When my son was in fourth grade he made these paper candy canes. He must have found the activity totally addicting since he brought home a dozen. I tied them to a long piece of yarn and hung them in my kitchen window. Each year they make my kitchen look so festive!
All you need is white copy paper, ruler, pencil, marker and clear tape
Cut the paper into a square. The size of your paper determines the size of your candy cane. We made our paper 8 1/2″ X 8 1/2″. Using a ruler make a red line about 1/8″ thick down the edge of two adjacent sides of the square.
Turn the square face down and begin rolling from the corner without red lines
Keep rolling
Fasten corner with a clear piece of tape
Wrap about 3 inches of one end of the paper tube around a pencil
Unroll
Adjust top and trim off any extra paper on the top and bottom
Cute and simple!
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How fun & super simple! Thanks for the great ideas!!!
these are SO cute!!! Keeps the little ones from wanting CANDY all the time!!!
Cute! My kids would love to make those! 🙂
Very cute. I think my son will be making some of these this afternoon.
Oh my goodness! I’ve never seen this before and it’s utterly brilliant! Something both my kiddos will LOVE. And maybe a classroom activity for the Holiday party next week. Thanks so much!
thanks for posting this! My girls and I are held up as hostages in our house after recovering from a bug — these were a nice little distraction! Thanks!
These are wonderful! I love this idea! Thank you so much for posting it!
this is a great idea it will keep my kids busy…thanks
its so so cute,
Thanks for the idea!!! I have just tried and I will make some for my friends as part of our silly present exchange, although there is nothing about them! They are clever and CUTE!
Cool! I think I’ll make some for the Christmas tree!
The perfect after school activity!
Cute decoration, simple, and no-glue. That’s my idea of a good Christmas craft! I like your pen idea too, Amy.
OK… I know I’m toeing the line on obsessive commenting with TWO in a row… but I just made one to “try it out”… and mine was wide enough that (on a whim) I stuck a bic pen in the open end. I secured with another small piece of clear tape around the end.
Thought I’d share… definitely added a little holiday cheer to my work space, and made for a comfy pen grip 🙂
Cute cute cute!!! Thanks for sharing this!