Patriotic DIY Candy Dish
As summer is quickly approaching, so are all the patriotic holidays! It’s time to start touting the red white and blue! For a really cute, and incredibly cheap and easy, way to decorate for the 4th of July or any other patriotic holiday, you can follow along and make your own Patriotic DIY Candy Dish! Or, use this tutorial as inspiration to come up with your own spin with your favorite colors!
- Glass dish
- Glass gems
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue
- Candy!
I found my really cute star candy dish and the two sets of glass gems at Dollar Tree. I would look at whatever dollar store might be local to you. This whole project cost me just $3! I picked up two sets of the glass gems, because I wanted the variety with the larger stones and smaller stones.
Now, just apply hot glue to the back of the gem, and press it firmly against the outside of your glass dish until the glue starts to cool and harden – about 10 seconds. Continue placing the gems close together as you move around the dish and fill in all the empty sides.
When you’ve finished making your way all around the glass dish, you can step back and admire your personalized creation! I really love all the blues and how they work together to make it look very patriotic against the deep red splash from the hot tamales I loaded into my DIY candy dish.
This whole project took about a half an hour to complete and has held up really well! I did have to reapply one gem that didn’t have enough glue to hold it on a slightly rounded edge, but the rest have stayed out beautifully. It feels like an expensive candy dish, now, on a budget!
How will you customize your DIY candy dish?
For more July 4th & Patriotic ideas, check out a few posts from my favorite bloggers:
- Patriotic Mini Berry Tarts by Confessions of an Overworked Mom
- How to Host a 4th of July Parade by Mom on the Side
- Patriotic Pudding Cups by Better in Bulk
- Perfect Southern Sweet Tea by Greta’s Day
- Patriotic String Art Craft by This Mama Loves
- DIY Beaded Flag Charm Craft for Kids by Cait’s Beauty Blog
- Patriotic Red, White and Blue Mason Jar Planters by Home and Garden Cafe
- Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes by Our Family World
- Crockpot Bean Mix by Day by Day in Our World
- Treats for your 4th of July Cookout by Momma D Jane
- Patriotic Wine Glass Charms by Style on Main
- Greek Pasta Salad, a simple summer side by About a Mom
- Beet and Blueberry Salad by Upstate Ramblings
- Patriotic Ice Cream Sandwiches by Mom Does it All
Great idea; those stones are so pretty.
What fun! It looks like something my nieces and nephews could do. I will have to try this
I’m dropping by from the SITS Girls link up party. This is such a clever idea! I’ve got a star dish so that means it would be way easy for me to make this candy dish. Wonderful!! Thanks so much for sharing.
I have a link party that I’m trying to grow. I invite you to share this idea (and a couple of others) at my Grandma Ideas Sharing Time link party at http://grandmaideas.com. My readers would LOVE this idea, too!
The party goes from Wednesday through Friday at midnight so it ends tonight Mountain Standard Time. I know it’s late on Friday. I know that tomorrow is the 4th of July. But, maybe you could still make it? I hope you can drop by and add your link before it ends. If not, you can participate in next week’s link party.
All the best,
Nina
Super cute idea!! Thanks for sharing your post at our very first #LivingwithStyle Linky Party! I hope that you will link up again next Wednesday! ~Dianne@ http://www.scrutinizinglife.com
Love the cheap DIYs!!
Pretty, and patriotic too! CAn’t beat that!
Very cute dish and super easy to make.
I’m just loving how this turned out. It can be used long after the 4th of July too which I love.
This looks like a real fun craft to do with the kids. They’re good at the glue gun, I can just turn them loose on it!
Awesome roundup of projects for the holidays! Very cute idea with the candy dish!
That is super colorful! I love how easy it sounds to make.
What a lovely summer idea for kids
That is too cute. I can see my kids using their favorite colors.
So many great ideas here and I love the candy dish. I always like to read about new crafting ideas. Thanks!
Very cute candy dish! I really like all of these DIY ideas. easy enough that I would attempt, not a crafty person. 🙂
Looks like a fun project for a summer day.
Oh, how cute and so easy to do! Thanks for sharing. I can see many uses for this on the 4th of July or any party!
Aww, that is so cute. My daughter would have a lot of fun making one of these with me! Thanks for the how-to!
That is really cute I love the Dollar Tree for crafts. They are so reasonable and they have lots to choose from.
These are awesome! They would also make great tea light holders. I love the patriotic string art craft too.
I really like the DIY Patriotic Candy Dish. It’s very eye-catching.
The candy dish is super cute! So perfect for the 4th of July. I will have to see if I can find a star dish and make some of these.
What an adorable Candy dish. I think I want to make one of these and have a nice candy dish when my family comes to visit!
I love this idea.. it is something that the grandkids can do. Thank you for the idea
What a fun idea. I’ll have to check my dollar store and see if I can find a star dish.