Acorn Candy Dishes

Recycled cardboard acorn candy dish toppers!

Posted by Mark Montano

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Make super cute acorn candy dishes with recycled cardboard and twigs from your backyard. Watch the video tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AxS5MHOII

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You Will Need (11 things)

  • Glass dishes
  • Twigs
  • DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Rich Espresso Acrylic Paint
  • 2 Americana Acrylic Paint in Burnt Sienna
  • Ruler
  • Tape
  • Hot Glue
  • White Glue
  • Cutting Mat
  • Craft Knife
  • Cardboard

Steps (4 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    YOU'LL NEED
    Cardboard
    Craft knife
    Cutting mat
    Ruler
    Tape
    Glass dishes
    Americana Acrylics in Burnt Sienna
    DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Rich Espresso
    Pinking shears
    White glue
    Hot glue gun
    Paintbrush
    Twigs
    Brown fabric or faux suede

  2. 2

    Cut about 15 1/2" wide strips of cardboard
    Rub them along a table edge to give them a curve
    Hot glue the end of a strip to a small twig
    Wrap the cardboard around the twig to the end, tape on another piece and continue until you have the lid size that you need.
    *Usually about 1/4" larger than the mouth of the glass piece you're pairing it with
    Hot glue the end of the last piece on the coil

  3. 3

    Gently press the center of the coil upward to create a dome
    Paint white glue on the inside of the dome/lid to keep it in place
    When dry, paint the lid in Burnt Sienna and then dry brush it in a Rich Espresso Dazzling Metallic

  4. 4

    When dry, cut out fabric leaves with pinking shears and hot glue them to the twig.
    Done!