easy peasy candy {{heart}} centerpieces

For this project you’ll need:

strips of tissue paper (I recommend roughly 2 inches high)
scissors
tape
lollipops
clear plastic tumbler, drinking glass or short vase
loose candy like sweethearts

Step 1
Accordion fold the tissue paper. This just means you’ll fold it back and forth like a fan.

Step 2
Grab your scissors and either make 1 inch cuts into one end of the paper (if you want to make an aster/chrysanthemum  type flower) or cut a rounded edge (for the  rose option).

Step 3
Unfold the tissue paper.

Step 4
Attach one end of the length of tissue paper to the base of the lollipop with tape. How much tape should you use? My rule of thumb: use an amount somewhere between “tape miser” and  “I’d like to see anyone open up this lollipop now.”

Step 5
Start wrapping the tissue paper around the base of the lollipop. I won’t lie—this is the tricky bit. You’ll need to pinch and hold as you go or else it’ll end up looking like you were going for a mummy-pop. Mental note: jot that down for future Halloween project.

Step 6
You’re almost done. Okay, now all you need to do is take another piece of tape and affix it so the flower/tissue paper doesn’t unravel.

Step 7
Success.

Step 8
Fill a clear plastic (or if you’re brave a glass) tumbler with sweethearts or festive M&Ms. Now arrange the lollipop flowers.

Stand back. Admire your work. Feel the love.

Wishing you a Valentine’s Day filled with Xs and Os.

Author Description

jennifer

As a kid, Jen would dress up like a hobo for no apparent reason, build elaborate forts, and once transformed her family dining room into a giant library. Well, it was giant in her mind anyway. Now, she design toys for Ellie Bellie Kids and writes about creative family living at Classic Play!