candy christmas

Host a Christmas Ice Cream & Candy Social Party, no grown ups - ONLY KIDS ALLOWED! Look no further than a candy cane for the traditional red and white colour scheme and stock up on allsorts of sweets and treats.

INVITATION

Sweet Surprise

Invite guests to already start enjoying the party inspiration, by tying with candy striped ribbon, a red and white striped invitation tag with all the details to an edible candy cane.

INTRODUCTION
Candy Cane Wreath
A green swag bent into the shape of a candy cane, dotted with a few pinecones and a bright red satin bow, loudly welcomes guests to the candy store inside!

TREE

Sweet Tooth
Try our candy-themed tree decorations with a classic assortment of glossy ribbon candies dangling next to sturdy candy canes. The red-and-white colour theme is continued throughout with red and white striped ball ornaments and bows. A tree that looks like it is good enough to eat that you may have to attach a sign that warns: FOR DECORATION ONLY! Visit our website and Christmas shopping weekend to see the entire collection.

TABLE

Candy Cane
For the table linen, our in-house seamstress has sewn up some very bright red and white candy cane table runners and matching napkins. In addition, fabric cones with a ribbon tie were made with a dual purpose, to decorate the Christmas tree, and be filled with candy as party favours. Later on in this article under FAVOURS see how you can make your own!

Red and White Delight
For all crockery, cutlery, glassware use the Essential 8 (see our first Good Newsletter about these basics that every hostess should have). But feel free to add red items where these are available, like our fun red with white spots bauble place card holders! Great for this party, and so many others: think a Kiddies Circus Birthday Party or Casino and Poker Night

Candy Galore
Use our glass apothecary jars featured in Good Newsletter Issue 3, as well as display additional glass jars and compotes, together with our appropriately themed candy jars and boxes - to create an Ice Cream Candy Cane Bar!

MENU

Milky Lane
With all the candy that is around, simply add a huge tub of vanilla ice cream and ask the kids to make their own ice cream sundae. Have a competition to decide which one is the most creative and a small prize for the winner.

Goodies you may wish to have:
Ice cream sundae glasses
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate ice cream
Flakes
Smarties
M&Ms
Silver balls
Vermicelli (Chocolate Sprinkles)
Coconut
Hundreds and thousands
Chocolate sauce
Cherries
Berries
Chopped nuts
Whipped cream

Yum!
Contrast the cold of the ice cream with the heat of the yummy chocolate and peppermint of the candy canes.

FUN AND GAMES

No-Bake Cookie Cottages
Wafer crackers are a breeze to work with, so skip the baking and get straight to the fun of decorating your own mini candy neighbourhood. Putting the houses together takes no time, so you can make a few before, and then let kids adorn them. For features such as green gumdrop hedges or a blue jellybean path, buy sweets in bulk at a candy shop or online. Cover the ground with a blanket of snowy shredded coconut for a wondrous display you can enjoy all season.

FAVOURS

Candy Cones
Candy Cane striped fabric cones were given to each child, and they could fill these to the brim with sweets from our candy bar. These can also just as easily be made out of paper using our candy cane striped paper available for download at www.ingoodcompany.co.za/goodtimes/downloads.

Paper Cones

MATERIALS
White thick paper
Coloured printer
Scissors
Glue or Double sided tape
Punch
Red Satin Ribbon 5mm

DIRECTIONS
Print as many sheets as are required of our red and white stripe paper download. Then using the template below cut out the circle and then cut along the dotted line. Using strong Pritt glue, or double side tape stick along one side. Roll up into a cone shape and press firmly into place. Punch a hole into each indicated spot and thread red satin ribbon through for a handle.

Cocoa Candy Cane Marshmallows
Here is a brilliant idea straight from Livy's blog: www.afieldjournal.blogspot.com. "If you're wondering what to do with leftover candy canes, these hot chocolate toppers might be the answer. The original recipe (from Better Homes and Gardens) called for a powdered sugar mixture to adhere the crushed candy cane, but I thought I'd try dark chocolate instead. They were so simple to make and I ended up making almost three dozen; we enjoyed them with hot chocolate after the belated Christmas dinner we had over the weekend. I also wrapped some up in cellophane and made labels (the perfect opportunity to test out my new Xyron sticker maker)."

Download the sticker template from our website, and be sure to check out Livy's blog - it is amazing, you will spend hours and hours pouring over it all!