DIY Candy Cane Vase

Looking for the perfect holiday centerpiece? This easy DIY candy cane vase is a budget-friendly project that will be the star of your holiday table!

For our Christmas party some years ago, I bought several Christmasy flower arrangements, carefully arranged them in vases, and placed them around the house. Classy, perhaps, but completely unimaginative. I’m pretty sure no one even noticed them. Not exactly money well spent.

So this year I decided to get a little more creative (and thrifty) with my flower arrangement, with the idea to create something similar to this:

(image courtesy of MarthaStewart.com)

Here is what you need:
Approximately 28 Candy Canes
hot glue gun
1 empty and clean 15oz can

Step 1: Hot glue the candy canes around the can.

Step 2: Continue to glue candy canes around the can until completely covered.

Step 3: The wrappers hung down over the bottom, so I glued those down and then cut a circle of scrapbook paper & glued that over the wrappers.

Step 4: I found a matching piece of scrap ribbon to tie around the candy canes & glued it in place.

Step 5: I glued a matching bow on the front of the ribbon.

Step 6: I then found a bunch of artificial poinsettias in a box of unused Christmas decorations & used a wire cutter to cut them down to size. Cute, isn’t it? Hopefully someone notices it this year. (If not, my total cost for the project was less than $2)

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Ruth Soukup

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Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping people everywhere create a life they love by follwing their dreams and achieving their biggest goals. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of Living Well Spending Less® and Elite Blog Academy®. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love, which was the inspiration for this book. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck, and 2 daughters Maggie & Annie.

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V on December 11 at
I was thinking for a temporary vase you could get a wide mouth glass or jar and put the candy canes inside with the hook part going over the side. Just put your flowers in the middle and it would look very Christmassy. You could even eat the canes from the back or after Christmas!
Paulette on November 5 at
How many candy canes per can?
Patricia on July 28 at
I love it hopefully we can make some for Veterans this year for Christmas i need to know what size can did you use so i can get our group to start saving them.
- Ruth Soukup on July 28 at
  What a wonderful idea!! I believe it was a 14.5 oz can that I used for this project. 🙂

DIY Candy Cane Vase

(image courtesy of MarthaStewart.com)