Monday, June 6, 2011

lollipop tree

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These lollipop trees were a huge hit at Kirsten's birthday party. They were really easy to make and they made great table centrepieces. At the end of the party, we gave them away for our guests to bring home. I didn't need any more candy at my house! Here's how you can make one yourself:

What you'll need:

plant pot
styrofoam ball
1 bag of dum dums




Directions:

1. place your styrofoam ball on top of the plant pot

2. start sticking your dum dum lollipops into the styrofoam ball, keeping the lollipops close together. Continue sticking the lollipops in until you've filled the part of the ball that is showing outside the plant pot.





3. done! How easy was that???





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54 comments:

  1. This is a cute idea Jill, I have also seen this in a wreath form, stick the lollipops in a white foam wreath...super cute for a birthday party!

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  2. I will be making these for my son's birthday party in August! Super cute and I love how easy it is! Thanks!

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  3. Awesome and easy project! Would be fun to do in holiday colours as well...Christmas or Hallowe'en?

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  4. now why didn't i think of this?! u r so clever!

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  6. Wow that is a super cute idea and the easier the better for me. I'll be making these for sure :)

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  7. This is perfect!!! Thank you so much! I now have the perfect present for my friend's Birthday. :D

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  8. Great idea and it looks good.
    Greetings from Europe.

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  9. So cute and so easy! I love it!

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  10. so simple and sweet, love it. Thanks.

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  12. Hi Jill,
    I have a question for you. My kids and I made sandwhichs for lunch today and used our cookie cutters to make shapes and they were hard to do. The cutters didn't press thru our sandwhiches all the way and we had to tear off the extra pieces around the cutters which made our shapes look very messy. Is there a secret to using the cutters and having them come out as good as yours. Any tips would be great. The kids did like them and ate them anyhow but I wanted to take a picture but they didn't come out. Thanks.

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  13. Thank-you so much everyone!

    Dawn - some cutters work better than others for sure. I always cut the sandwiches on a cutting board and really press down hard and kind of move the cutter back and forth against the cutting board until the shape separates from the rest of the sandwich. Does that make sense? Hopefully that will work better for you!

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  15. Jill, thanks for the tip about cutting board, we were just doing them on our paper plates. We will give this a try and maybe I will do them at first to show the kids. They were excited to do them on their own.

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  16. The kids must have LOVED this!!! It looks great.

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  17. Simple, perfect, darling! Love it. I posted a link on ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com :)

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  18. Love this idea. I actually did a similar sort of thing for my craft fair booth this past weekend. Except, I attached one of my business cards to each lollipop and then offered them to everyone who stopped by my booth. It got a lot of compliments (and customers!).

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  21. So stinkin' cute! Love that this is simple and colorful! You're creativity just flat ROCKS, Jill!

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  22. Very cool!! I plan on making this for our "Meet the Teacher Night". Thanks for sharing!

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  23. I just made this for a little girl I babysit - She's turning 9 in about two weeks. I used a bigger ball & pot so that I could also add some blow pops and tootsie pops in with the dum dums. It's adorable! Thanks for the idea!

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  24. Thanks so much! I just bought the supplies so I can make one for my classroom! (I'm a 5th grade teacher - I think my kids will love it!)

    -Natalie

    P.S. I linked your idea on my blog: www.whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com

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  25. Made this and the kids loved it at my 4 year olds birthday party. Thanks for the idea!

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  26. I'm so glad that so many people have had success with this! It really is a fun and easy craft.

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  27. This is totally CUTE!!!! I have been looking for a cute treat to have at our Open house and thanks to you.....I have found it! The kids and parents will love it!

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  28. made this today for a birthday gift for a teenager and she loved it! it turned out so cute! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. Thanks for posting, planning to make one for my kindergarten classroom this year!

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  31. Very cute. I did a search and found that spanglercandy.com sells boxes of dum dums by individual flavors. I am doing a French country baby shower for my friend. I am going to white wash a pot and use grape dum dums for this project to match my color scheme.

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  32. Thanks for the tip lishynoshoes. That sounds really pretty.

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  33. This idea would work great with my flower pots! Think I'll add this link to it here:

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/72510034/large-order-mini-flower-pots-hand

    GREAT idea!!!

    Joanne
    Happy Moose Garden Art

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  34. Do you remember how many dum-dums you needed for this 6" ball? Such a great idea. Thanks for sharing!

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  35. brownbetty - I had a 300 count bag and I had lots leftover after I made 1 lollipop tree. I don't know exactly how many though. I probably used 1/2-3/4 of the bag.

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  36. Hey I can't get the wrapper to be as neat as yours. Any tips on how to get the loose top end of the wrapper to be smooth?

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  37. Hi Mishu! I didn't do anything special to mine, they came out of the bag that way. Maybe you got a bag that had been handled too much? A couple of the lollipops in my bag had the wrapper falling off, but I just didn't use those ones.

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  38. Great idea! Does each pot use 300 lollipops? Appox how many did you use for one pot? Thanks so much?

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  39. Thanks Sherrie! To be totally honest, I really can't remember. I know I had bought 2 bags of 300 lollipops and made 2 of these lollipop trees and I had LOTS of lollipops leftover. I can't tell you for sure though how many they took because I can't remember!

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  40. Hi Jill,

    I was wondering if you glued the foam ball in the pot? I am thinking about making this for my daughter's class for Valentine's Day, but I am not sure what type of glue to use.
    Thanks!

    Marcia S.

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  41. Hi Marcia! I didn't glue it, it just sat on top of the pot. Hope that helps!

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  42. Hi Jill,

    Thanks so much for this idea! I am a teacher and just made this tonight for my kids when they get done with state tests :)

    I blogged about it here: http://3rd-grade-thoughts.blogspot.com/2012/03/dum-dum-tree-for-my-kiddos.html

    Thanks again!

    ~Stephanie
    http://3rd-grade-thoughts.blogspot.com/

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  43. Thank-you so much Stephanie!

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  44. Dawn us metal cookie cutters they work the best for sandwiches. Jill love this but I am going to use this idea and actually make a bug using two circles, painted straws for legs etc. I am going to use long kabob sticks to make the circles stay together.

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  45. That was innovative gift and you may give gift card on birthday.
    Gift Card printing
    Scratch Cards
    Plastic Business Cards

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  46. Did you use the whole bag of 300 on 1 center piece?

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    1. Nope. I probably used about 1/2-3/4 of the bag though. I had bought 2 bags and made 2 trees, but I had lots left over.

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    2. Do you remember the size of Styrofoam ball and planter you used. Are they the same items you have links to?

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    3. Do you remember the size of Styrofoam ball and planter you used. Are they the same items you have links to?

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    4. Nope - the links are not the exact ones I used. I can't really remember what sizes I used because I made them a year ago. There are lots of sizes available, and the most important part is that you buy a styrofoam ball that is slightly bigger than the opening of the pot. That way it will sit right on top of the pot. I hope that helps!

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  47. Making these for my daughter's communion. I am spray painting the pots purple. Thanks so much for the idea!

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