Make Your Own Candy Town

It’s fun, easy and best of all, edible! Just follow our how-to guidelines using the items listed below. Make your Candy Town as a fun classroom or family project, holiday decoration, centerpiece or Christmas Eve activity. Add your own creative ideas to the design to make your Candy Town fun and unique!

Clever Ornament Craft Ideas

A great way to help kids feel involved in the holidays is by encouraging them to make their own ornaments for gift-giving or decorating.  Here are a variety of clever craft ornaments kids can make during a snowday, holiday party or classroom project. 

Sharing Christmastime Kindness

Instead of getting caught up in holiday hustle and bustle, take time to share some Christmas kindness and make the season brighter for someone.  Consider these simple ideas:

How to Host a White Elephant Party

Instead of having a traditional gift exchange, consider having a white elephant party, where everyt gift is a mystery.  Here are some ideas to help you start planning.

Easy Ideas for a Christmas Tree Trimming Party

Begin the holiday season with a casual tree trimming party that gets everyone involved and helps set the mood for the holidays.  Here are tips and ideas you can use to make party planning easier.

Simple Sunday School Christmas Activities

As Christmas approaches, it can become difficult to keep kids focused during Sunday school.  These activities will help keep kids engaged, while teaching them about the true meaning of Christmas.

Top 10 Inspirational Kids’ Crafts for Christmas

Whether you’re making crafts with your kids or with your Sunday School class, you can use inspirational crafts to teach kids about the reason for the season.  Most craft kits are packaged for 1-12 kids and include easy-to-follow instructions.  Here are the top 10 inspirational crafts this Christmas season.

Kid's Holiday Party Planning Guide

By Penny Warner

Host a holiday party for the kids with a cool kid theme, such as Snowmen, Santas, Elves or Reindeer. Then plan the food and fun around it.   

Invitation:
Advent Calendar. Make mini advent calendars by cutting small “windows” in a sheet of red paper. Glue sheet onto same size of green paper (except for windows), write party details in each of the windows, secure windows closed with holiday stickers to match the theme. Add a few candies to a large envelope, decorate with stickers, and mail to guests.

Clever Christmas Gift Ideas for Teachers

By now your holiday to-do list is pages long and your gift-buying list is probably even longer, but one person you might forget this year, and really shouldn't is your child's teacher. Here are a few gift ideas to show appreciation to your child’s teacher, coach or bus driver.

Christmas Beading Projects

Show off your creative holiday flair with free Christmas beading project ideas that are easy and fun!  Whether you're beading a gift for a friend, designing something for a special occasion or creating your own clever pieces, we have inspiration for both the beginner and advanced beaders.  Our beading projects come with complete supply lists and easy-to-follow instructions to help you along the way.