{Getting Crafty} Candy Cane Valentine's Wreath

Remember this little ditty I did for Christmas?

Let's just say I had a lot of candy canes left over.

I experimented with some heart shapes and liked this design.

I pulled out my glue gun and got to work.

I was using the high temp glue gun and I had my bowl of ice water right by in case I burned myself. {Martha tip}

I use the lid of the box to protect my work surface (you can see it's been used a lot!)

First I made individual hearts and let them set up.

Once I had a few hearts together, I started to connect them to each other.

I should have put some wax paper down to keep them from sticking to the granite but this butter knife worked just fine to pry them off carefully.

Once I got going, the wreath form came together quickly.

I left the wrappers on because I thought it would be easier to work with them that way. The wreath felt a little flimsy so I gave the center another good shot of hot glue.

I cut some circles out of card stock to give the wreath even more stability.

I made a large one for the back and a smaller one for the front. I wanted to cover up the hot glue and the wrappers in the middle.

 I hung it up to see how I liked it and it just needed something more.

I cut a heart out of some card stock

and added a red bow left over from my Christmas wrapping to hang it.

Even though it's a little early for Valentine's decorations, I'm enjoying the pop of color it gives to the door.

So once again, I've made a wreath out of candy. 

I've made one out of... 

Candy...

Candy canes... and

Candy corns...

I'm feeling very Buddy The Elf right now but don't think I can make a wreath out of syrup.

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