The smaller puddle of the sugar mixture needs to be coloured with red gel colouring. You only need a tiny amount, which still gives you strong red colour. The large puddle of the sugar mixture is not being coloured, but if you have white gel colour, you can use that. Depending on the type of your peppermint flavour you might need to add 1-2 teaspoons of the extract. I’ve added 2 teaspoons and the flavour was fairly minty, but not overpowering.

Don’t you love these!? They are so adorable! They would make such a cute treat to take to school, or even to the office.Chocoley provided the melting chocolate for the insides of these hearts. They sent me 2.5 pounds of their Bada Bing Bada Boom Gourmet Compound Chocolate Candy & Molding Formula in White. Stop microwaving when there are a few small solid pieces in the chocolate, and stir until the remaining solids melt. While the chocolate is still warm, sprinkle a few bits of the crushed candy cane on top for a pretty effect. Use your fingers to pinch together the bottoms to close the bottom of the hearts. This was a little hot on the hands, but it wasn’t too bad: It’s easiest to work with candy canes that are in two pieces (any more than 3 pieces and it’s too difficult

Making your own Christmas ornaments is made easy with our teacher-made Christmas craft candy cane craft instructions. For even more candy cane or heart-shaped activities, then why not try our Candy Cane Wreath?You will notice how the candy canes when glued together make a heart shape. Arrange candy canes on the prepared baking sheet so that the ends are touching and create a loose heart shape.Making sure the two candy canes in each heart are touching; put them into a warm oven and watch very carefully. It should take about 5 minutes for the candy canes to warm up and start melting a little at the ends. At this point remove them from the oven and carefully push the ends and the joins together on the heart. Remember this is hot sugar and you don’t want to burn yourself. Melt the chocolate: To melt the chocolate, use the double boiler method or do the following. Add chocolate to a medium, microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 10-second increments until just softened—the chocolate will continue to melt a bit after heating, be careful not to overheat. Stir in between heating increments, until smooth. The heart is a shape that has been symbolising love for many years. We have compiled a couple of other lovely facts about the heart shape that is perhaps less well-known: When you are arranging the candy canes on your waxed paper, you might have to get creative with your matching. While the coating is still wet, top the bark with a generous sprinkle of candy cane pieces all over the top of the heart.

Our Christmas candy cane heart craft comes with child-friendly instructions and clear photographs for each stage of the craft. Children of all ages and abilities can create their candy cane decorations with confidence. What Other Crafts Can I Make at Home? Unwrap the mini candy canes and place them in a large plastic zip-top bag. Crush the candy canes with a rolling pin or meat mallet until they are in small pieces. It’s a good thing we’re not doing classroom gifts this year, because I don’t think there would be any left to hand out. But if you can keep your kids away from them…As long as the pieces are close enough together you should be able to shape the pieces together later. Step 2: Gently heat the Candy canes

Before your chocolate sets, you’ll want to add sprinkles to the top. I used a combination of mini hearts and gold confetti sprinkles along with some red nonpareils. Immediately after removing the candy from the oven, pinch any open ends together to create a closed heart shape. Lay two mini candy canes next to each other, creating a heart. Continue filling the baking sheet with heart shapes.

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Another way to decorate and add more flavor to your candy cane hearts is with coconut. Since my kids absolutely love coconut I wanted to incorporate that on some of the candy cane pops. They’re so simple to make and they do look super-cute on the tree. I think I’m going to make a batch for the table on Christmas Day too. These DIY candy cane hearts come at the perfect time. If you have leftover candy canes from the holidays, now you can find a new use for them. But you can also use them for Christmas too.