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   Before you start, you will need to find something appropriate to melt your beads in. I recommend metal cupcake baking trays, but for this I used oven-safe, rubber mini muffin moulds.

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   Line your moulds with tinfoil so that you don't wreck them, this also gives the plastic a nice cracked-candy look.

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   Fill each mould with coloured beads, so that the bottom surface is completely covered. I used a mixture of clear beads and solid beads to make different kinds of 'candy'.

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   Melt down in the oven, set at it's highest heat. This should take about 30 minutes, but keep checking to make sure they don't burn.

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   When the plastic has completely cooled, remove the tinfoil. You should be left with little, round, plastic plates.

6. 

   

   Cut a long rectangle of cellophane and two lengths of jewellery wire.

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   Place a plastic candy in the center of the cellophane and wrap up.

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   Twist either end of the cellophane, as you would do with real candy, and wrap the wire around to secure in place.

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   Repeat this with the other side and cut off any unwanted cellophane from either side.

10. 

    

    Make a whole bunch of these.

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    Attach a length of string to your candy and hang on your Christmas tree.