Peppermint Wreath

I started this one in November so that I could give you the tutorial ahead of time. You may notice the date. Yeah, didn't get this done as quickly as I meant to. Sorry about that. Just store this idea for next year.

I wanted a wreath that was different and thought candy would be great. I started with a styrofoam wreath and wrapped it in white ribbon.

Then I got a 3.5 pound bag of peppermints and had to unwrap them. This part was a bit of a pain. Just tedious and boring.

I used hot glue to adhere the peppermints.

This was also kind of boring so I just unwrapped some and glued them and then took a break and did something else. 

Which is the real reason it took so long -- I kept getting distracted by more interesting things. With more discipline, I could have done the whole thing in an afternoon.
 

Now, you don't want to decorate with food and just leave it exposed to the air. So you need spray lacquer.

Lacquer will completely seal it. It sprays on just like spray paint, but you want to be well ventilated. (Trust me, it would be better to freeze in the garage than do this inside the house; not that I would know from experience or anything - wink, wink.)

Once that was dry, I had to attach my ribbon and hang. I should have made the bow a little bigger, but I was in a rush to get it up. I fix it next year.

I think it's festive.

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