Cricut Imagine Candy Bar Gifts 12 Days of Christmas DAY TWO GIVE AWAY
SWEET!! Guess what’s in there? Go on…guess! Who guessed candy bar? No, that’s not it. Keep guessing. Ok, you were right the first time. I just thought you guessed too easily and I was trying to drag out the suspense. 😀
Let’s take a look at how we can make an ordinary chocolate bar look like a special treat!
(ugh…milk chocolate…I really don’t like milk chocolate, but treat dark chocolate like a winning lottery ticket)
First, we’ll need some candy bars. It’s easiest to work with flat ones and not ones that are shaped like Butterfingers or Snickers…2 of my favs that don’t work well for this. 😉 I bought a box of these at my favorite wholesale store. My daughter is going to give them to friends at school for Christmas treats.
Now we need to cut some paper to fit the candy bars. It should be able to wrap all the way around the candy.
The paper I used is by Stampin’ Up. It’s 12×12. I cut it into 6×6 pieces and they were an almost perfect size for the candy. They could stand to be cut just a tad smaller. After I had all of the paper ready, I simply taped one side of it and stuck it to the candy wrapper.
After completely wrapping the paper around the candy bar, I glued down the last side. I used my ATG gun for this whole process. So simple! YAY!
I wanted to add a little WOW factor to my candy bars so I used my Cricut Imagine to print a pattern from the Mr. Frosty cartridge directly onto some clear vellum. FUN! It has a pattern, but you can also see through it. COOL!
This is another piece of vellum I printed using my Cricut Imagine and the Mr. Frosty cartridge. Isn’t it cool?
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! I used 3M Post-It Craft Paper to add some fun elements to decorate the candy bars further. I also used the Winter Lace cartridge to cut out the snowflakes.
Here I’m cutting out some snowflakes using the Post-It Craft Paper. It’s so simple to use. You just cut it out, peel off the backing and stick it to your project. AWESOME! Even cooler? You can peel it off and stick it back down if you make a mistake, or even if you want to reuse it somewhere else.
Here are some other projects where I used Post-It Craft Paper.
Here we are BEFORE adding some Post It Craft paper embellishments from my Cricut.
TA DA!! Pretty and Yummy Treats!
All of the embellishments on the tops of the candy bars are cut using Post-It Craft Paper. You can see I have layered some of the images and even added Stickles to several of the cuts. I hope you enjoyed this simple but fun project. It’s a great way to make a quick gift for someone with your own little twist to it.
On the 2nd Day of Christmas 3M Post-It Gave To One Winner….
3M Post-It is giving away a gift bag and Post-it® Craft Paper. The gift bag includes a variety of Post-it® Notes and other Post-it® products as well as some Scotch and 3M goodies! Retail value is over $50. To be eligible to win please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen by Random.org on December 13.
Yummy! This is a great gift idea!
That is an AWESOME idea!! I have to convince my hubby that I really need a Cricut Imagine now! lol.
Great little gift idea. We (as in I) have been looking for a small gift for our daughter to give to her uncles at Christmas! Perfect!
such a great way to dress up a candy bar, didn’t realize how easy it could be.
I love this idea! It would be a great little gift to send my nieces and nephew’s home with on Christmas Eve…. and again Christmas night!! Sugar them up and send them home! LoL
good idea,need some chocolate now! joy
Great idea for my daughter’s BAC (before and after care) teachers. (There are a LOT of them!!) I’d love to try that Post-It Craft Paper.
Too cute nice idea..
LYnn
Love the wrapped candy idea – perfect to use for secret santa next week!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to make candy bar wrappers but always got intimidated. You made them look so easy!! May have to try them out for my daughter’s next party.
I love these!!! Thanks for the great tip!
I have made some of these before but just with my printer that is all these look very nice
Thanks,
Teri
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Would love to try out this paper.
These really great a great gift from a simple candy bar and some paper. I love them!
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I’m going to make these for my kids classes!!! thanks for sharing!
These are the perfect gift for our kids to give their friends and cheap to make too. Thanks for a great idea.
Kim xXx
I have that 3M paper on my need to buy list…so winning some would be fabulous!!!
Love this idea also I so enjoy you blog
hugs
This is something I can do for my students and keep costs down. Thanks.
SWEET!! 😉
Great stocking stuffers!
OMG I love these. Also I would love to win this paper. None of my stores have it yet!
aecopenhaver at gmail dot com
why or why have I not seen this paper before ?? what a fun project to do with kids… so many possibilities. thanks for sharing Joy
Shelley
lostnwa98 at frontier dot com
Who doesn’t love the great gift of Chocolate…especially when it is so darn cute!!!
I’ve been thinking of doing candy bar wrappers. Side note: I have that same trimmer! 🙂
That’s a sweet and beautiful project.
Great idea – I can see doing this for many holidays – Halloween, Valentine’s Day.
Cute- cute – cute
Very cute. But how can you not love milk chocolate? Thanks for the chance to win!
Very cute-great teacher gifts/stocking stuffers.
Pauline at tinkertoys dot net
Your daughter’s friends will so enjoy these. And a great giveaway too!
Love wrapping candy for gifts. Thanks for sharing using that GM paper.
I love making candy bar wrappers too. Yours are adorable ! TFS
Cute! You brought back memories. I made something similar for my cousin’s birthday about 4 years ago. They were fun to make.
Tracey J.
Cute candy bar wrappers! Thanks for sharing!!
Joy what a great idea! I think these would make great stocking stuffers.Thank you for sharing.
Lisa
http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Such a cute project! Love the great prizes!
Anne
an other great project!
I can’t wait until I am on Christmas break so I can try some of these great projects!
I am going to make these for my boy’s stockings!
mmm yummy chocolate. Who wouldn’t want this.
What a cute idea for an inexpensive gift!!!
Karen
Perfect way to cover those yummy bars and to dress up stocking chocolate.
Debbie
These are cute! This idea could work well for baby shower favors too…or any occasion…because it’s the truth…CHOCOLATE is PERFECT for any occasion!!! 🙂
Post it craft paper?! Where have I been that I didn’t know about this!? So cool. I love the candy bar idea. It is a great idea for kids to give to school friends!
How did I not know about this paper? Makes the project look super easy and super cute!
Love this for the kid’s classrooms. Thanks for a project we all can do from my 13 yr old to my 4 yr old. Oh and Chocolate is my cryptonite. I love it all- dark, milk or white. I don’t care which. ;0)
They came out really nice.. love the colors you used..
Happy Holidays!!
TFS..
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Funny, I just made some of these. it was a fun project.
SO SWEET 🙂 just adorable!!!
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com
What a great idea to give to co-workers, or for the kids to give to classmates as a little gift. This idea could also be used for all types of party favors.