I was fiddling around on the internet and found the world’s best craft for the non-crafty mom that I am over at One Hundred Dollars a Month. Candy Trains. The only supplies needed were wrapped candy and a glue gun. I can purchase candy and I have friends with glue guns, so I decided to give it a try.
This is a great craft for an upcoming Christmas event or to occupy your kids after school this week as they wait for Winter Break to arrive.
I made a list of candy and quickly found ingredients at the Dollar Tree. Seven packages of candy equals $7. Totally doable. I had to modify the ingredients, but I was able to find items that would work well. I was impressed with the selection of snacks at my Dollar Tree. Make sure you check the candy aisle, the Christmas section and the registers for all the options (I found the gum and the mints at the register).
I did my best to select candy, gum and mints in Christmas colors. The Dollar Tree had gum and mints in different colors as well if you want a more colorful train.
Pretty simple. Just glue each item on with a bunch of hot glue.
We did have to tap the side wrappers of the Andes mints so it would stay down.
The seven bags of candy can easily make four trains and you’ll have plenty leftovers to snack on during your crafting session (or buy more packages of gum and Certs to make additional trains).
If you want people to be able to eat the candy once they are finished enjoying the train you can leave the wrappers on the wheels. We opted to remove them because it looked way sweeter.
See how easy it is? You could continue the fun and assemble box cars and a caboose then string them together for a fun Christmas decoration. You could also select non-Christmas colors and make these as a favor for a train-themed birthday party. Considering the selection of candy at the Dollar Tree, I don’t think you’ll have a problem coming up with tons of options!
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