At Christmas time there are lots of opportunities where you might like to make some candy holders or party favors so here are two ideas for Christmas Paper Roll Candy Holder Favors. These are simple to make, especially the Santa one, and you can just use your imagination and make them however you like, no particular templates or instructions to follow.
These candy holders are made with a paper towel roll cut in half (sort of!). First I made the elf, copying a candy bar wrapper I made several years ago in THIS POST. I just wrapped the tube in Old Olive Cardstock, wrapped it in a piece of Real Red at the top with a little triangle cut out to look like short pants, and two strips of the red and white striped flocked paper from the Santa’s Workshop Designer Paper (no longer available).j You can make your own striped elf legs with Whisper White Cardstock and a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker. The shoes I just cut by hand out of a small piece of Basic Black. You could just use a rectangle shape if you wanted to. Then there is a little Old Olive belt around his shorts with a black buckle.
Here is the secret of making buckles, as on both of these favors……. cut a square of the color for the belt buckle and adhere. Then cut a smaller square of the color of the belt to center on top of the belt buckle square. That way you are not cutting slits and sliding the “belt” through the buckle or anything! Sometimes there is a punch that is suitable for the buckle.
The Santa party favor is even easier. Just wrap the tube with Real Red Cardstock. Make some “fur” on his coat. I used the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to decorate the edges of the Whisper White strip. Maybe it is too frilly for Santa? You could also just tear the edges to look a little furry. The black buttons are punched with the 1/2″ Circle Punch. Just wrap around a black belt and make a buckle out of Gold Foil Paper or Gold Glimmer Paper. Add that center Basic Black piece to look like a belt.
Then just add some candy or treat in a cello bag or glue on a little bottom piece of cardstock at the bottom of the tube and fill with candy. Easy and fun Christmas Paper Roll Candy Holder Favors for you to make!