For Lollipop woods I used the glitter circles (again from the foam basic shape packet) for the main part of the lollipops and cut the top off some to white foam candy canes I had to use as the sticks.
I also cut out felt gumdrop shapes which I painted with sparkly fabric glue. To create Gumdrop pass I used the glittery ovals (from the foam basic shapes packet) and cut them to look more like gumdrops. I created a loop using elastic to hold candy canes and put a foam peppermint candy on top of it to hide it. The actual candy can easily be re-sewn for the next party. The wrappers tear easily so people can pull them off and you can’t really see the fishing line. I also sewed real starlight mints using fishing line. I used felt to make the Gingerbread tree and then glued some of the foam gingerbread men and sparkly red circles on it.įor the Peppermint forest I glued on foam candy canes and peppermint candies. Luckily all the craft stores already had their Christmas stuff out so I was able to find foam candy canes, gingerbread men, snowflakes, and other glittery basic shapes (very helpful!). I created the Peppermint Forest, Gingerbread Tree, Lollipop Woods, Snowflake Lake, Gumdrop Pass, and the Castle using a combination of felt and foam cutouts. I made the shortcuts using rainbow ribbon.
I also included two special pink squares one with a candy cane on it and the other with a gumdrop on it (if you remember the game there are also cards with these on them). I then cut out a bunch of 2” squares of red, purple, yellow, blue, orange and green felt which I used to create the gameboard wrapping around me. The dress didn’t quite end up as I had hoped at the top so I ended up just hemming the top and using ribbon as the straps.
So I made myself a plain white dress as a base. I was trying to think of something fun and originally thought either cotton candy or Twister but I kept seeing Twister costumes at the Halloween stores and wanted to be something different. This year I decided on a homemade CandyLand costume for Halloween.