What you'll need:
- Paper tube cut 2 1/4" high (from bathroom tissue or paper towels)
- 2 1/2" Styrofoam ball
- Elmer's Tacky Glue
- 6 "fun size" candy bars
- DecoArt acrylic paint to match candy wrappers
- 18" narrow ribbon
- Elmer's CraftBond Glue Spots, Thin Medium
- About 1 cup of bright colored candy
- 11"x11" plastic wrap
- Clear packing tape
- 1" gumball
Here's how you do it!
Slash the paper tube every 1/4"-1/2" at one end, continuing slashes to 1/4" from tube's other end. Fan out tips. Apply glue around the Styrofoam ball from 1/3 of the way from the bottom up to the middle; insert it halfway into the fanned-out end of the tube. Press slashed tube against glue.
When dry, paint ball and tube to match your candy bar wrappers.
Use Glue Spots to attach a candy bar, vertically, to tube. Attach a second one directly opposite. Fill in the spaces on each side with two more candy bars.
Wrap ribbon around the base and tie a bow.
Dot top of Styrofoam ball with Glue Spots spaced about 1" apart. Pour small candies into middle of plastic wrap. Bring ends up to form a 5" round and twist tightly; tape securely. Turn over and place on top of "cupcake." Put two glue spots on gumball and place it at center of "cupcake."
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