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Web pages devoted to creating and selling custom candy wraps abound on the internet.  Some candy wrap sites worth checking out are:
 If you're thinking of selling custom candy wraps through your home business, you can see there's a lot of competition!  But candy wrap projects are great for personal use, gift giving, party favors, and promotional give-aways for your business.
The Nestlé Crunch® candy bar invitations I created for my granddaughter Chelsea's 5th birthday were a big hit and brought a lot of business my way.  The design was printed on Great White Consumer Coated Ink Jet Paper, 93 Bright, 37 lb. to avoid bleed-through, since the inside of the wrapper had a map and directions printed on it.  Quality paper is a must for candy wraps.

Your finished design sheet should be laminated (design side only) before cutting out the wrap, unless you are creating your wrap on foil paper.  The cold laminating process (Xyron) is preferred, but the very thin 1.3 mil. heat laminant works equally well.  The laminant gives the finished project a glossy, professional look and protects the design.

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Click for larger view My candy bar Christmas tree centerpiece is a lot easier to make than you might think.  The base is a Styrofoam disk covered with red textured plastic (cut from a disposable table cloth).  The edge of the base is wrapped with a piece of metallic gold Christmas ribbon held in place with quilting pins.  Two wooden dowel rods are inserted into the tree's Styrofoam cone center, slightly offset, then pushed into the round base.

Once the Styrofoam cone is attached securely to the base, your custom-wrapped miniature candy bars are fastened to the cone with quilting pins, beginning at the bottom of the cone and working your way to the top, staggering each row to overlap any blank spots.

 
Use candy in single wraps with "tails"
Foil-wrapped miniature
candy bars with crimped
ends ("tails") work best
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Christmas tree centerpiece		 The best type candy bars to use when making a project like the Christmas tree are the miniatures wrapped in foil with the crimped "tails" on each end (as shown in the photo at right).  These are available in large bags prior to Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter.  The candy's original wrap is NOT removed; your computer crafted wrap is applied OVER the original wrapper, leaving the "tail" ends of the foil wrapper exposed.  The quilting pins are poked through the crimped ends of the candy's original wrapper and then pushed into the Styrofoam cone tree base.
After the tree is covered with your candy bars, cut 2 identical star shapes from lightweight cardboard.  Glue the stars together with a small flat craft stick (miniature popsicle stick) sandwiched between, and extending out of, the two stars.  Cover one side of the star with white glue and sprinkle on a liberal amount of gold glitter.  Allow to dry, and repeat for the other side of the star.  

Push the star's craft stick into the center top of the tree to create a slit in the Styrofoam.  Curl several long pieces of metallic ribbon and position them (centered) across the slit in the top of the tree.  Push the star topper into the slit, pushing the ribbon into the Styrofoam as you do this.

Brightly wrapped Hershey® mini's placed around the base of the tree (to look like Christmas gifts) is a nice finishing touch.
 
Click for larger view The simple Valentine's Day gift shown here consists of 9 Hershey® mini's wrapped and arranged to spell out "I Love You".  They're packaged in a clear-top plastic box and tied with pink ribbon.

There are computer crafters with LOADS of other great candy wrap ideas and designs.  If you'd like to share your unique candy creation on this web page, please email a photo and description to me.


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