Lighted Christmas Lolly Pops

These are basically the same idea behind the Peppermint Candy Garland, only a round version made with and clear plastic lid, platter, or plates.

These were some plates from a party that were throw aways but i washed them off dried them and saved them.
                 1.Here i placed regular tape and lightly placed it in a star pattern so that part would remain shiny and clear, or you can spray the entire plate with Frosted Glass Spray Paint. Let dry about 5 sec and tear the tape off.
                 2. With regular acrylic craft paint you can paint lines to resemble a peppermint or whatever you choose your lolly pop to be. Let dry completely.

                    3. Adding lights and lolly pop stick. Here i used a pvc candy cane that's kind old and faded to put it to good use but you can use a wood dowel, pvc pipe, one of those blinds wands for opening and closing blinds that may have broke... basically anything that's a pole. Run the light strand up to the top and around so your candy plate has lights running around it (if you have a straight stick you can use hot glue to tack the lights to the plate or clear tape) then run the lights all the way back to the bottom of the stick. I fastened the lights to the pole with white nylon ribbon so it was snug as possible to the pole.

                   4. Using clear cellophane place the candy lollipop on top leaving about 5 inches below the candy part, fold it over the top till its even with the end of the bottom piece and cut the cellophane. 

                     5. Take a piece of nylon ribbon and tie it as tight as possible around the pole gathering all the edges of the cellophane to the stick.

I tied two lollypops together to get this result

You can also use the round peppermints on a light strand the same way as the bottles on the Peppermint Garland for round candies. They look great hung on a lighted tree with lights shining behind them just wrap them without the lights.

Peppermint Christmas Garland

My idea for this light up garland came to me one day as i was walking around looking for my next outdoor Christmas display. Every year me and my kids choose a theme 2008 was "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer" 2009 was "Peanuts Christmas"... and this year "Candy Christmas". I always try and make a portion of the display with everything from sculpting to painting and use stuff from around the house that i already have on hand. Rudolf above was made of spare garden stakes small terracotta pots an old snow blanket u place under a Xmas display or tree... and recycled newspaper made into paper- mache ..paint and a single electric bulb left over from a broken Christmas ceramic house so his nose glowed red. The kids enjoy coming up with an idea every year.
The Garland: 1. Clear or Colored Clear Plastic Bottles (soda, water, grated cheese used here)
                     2. Rinsed out and dried  use a sharp scissor to poke a hole in the top and bottom of the bottle and cut a hole or the entire bottom or top off so its big enough for the lights to be strung through.
                    3. Spray the outside of the bottles with glass frosting spray paint and let dry usually less than 5 min. (to get stripes u can wrap scotch tape around before u spray leaving some parts clear un-frosted plastic paint will not stick to the un-frosted stripes)
                    4. Use regular acrylic craft paints to make colored lines dots or designs and let dry

                   6. Once completely dry you can begin to string them onto a regular 50 or 100 mini holiday light set.     
             
                   7. Now you want to cut rectangles of clear cellophane to wrap your candies. leave it roughly 3-4inches longer than the candy your wrapping so you can tie it off with some nylon ribbon .