Painting with candy
It’s the time of year when candy is plentiful. Like way too plentiful. Like so glad I lost all of that baby weight only to eat my weight in sugar. And, I probably will because my sweet tooth is strong! But, what about all of that candy from various school activities, holidays and parties? We had some fun with alternate activities with our delicious candy (don’t get me wrong, we ate our fair share, too) like sorting candy and painting with candy.
For the toddler in your house, set up some containers and let them sort the candy by color. We used old baby food jars which were perfect for putting a lid on and seeing the progress.
Not only is sorting good for recognizing colors and similarities, but using these small pieces is great for coordination, too! Our candy this time was Chewy lemon head and friends. They provided the perfect color rainbow.
Once sorted, we took it a step further. I used an electric kettle and heated the water to boiling. Then, poured it over the candy and let it sit to extract the colors. (Our craft expert daughter decided that we needed to fill the containers with water. I would recommend only putting the water to just above the candy line to have more rich colors).
We let them sit, and occasionally stirred over the course of about 15 minutes. This also allowed time for the water to cool off.
Then decided the water was colorful enough to get started.
This almost 6 year old was so excited to own this project. The only part I did was take pictures and pour the hot water.
She sat and painted and painted. First a house scene with family.
And then a solar system. I didn’t even know she knows all of the planets in order and their color!
This was such a fun craft for her to own. And, the best part about using the baby food jars is that we put lids on the “paint” and she pulled it out the next day when her friend came over to play. The pulled them outside and filled up a coloring book with their artwork.
This would work with many other varieties of candy, so don’t limit it to lemon heads because I’m sure you will have a ton of candy laying around very soon! Just depends on the holiday!
I love me some chocolate!!!
I like Reese’s dark peanut butter cups.
I love Shock Tarts! They are sour and sweet! That is my fav way to have a treat. A little sour.
I love Jolly Ranchers and Snickers!!!
chewy lemonheads
My favorite candy has got to be Rolos. Such good memories of my dad.
I like Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate bars
I think my favorite candy might be sour gummy worms.
anything sweet with chocolate
I love dark chocolate.
My favorite candy is Dark Chocolate M&M’s.
Wow. What a great idea for all that extra candy! I love it. Your photos are gorgeous.
Thank you! I don’t hear that often about my pictures at all!
My favorite candy is Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.
she did a great job. Would love if you came by and shared on our Kids in the Kitchen linky this week http://lookwhatmomfound.com/2014/10/spicy-oatmeal-raisin-butterscotch-cookies-kidsinthekitchen.html
my favorite candy is peanut butter cups!
My favorite is Peanut M&M’s!
I like Hershey candy
I like fruit chews and bottle caps
I would probably choose Lifesavers Gummies as my favorite
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I absolutely love Peanut Butter Smoothies — butterscotch covered peanut butter cups
love the colors.
im a twizzler girl! I’m addicted lol
I love Candy corn and Lemonhead and friends.
My favorite candy depends on my mood! Of course, chocolate is always my friend, lol, but sometimes I want something like chewy Lemonheads or Skittles.
Love this idea. Even me, the non-crafty mom, could attempt this!
Yes! You can totally do this! And your son can definitely help and own it. I swear because it was “her thing” she was like nine million times more interested and engaged!
I like a good caramel. I’m not sure painting would work with that but this is a pretty cool craft.
I really love chocolate…
but you know my latest addiction (the last 2 years?)
Lemonheads… I have NO CLUE what took 33 years to get them on my radar…but I am hooked now.
I love anything sour! Usually sour cherry blasters:)
Twizzlers
The colors are gorgeous! Kind of scary they’re so artificially flavored, but I am still a lemon head fan. Everything in moderation!
m&m’s
My favorite candy is Kit Kat, especially out of the fridge.
i love m&ms
I’ve been really into Kit-Kats lately.
Reese Peanut Butter cups are my favorite candy!
I like the orignal lemon heads. I like sour
I love sweet and sour candy like sweet tarts,lemon drops and yes lemonheads,I love the how sour they get and make me pucker but I can’t get enough of them!
One of my favorites is Twizzlers.
My favorite candy depends on my mood. I love caramel and taffy this time of year, I’m not sure why but I associate taffy with fall, Halloween probably =)
My favorite candy is chocolate
I am a sucker for nerds
I love Marshmallow Peeps! And Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!
I love Marshmallow Peeps! And Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!
My favorite is dark chocolate.
Looks fun!?
My favorite is Hot Tamales.
Starburst jelly beans
I love dark chocolate, but my kids LOVE lemonheads!
My favorite candy is Rolo’s
Hershey’s Chocolate Bars!
Fannie May Trinidads and Cadbury Eggs
My favorite candy is gummy worms.
I love Junior Mints!
My favorite candy is Bit O Honey.
I love to have Gummy Bears.
I love jelly beans!
skittles
I am addicted to Swedish Fish.
Lemon heads are one of my favorite candies.
M&M’s are my favorite. I like trying all the new flavors they are coming out with, but peanut are still my favorite.
I love skittles. The red skittles have got to be my favorite though.
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I like Nerds.
I love gummy worms and peach rings.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I love sour patch kids.
My favorite candy is Tootsie Rolls.
I’m a huge fan of hot tamales!
My favorite candy is Atomic Fireballs.
I love caramel cremes the most.
Red Hots!
snickers
I would have to say Reeses or Gummy Bears/Worms.
my favorite candy is snickers
I love fruity candy!!