I haven't seen! Ahhhhhhh! I am a Hallo-vintage junkie.
ReplyDeleteToo much fun...what a great decoration...love it!
ReplyDeleteHow perfect - like a candy sea urchin.
ReplyDeleteI have two words for this one, LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteI am so making these, I absolutlely LOVE them! Thanks for joining my linky party!
ReplyDeleteTOO CUTE!! What a wonderfully unique idea!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! Great way to add a pop of color!
ReplyDelete- Megan
www.polishthestars.com
Oh my gosh, love this!!! Great decor. New follower, found you from Frou Frou Decor :)
ReplyDeleteAngelene
http://littlebuggietutu.blogspot.com
I love your Halloween background♥
ReplyDeleteWhat a nifty idea!
Hugs
I love this - I may need to make it to match my candy corn wreath!
ReplyDeleteOh my this is adorable and I can't wait to decorate my table with this sphere, thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteWow! These are NEAT!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it!
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