I just love all of the 2020 Halloween Idea-ology releases don't you? So much fun! As I looked over all of it I was trying to decide what I wanted to do, and surprise, I found myself again inspired by one of my favorite places, Disneyland. If you have ever visited Disneyland at Halloween you know that they go all out and decorate everything. One of the most colorful, delightful places of all is Marcelline's candy shop in Downtown Disney followed closely by the Candy Palace on Main Street in Disneyand Park. I visit them often during the season not just to purchase candy, but to get inspiration for my home decor. So naturally I decided to create my own fun, colorful Halloween Candy Shoppe.
Today I'm going to just do a tutorial on my favorite Disney snack from the candy stores, the caramel apple. I've take one home on almost every trip for the last 15+ years. So let's start there.
ext take two of the smallest pumpkins. I painted mine green with Peeled Paint Distress Paint and let dry. Then I drilled a tiny hole in the center top of the pumpkin with my Dremmel (I was inspired by Zoe Hillman to get a Dremmel for drilling holes in my Idea-ology projects myelf so I don't have to wait for my husband. It was a great decision!) Ok, so once the hole was drilled I cut down a toothpick and glued it into the hole with Distress Collage Medium. Let dry.
Once it is dry, hold the pumpkin apple by the stick and dip it into Vintage Collage Medium like it was a tub of yummy caramel! You want to dip it pretty far up the side of the apple.
Slowly pull it out of the Vintage Collage Medium making sure it is well covered.
Set them on a non-stick mat to dry. This takes a long time so you need to be sure this is off to the side somewhere or just before you go to bed. Once dry, you will notice that the very inside bottom of the caramel is still wet when you pick it up. It's ok. You will probably be dipping them a second time to make sure they look nice and caramelly. So repeat the last step and let them dry again.
Once they look the way you want, I tied a piece of the new black twine from the Halloween Trimmings around the top of each. These pieces were already separated from the original cut. If you unwind the twine you can get three thinner pieces. Each of the thinner pieces are made of three threads. Then carefully lift them off the nonstick mat and you will probably find that the bottom is still a little wet. That is ok, just place them on the tray where you want them and let them dry. They will adhere to the tray that way. Originally I made three red caramel apples from the medium sized pumpkins. They look cool, but didn't fit with the color scheme of my candy shoppe, so I set them aside and made the green ones. Don't be surprised if you see them make their way into another project sometime.
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6 comments:
Love your Candy Shoppe and caramel apples!
Wow - I'm stunned at the attention to detail you've created - I wish I had your patience. What a fabulous little shop - we don't really do Halloween much here in the UK so I'm just enjoying look at everyone's home decor projects.
great tutorial Tami! I am glad you showed the red candy apple too! You are so clever!
Clever indeed, I can hardly believe how realistic they look. Looking forward to seeing how you made some more of that fabulous candy in your candy shop...Now my sweet tooth is wanting something...LOL.
omgosh it does look like a tub of caramel!!!! You almost need caramel around to eat while making this LOL! delicious totally disney halloween project and it makes me wish I could be there for halloween again :)
So Awesome!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
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