Crafty Treat

I saw this candy corn wreath online and wanted to re-create it. You take a foam wreath, wrap it with black duct tape (did you even know it came in colors? I didn't.), and then glue candy corns on with a low temperature glue gun.

Easy, right? Sure. After individually gluing an entire bag of candy corns around the wreath, I wanted to preserve it. You know, since I didn't really want ants swarming the front door and I'd just spent an hour hot gluing an entire bag of candy on a wreath. The website suggested using Mod Podge to seal the candy. So, I painted on the glue-like stuff and, can you guess what happened? The candy corns melted.

The SECOND wreath turned out well. This time I sprayed it with clear acrylic sealer. After three coats, I thought it'd be OK. Well, maybe in the north it would work great. Or if I'd left it indoors. But living in the South with a little something called humidity, several melted leaving me with a puddle of candy corn sweat on the porch. I lost some to gravity. But, for a few days, it was cute.



I just checked the website and they've actually taken down that Mod Podge suggestion. Hmm....wonder why.