How to Make a Candy Lei

There are plenty of occasions where you might have a lot of leftover candy in your house. After Halloween is especially a time when there are lots of little candy bars laying around. You may not want your kids to just have at all the candy, so pack some away for a later time.

One fun use for leftover candy is to make a candy lei. When I was growing up we would get candy lei’s for our birthday, graduation or other fun celebrations. I love to make them and it’s always well received because who doesn’t love a necklace made of candy?

Making a candy lei is super easy.

How to Make a Candy Lei

Supplies:

• candy bars (full size or mini will work)
• plastic wrap
• ribbon

Directions:

1. Lay out a long piece of plastic wrap. If it isn’t long enough for a necklace, don’t worry, it’s easy to piece two or three segments together.
2. Place the candy bars in a line on the plastic wrap, leaving about an inch of space between each bar for the ribbon knot.
3. Start rolling the plastic wrap over the candy bars. If your plastic wrap is long you will need to roll it in  pieces 2-3 bars at a time.
4. Once all the plastic wrap is rolled around the candy bars, tie ribbon knots between each candy bar to hold it in place.
5. Where the ends of the plastic wrap come together you will need a long piece of ribbon. Overlap the plastic wrap, tie a knot in the ribbon and then a bow to finish it off.

For your convenience I have made a quick tutorial video on making a candy lei.

This is a fun and unique gift and a great way to use or give away any candy you have laying around your house.