How to make American Girl Candy Sleigh
A few weeks ago we received a fabulous request for some candy wrappers. We have already made a few candy wrappers, but this request was for something a little different. These were to be used for making American Girl Candy Sleighs! What a fun and cute idea! This craft is one to keep you and your crafting helpers busy. The kids and I made an afternoon of it and we had so much fun. There are two printables to choose from. One with Holiday bows and one without. I think the bows are great for Christmas scenes and the ones without bows will be cute in candy jars throughout the year!
Shelly from Shelly’s Doll World used these printables to set up a scene of her dolls making the candy sleighs and it’s gorgeous. The dolls are super busy making gifts for their friends!
Materials Needed:
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Tape
- Craft Foam
- Aluminum Foil
- Ribbon
- Mini Candy Canes
- American Girl Candy Wrappers
- American Girl Candy Wrappers with bows
Related Printables:
Watch and tell us what your dolls will do with the candy! 😉
TIPS:
- Shelly used real mini candy canes and I used mini candy cane ornaments. You can find the ornaments at Hobby Lobby or Michaels. I’m sure other stores have them too. Or, if you want to craft a little more, make them from red and white pipe cleaners!
- I don’t have the measurements for the candy bars, I just eye balled it. Your candy canes might be bigger or smaller, so to make your candies look right you might need to cut the printables down to smaller size. I used them as is.
- Double sided tape was easier my little ones to use, but if you can use hot glue to assemble the sleigh, that’s a good choice too.
- Cover the Kit Kat with packaging tape when it’s put together to give the wrapper a shiny look, just like the original.
- I did use a 5mm brown craft foam sheet, but really any color or thickness will work. If it’s a very thin craft foam, you might need to glue a few layers together to get the right “thickness” for the candy bars.
Hi, I'm Rudy! I'm a young mom of three beautiful kids, two girls and one boy. Our life is busy and full of crafts, especially for our American Girl Dolls. We love working together to create new things and we hope you enjoy our creations also!
This is Launa Loofers. She is crazy all the time and is an amazing gymnast. In fact, we started this blog on her ideas for her dolls to be gymnasts just like her! 
This is my handsome little man. He is the only boy in this house full of girls and dolls. He is a good sport though. He loves his 'boy American Girl dolls' and his action figures. And is always right in the mix of craft time creations!
Lexie is full of fun and always has a smile on her face. She is the youngest, but don't let that fool you, she has a BIG opinion!
I LOVE THIS
I know this is random but can you please make a dog bed
I know this is random but can you make a dog bed please
You could make it with real candy and candy canes for a gift!
You could probably make this with real candy canes and real candy for a gift!
How do you make the mini candy canes
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So cute! Hershey bars definitely.
Yah, I don’t have to much colored ink too. 🙁
I took clay and put in Hershey’s mini wrappers and taped it up. I also have Dots, Milk Duds’, and Nerds.
so cute!!My dolls like Hershey bars.
Yummmmmy! My dolls would love this ?? But, I can’t make a lot of your crafts because I don’t have Colored Ink for our printer? Hopefully we can get some so I can use your Printables!
You can always print them at a local library, FedEx, Staples, Etc. It costs very little to do this! Usually about $0.10 per sheet!