How to make a Santa Candy Dome with Cricut
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Looking for something unique for a Christmas gift or party favor?
Maybe this year Santa gets a candy pack to go instead of or in addition to cookies. This paper cut Santa candy holder is so easy to make!
Compatible with Cricut and other cutting machines this 8 layered design is approximately 6.6″ X 7.6″ – a txt file with assembly directions is included in the zip folder.
WAYS TO USE THE CANDY DOMES:
- Fill it with candy, coins, small toys, gift certificates
- Punch a hole in it and use it as an oversized gift tag
- Christmas party favors
- Make them for Santa to give out at an event
- and more
SUPPLY LIST:
- Santa Candy Design Files – buy on Design Bundles – buy on Etsy
- (2) 8 1/2″ x 11″ pieces of white cardstock (layers 1, 2 & 5)
- (1) 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of red cardstock (layer 3)
- Scraps of Cardstock – gray, pink, black – glitter cardstock can be substituted for any layers
- 3.15” clear plastic fillable ornament (you need 1/2 of the ornament for each candy dome project)
- Hot Glue Gun
- Tacky Glue
- candy, small toys or whatever you want to put in the dome
How to make a Santa Candy Dome with Cricut
In this video you’ll see how easy these 🎅🏻 Santa Candy Domes for Christmas are to put together. You will also learn different ways to make them fancy.
Use to give money or gift certificates, put them in a Christmas Gift Basket, make a special gift for a grandchild and more. Use for Christmas Party favors or a fun (big!) gift tag for a present.
SHORTCUTS TO SPECIFIC TOPICS:
00:00 How to make a Santa Candy Dome
00:40 Supplies
01:06 What to do if you use unwrapped treats
01:24 How to access the candy in the dome
03:20 Glue the Candy Dome
04:48 Putting the Santa Face together
12:30 Putting the face on the Candy Dome
14:16 Finished Santa Candy Domes
07:26 Buy the SVG files for Cricut
The gift box candy dome is also great for Christmas AND can be used for lots of occasions depending on the paper you chose.
I am so in love with designing and making these!
🎅🏻 Tara Reed
See all the Candy Dome designs I have available on DesignBundles or Etsy