Halloween happens to by my 5 year olds favorite holiday, besides Christmas obviously. So this year I decided to volunteer for Trunk or Treat at my his school. I was a little intimifdated and confused about themes as this was the first Trunk or Treat I have ever attended and participated. My son is in Kindergarten and I really want to do something geared to the younger grades but do something everyone would love. Our favorite game to play together is Candy Land so I figured that would be the perfect theme to create. So, I closed my eyes envisioned the game and off I went....
The first thing I did was search on Amazon for Candy Land Decorations. I came across these awesome Sweet Candy Lollipop Balloons that we had blown up at a local party store for a small fee.
I also stumbled upon Candy Land Pepper Stripes Deco Letters. I thought these were key for making a banner because they are the true letters from the game. Its important when recreating something you want it to be familiar with the viewer and for $8.99 these were a score. I used poster board and sprayed the background with glitter paint. I hot glued the letters on the sign and added some candy I made using styrofoam discs and cellophane. I made the large lollipops the same way. I just tied them once at the bottom and bought large sticks from the craft store
For the background we used plastic table cloths right from the dollar store and taped them up and added a plastic flag banner. We used poster board and cut out game pieces. And made the candy land walkway using poster board and regular sized pieces of colored construction paper. We also sprayed halloween buckets with glitter spray paint and flipped them upside down to give the "gum drop" look.
Grab a few small and large pinwheels and throw them in the mix and roll up some poster board and cover to make look like candy sticks and you will have a complete Candy Land Trunk or Treat that everyone will love.
Have any questions or need some help trying to tie together your Candy Land themed party or Trunk or treat? Feel free to email me at DanaJustTalk@hotmail.com
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