I've made many candy trees - we actually had a woman's Christmas dinner a few years ago where a group of us made large gum drop trees (with the extra large gumdrops) - pinning candy on would take forever - we hot glued ours....we also made lemon drop balls, peppermint circle balls, etc....with real candy and styrofoam balls...we put the trees on glass antique pedestal cake plates - the balls were strewn around the table underneath the pedestal - a little ribbon and fresh holly and everything just looked too cute.

It is easy to do, you can use most any candy but it is time consuming and can be expensive if you are doing a lot of trees and balls.

Wow! Cattknap, that sounds so pretty. What a fun way to decorate the tables. But you are right, candy is not inexpensive. Did they all have to be thrown away afterwards or can they be stored safely?

Victoria, please come share pics with us of any that you create, okay? The candy decorating seems to be very popular. I'm seeing lots of ornaments in the stores, and just love Cattknap and Judith's candyland vignettes.

Luvs

Actually if the candy trees and balls are wrapped tightly and stored in an air tight zip bag, they will last for several years.

WalMart is a great place to get inexpensive candy and sometimes they even have the extra large gumdrops.

My problem has been finding a extra large styrofoam ball. It should be as round as the top of the pot about 12", Large because it's for outside, one on either side of the poarch. I might try to get a couple of cheap grocery store balls, cut a hole , fill with spray foam insulation and peel the balls away after it hardens. Theoretically I could wrap lights around the ball between the candy.

Aren't there balls made of the wire that looks like chicken wire. I'd think they would work great for outside. You could put lights inside and greenery as well as tying the candy on them. Can't wait to see what you come up with, be sure to post pics for us, okay? Luvs