Jumbo Styrofoam Candy Corn

I am soooo excited about this post!  I giggled out loud twice when I was making these.  (Would that be GOL?)  I've been frustrated, too, as I lost my camera cord!!!  I went out this afternoon and bought a card reader.  You know what's destined to happen now?  Yes, I'll lose the card.  Let's get goin' with the good stuff, shall we?

I bought two sets of two cones at Walmart~cost $7,  (these are 7-8") then I carved the sides off and gently rounded the ends using a steak knife.  Next, I made a batch of plaster (purchased for 49¢ on clearance from Michael's-woot!)  A shout out to Marianne from Songbird is in order, I purchased the plaster after I saw her very cool post on using plaster to coat fabric flowers.

I mixed it up on the thin side and poured it over the carved styrofoam.  (Giggle out loud #1 when this worked well!)  There were a few places when the plaster dried that had hollow bubble spots.  I would suggest for those spots to use spackle.  (I tried putting another coat of plaster over the first and it didn't work out that well.)

After they dried overnight, I painted them traditional candy corn colors.  Giggle #2, 'cause they were so danged cute!

They seemed super bright, so I put umber glaze over them.  (You can sand them, too - I did in some spots.)  Aren't they as adorable as can be? 

I'm so crazy about these!  Who said you couldn't make sytrofoam candy corn?!  I'm planning on making at least a couple more...  Darling, thrifty, a bit different - this project's got it all for me!   One more shout out - thanks to my FB friend, Kim, for helping me think this through.  Warning:  You'll probably see these in a lot of my fall posts. 


For other great projects visit: