More candy dishes

Since so many have liked my scarecrow candy dish I figured I'd share with you images of other candy dishes I have made. Hope you enjoy! Happy creating.

 

 

I paint faces with enamel paints and bake the glass in the oven to make them more permanent.

I use acrylic paints on the clay pots and saucers.

Other materials used... twine (for straw), miniature clay saucers (mickey ears), yarn (Matthew's hair), bolts ... I used hot glue to fix everything together.

Make sure you clean the glass surface really well before painting faces or glue together.

Scarecrow craft for Halloween

As I was driving home today an idea popped into my head. As soon as I got home I got to work. This is a super cute craft for fall or Halloween.

I'm sure you've seen similar items and it's the same concept just a different design painted on it. It's a scarecrow candy dish. When I was finished I showed a photo to my mom and she showed her man. He's not into candy so I told him to fill it with peanuts!

What you need:

• clay flower pot and saucer
• acrylic paint and brushes
• glass bowl
• wooden ball (I used cedar moth balls from the hardware store)
• hot glue gun and glue
• twine
• scissors

What you do:

• Paint the clay pot. I made mine look like it was in overalls and a plaid shirt.
• Cut the twine into little pieces, about an inch long, and glue them to the neck line and above hands. It looks like straw popping through its clothes.
• Paint the saucer and ball to be its hat. Once dry, glue the ball to the saucer.
• Cut twine into slightly longer pieces and glue to the underside of the "hat" so it looks like hair coming out from under it.
• Paint a face on the glass ball.
• Glue the glass ball to the clay pot and place the saucer on top.

Another version I made was a witch. I painted the twine orange for her hair. I plan on filling the scarecrow with candy corn and the witch with something green... maybe those "orange slices" candy but the mint ones so they're green.