Candy Leis

I have two nieces that are graduating this June. I have older siblings with a large age gap between they and I, so I have nieces and nephews who are in their teens already.

Both are off to colleges with full scholarships, woo-hoo for my smarty pants nieces. It's tradition to give leis for graduation ceremonies, but they aren't in Cali, so what to do? The floral leis will be too costly to ship and they won't stay fresh, for but a few days. Instead of spending the money on the leis and paying for shipping, I decided I would just gift them with that money and make candy leis for them instead.

Who doesn't love candy? I'm sure they would appreciate it and I made extras so they could give some their friends or something. I saw this done some where a long time ago, but not sure where.

Anyway, I just bought a bunch of candy, cellophane wrap, and ribbon. Well, in this case I used what ribbons I had lying around.


Step 1: take the cellophane wrap and cut the length you want, I made mine about 3 feet long. cut the ribbon into 6 inch pieces, cut about 15, you have some extra, but just to be sure you have enough. The size of the candy will dictate how much ribbon you need, but you won't know until you try it.

Step 2: lay the candy the entire length of the cellophane, being sure to lay it in the center, and be sure to leave at least 3 inches on each end, also space the candy about 2 inches apart to reserve room for the ribbon tie, well depending the candy, for a mini Reese's cup, you could leave a smaller space.

Step 3: wrap the candy up, by rolling the cellophane.


Step 4: this step can be a little tricky, now tie ribbon around the cellophane where you left a space. the candy will probably shift when you pick up the cellophane to tie it. but there is room to wiggle the candy back if it falls out of line. now tie the ends off by overlapping the cellophane


Voila