Are you feeling sweet today? I must be since I am nibbling on chocolate drizzled popcorn as I write this post! Reader/contributor Madelon and I have been thinking along the same lines lately and both have been working on some Doll Candy Store ideas. Using basic craft materials, mini finds from the dollar store and Five Below, and a little imagination we have made some pretty sweet goodies. And don’t forget to scroll down to get the printable today – including a sign for your candy store and a word search for you.
Nicki’s candy store, called “So Sweet” is open for business and Callie is the first customer of the day. She settles on a lollipop and a container of strawberry ice cream flavored candy(actually a mini lip gloss). In Nicki’s store you can find lollipops made from stickers and ones made from clay. You can find gumballs made from pom poms and jaw breakers made from clay. There are also licorice ropes make from pipe cleaners twisted together and some real (but stale) Dolly Mix from my trip to Ireland. The container holding the jaw breakers is actually a small water bottle that I cut the top third off of.
Madelon has a cute set up for Kanani, too! She made cotton candy out of cotton balls colored with chalk, lollipops make from stickers, licorice bites made from colorful rope erasers, candy plates and mini jelly beans. Aren’t all her little containers just so cute? Check the dollar aisle at Target and the dollar store for these type of items.
They also found these cute mini candy sticks at Five Below. Kanani wants the Spiderman ones.
Are you ready to get started on your own candy store? Our printable today has a sign for your candy store, ideas for how to make different doll candy using items you already have on hand and a puzzle for you.
Download the printable candy store activity as a PDF file.
I can’t wait to see how creative you all get with this activity! I know you have some great ideas too. But, just in case you need more ideas:
- Check out the crafts page on Karen’s blog
- Make doll treats using some of the ideas we shared earlier in the year
Have a great afternoon!
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Firstie!
Oops! Secondie! But anyway…Char what is your favorite ag doll?
Jordy – I really love Felicity and Ivy, but Kit and Emily are also pretty special.
cute can I post this on my site char
Thirdie!
Rose – you can post a link to it on your site but you can’t post the whole thing on your site.
No way Char— I was eating some chocolate popcorn when I was reading this, too!!!!
Adorable! what a ‘Sweet’ craft!
Love it! I saw the cotton candy thing somewhere and made three myself.
awesome!!!!
COOL now i want candy
I guess this would be”the lolly doll” rather than the candy man huh?
Cute. At Easter my sister and i kept our wrappers and made “Starr’s Candy Store!!”
You can make doll candy buy going to http://www.mikescandywrappers.com . You copy and paste the wrappers to Microsoft Word or something like that on your computer, print them out, then put cotton balls or tissues inside and tape it up!
now i really want candy yummmmmmmmmm!!!1
Ohhhh. I really like this idea! Im starting to run out of room to put all these cool little crafts I am making! Fun foam will also make some cute lollipops!
Cool! I think I will do this but my dolls’ dollhouse is running out of room with it’s bedroom, store/bathroom/spa, horse stable, kitchen/resturaunt/dessert shop/cafe and then the school room! I’ll really have to do some thinking now!
Too cute! I love candy
also american girl fan has a how to for taffy! Caroline, TOTALLY! me too! the how to is super easy, and fun!
agisthebest – oh, yeah, I forgot about her post on taffy.
where did you find the little clear cups that are from coffee shops?
I was at the beach a couple weeks ago and at an ice cream place saw a miniature sand bucket with miniature tools and real tiny suckers. I’m kicking myself for not getting it. I always have my eyes open for accessories for my AG dolls. I’ll be there again in a few weeks and won’t pass it up next time.
The clear coffee cups are from Starbucks. I got them last week when they were giving out samples of their new refreshers drinks. The other clear container I made by cutting off the top third of a small water bottle.
Haha! I used Dunkin Donuts instead!
Oh I do love my lollies! This is awesome!
Char, are the printables free to print?
Natalia – yes the printables are free to print for your own personal use. You may link to them from another site as well. They may not be repackaged or sold.
like the cotton candy did you get it from my froggy stuff?
sweeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
That’s cool
cute im gonna make some right now woo hoo! thanks for posting this really cute craft! =)
yellow & orange make great licorice![i just made some!!.]
Char-WHO IS AMERICAN GIRL FAN? I want to see her how to for taffy
Taylor go to http://www.americangirlfan.com and search her site for the taffy. It’s cute.