For the hero medal, I used a wood burner (and the proper safety equipment - burning craft foam makes fumes) to burn the star and marks into the craft foam.
Hero and Cookie Medals: These were made from craft foam and ribbon. The finish line was white paper with a grid drawn onto it. Rainbow Bridge/Finish Line: The rainbow was made from taped-together strips of colored construction paper (the kind that comes on a roll). I got a short string of holiday lights and stuck one into each hole in the top of the gumdrop then hung up the string and lit them up.
I definitely wouldn't recommend using the lights inside because of the mess the salt makes.Ĩ. This helps the Epsom salts stick to the cup a little better, but even with that the salt was constantly falling off. I took my gumdrops outside and gave them a thorough spraying with a clear coat spray paint. I added more glue and sprinkled on salt in any place that didn't get enough during the rolling stage then let it dry completely.ħ. I spread Elmer's white glue over the whole thing (except for the hole for the light) then rolled it in Epsom salts. If you don't care about reusing the cups, it would probably work better to glue the salt directly to the cup.Ħ. I did this step because I didn't want to glue the Epsom salts directly to the cup - I wanted the option of reusing the cups afterward. Usually this required covering the "X" in the craft foam, so I had to go back with some scissors and slice through the plastic wrap and tape to make a hole for the light. I covered the whole thing with plastic wrap, taping at the top. I taped the circle to the top of the cup.ĥ. I also cut a small "X" in the center of the circle for the light to go through (not shown in the above photo, unfortunately).Ĥ. I clipped the edges of the craft foam circle so it would easily fold over the mouth of the cup. I cut out a circle slightly larger than the mouth of the cup from craft foam in the same color as the cup.ģ. I got twelve multicolored children's cups. Those gumdrops didn't light up, though, so here's how I made ones that did:ġ. I got the idea for the gumdrop lights from The Felted Chicken. I went over it with the latex paint afterward and it worked beautifully - not sticky at all. I made the mistake of trying to use fancy spray paint meant for plastic first - it never dried and ended up gross and sticky. I painted it with brush-on white latex paint then dabbed on acrylic paint in blue, red and yellow. Giant Jawbreaker: This was a $3 plastic ball from Walmart. To keep them standing up on the asphalt, we cut holes in some planks of wood and stuck the PVC pipe in. Instead of wrapping paper tubes we used PVC pipe. I wrapped them in trash bags before putting them in my car to keep the color from rubbing off on the interior. Be aware that the food coloring is not waterproof and it can rub off on your clothes or anything else it touches.
The tutorial recommends cutting the batting into strips with scissors but I found it looked more realistic when it was torn. I think I ended up using about a bottle and a half of food coloring.Īfter the batting dried completely, I tore it into strips and wrapped them around the trash cans, tucking the ends of the strips under each other.
I had to go back over several times to fill in places that got missed. I sprayed the colored water on both sides of the batting and let it dry. I hung the batting outside on a line (very important to do it outside to avoid staining stuff indoors) and filled up a spray bottle with water and red food coloring (I experimented to find the right ratio of water to food color). Instead, I used watered-down red food coloring. The paint wouldn't dry and it gummed up the spray bottle to the point where it wouldn't work. To color the batting, I deviated from the tutorial after the watered-down paint recommended did not work for me. The "candy" is made of a queen-sized sheet of polyester quilt batting - the cheapest one I could find. I then wrapped packing paper around the trash can to fill it out and taped the paper in place. I made a cone out of poster board and taped it to the bottom. I started with a small, upside-down trash can. Giant Cotton Candy: We used this tutorial for fake cotton candy by iViViFiED on deviantart.
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