This is a holiday craft I came up with recently to add some vintage whimsy to my Christmas . You can use these fuzzy vintage inspired candy canes to decorate your tree or to embellish your holiday gifts. This is also an easy project to do with kids. Enjoy!
Instructions:
- Gather your pipe cleaners in red and white. (I made 2 batches. One using skinny pipe cleaners and one using bigger fuzzier ones.)
- Next, soak your pipe-cleaners in a hot tea bath for a vintage look. (I used several family size tea bags in a big stew pot of boiling water. To keep my pipe-cleaners from rising to the top I placed a regular dinner plate in the pot to hold them down.)
- Leave for 1-2 hours.
- Next, drain all the tea off your pipe cleaners, then gently squeeze out some of the excess liquid off of them – but not too much.
- Place pipe cleaners in clothes dryer and dry for 10-15 minutes on high heat. Make sure to include a fabric softener sheet. This will seal in the tea stain and fluff your pipe cleaners back up.
- Next, twist pipe cleaners together and bend into a candy-cane shape. (If you want to make smaller candy-canes like these shown cut each pipe cleaner in half before twisting.)
- Using a small paint brush, brush your candy-cane lightly with glue then dust with glitter (I used silver.)
- Shake off excess glitter and re-fluff your candy-cane by running it between your fingers, allowing some of the glitter to fall off – you don't want there to be huge clumps of glitter, just a light dusting.
- Let dry.
Now you can use these cute little accent pieces as embellishments for gift wrapping or as ornaments on your tree!
(If you want to buy a Krafty Kit featuring everything you need to create these little vintage canes, visit my shop - Storia FOLLY and put in the code BLISS for Free Shipping on any item.)
Jerusalem Greer is a craft designer, nest fluffer and momma from North Little Rock, Arkansas. Most days you can find her blogging about craft, kids and vintagey things. Visit jerusalemgreer.com for links to her online shoppes and blog.
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