If you’re leading Brownies, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, or any other girl group, you’re always looking for fun, cute crafts. We’ve collected some of our favorite bulk candy crafts that will not only amuse your troop, but help them build important skills too.
Cute Candy Crafts for Brownies
Life Savers, gummi rings or any candy with a hole in the middle is perfect for this simple craft. Use it as an opportunity to teach girls about patterns.
What you’ll need:
Gummi Rings
Life Savers
String
Scissors
How to Make them:
1. Cut the strings long enough to make necklaces
2. String the Life Savers and Gummi Rings onto the string
3. Tie the ends of the string together.
4. Wear or give as gifts.
Girls of all ages will love these adorable mini piñatas filled with candy. They’re easy to make and fun to break.
What you’ll need:
Paper Cups
Tape
Tissue Paper
Ribbon
Candy Mix
Rubberbands
How to make them:
Poke a small hole in the bottom of each paper cup.
Feed a ribbon into the hole.
1. Tie a knot in the ribbon inside the cup to prevent the ribbon from slipping out.
2. Fill the cups with candy.
3. Cover the opening with a piece of tissue paper and hold it in place with a rubber band.
4. Tape a piece of ribbon to the tissue paper, this will
5. Cut the tissue paper into strips, then tear or cut the long edge to make a fringe.
6. Tape strips around the cup.
7. Pull the ribbon at the bottom of the pinata to release the candy.
Cute Candy Crafts for Girl Scouts and Fireside Girls
Airheads Edible Friendship Bracelets
This super easy craft is cute and edible. If your girls can braid they can make these bracelets. They’re perfect for eating or giving to a friend.
What you’ll need:
Airheads
Scissors
Wax Paper
How to Make it:
1. Lay three different colored Air Heads out on the wax paper
2. Cut each Air Head into four even strips with the scissors
3. Braid the strands. If you get to the end and the bracelet isn’t long enough, gently press two strands together at the ends to make a longer strand.
4. When you have a braid of sufficient length, simply press the ends together to make a bracelet.
Teach girls how to build a campfire with candy before their next camping trip.
What you’ll need:
Napkin or index card
Smarties
Tootsie Rolls
Large Tootsie Rolls
Red Hots
Tootsie Roll Long Chocolate Rolls
Sour Punch Straws
Get a printable direction card here with step-by-step instructions for fire building.
Help girls learn to spot constellations with this cute and easy candy constellation game.
What you’ll need:
Card stock
Printable Templates
Scissors
Small hole punch
Canning jar rings
Craft glue
Sixlets
How to make it:
1. Print and cut out the constellation circles.
2. Hole punch each star.
3. Turn the far ring upside down and put some glue around in inside.
4. Press the constellation circle into the ring.
5. Add one candy for each star in the constellation.
6. Roll the candy around until you get one candy in each hole.
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