If you looking for a timeless symbol of the holiday season, look no further than a simple candy cane. Today, with just a paper, and a few other craft items, you can make your own, perfect for the season of merriment thatโs to come. Hang them from your tree, for example, or use them to decorate your house and bring in that festive cheer! Our step-by-step plans, along with your creativity will brighten up any Christmas!
Related: This holiday season, make sure you get into the festive spirit! So be sure to try other holiday activities and crafts including 3D Paper Christmas Trees, a Secret Santa Questionnaire, or keep the young ones busy with these FREE Printable Christmas Coloring Pages.
Supplies Needed for a Candy Cane
- Paper
- Thick marker
- Ruler
- Tape
- Pencil
Watch How to Make a Candy Cane
How to Make a Candy Cane Step by Step
Step 1: 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.
Step 2: Turn the square face down and begin rolling from the corner without red lines
Step 3: Keep rolling all the way to the top.
Step 4: Fasten the corner with a clear piece of tape
Step 5: Wrap about 3 inches of one end of the paper tube around a pencil.
Step 6: Unroll the top of the candy cane.
Step 7: Adjust the top and trim off any extra paper on the top and bottom
Cute and simple!
Making paper decorations for Christmas is an activity the whole family can get involved in. And what’s better than the humble candy cane, one of those decorations that’s synonymous with the holiday season?
Further Family Christmas Activities
At Skip to My Lou, we have so many excellent Christmas activites for you to try including:
- Free Printable Merry Christmas Gift Tags
- Candy Cane Coloring Pages
- 210+ Funny Elf Jokes For The Elf On The Shelf
- Whimsical & Fun Christmas Tags
- Free Printable Secret Santa Tags
- How to Draw a Christmas Tree
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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! ๐
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 ๐
Cute cute cute!!! Thanks for sharing this!