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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that is cool ๐
I JUST MADE IT NOW IT LOOKS MINT
rthat wAS EASY TO MAKE I ACTULLY MADE IT
So cool! So brilliant!
I showed this to my 1st and 5th grader today. They started in making candy canes of all sizes. I can’t believe how much time I got out of this simple project. Thanx a bunch and have a great Christmas!
Thanks for sharing ! This is just so simple n amazing
Made these with my daughter’s 1st grade class yesterday. Huge hit!!! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome craft! Thanks for sharing!
Very cool! Thanks!
What a cute idea!
How cute!
I love to put little candy canes on a small tree in my kitchen. This is a tree I let the grandkids decorate and touch so they leave the big tree alone (they still touch). It never fails they knock the candy canes off and they break into pieces then the baby puts them in his mouth and we have to chase him down before he chokes. I’m gonna make some tiny ones for the little tree. I’ll bet the baby still eats them!
Thanks
Peggy
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okay I tried this and mine did not look like yours. You take a piece of typing paper and make it square. I did the red marker and turned it over and rolled from the nonred corner. Is this right? your paper does not look square. it looked so easy. i must be only slow one in the bunch. Linda Gerig
Love this. I’ve been making ornaments and stuff with my middle school students and they love it. This is cheap and easy and requires only a shopping trip to the copy room.
Wow These are the best I’ve already made 1000
Soooooo fun!!!
This is the best