Gisela Graham Christmas Decoration - Candy Cane Heart Decoration

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While the coating is still wet, top the bark with a generous sprinkle of candy cane pieces all over the top of the heart.

Use a small spoon or a piping bag to add melted chocolate to the inside of the cooled candy cane hearts. When you are arranging the candy canes on your waxed paper, you might have to get creative with your matching.The heart is a shape that has been symbolising love for many years. We have compiled a couple of other lovely facts about the heart shape that is perhaps less well-known:

This was repeated with the rest of the hearts. You can also use a spoon to pour some chocolate on the joints of the heart if you want to be more thorough. I ended up adding some chocolate to a couple to make sure they stayed together. White chocolate: gives a lovely flavor and clean look to these cute hearts. You could use candy melts or a bar of chocolate but just make sure it's one you are happy to eat plain as you can taste it. Repeat the same with the red mixture, only this time don’t pull for so long, otherwise the red becomes too opaque and gets little too light in colour. Here I used a pretty box from a set of 4×6 notecards to hold the peppermint bark hearts. The tag fits perfectly over top. Don’t you just love it when things come together that nicely? We choose pipe cleaners for this craft because they are such a versatile and simple material to use as a craft resource. They can come in different colours and can be twisted, shaped, cut, bent and glued in a huge variety of different craft activities.

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These DIY candy cane hearts come at the perfect time. If you have leftover candy canes from the holidays, now you can find a new use for them. But you can also use them for Christmas too. Our little Twinkl tip is some of these heart decorations are not only limited to Christmas. Valentine's Day is around the corner and is the perfect opportunity to either make these crafts with your kids or display the heart-themed crafts they have already made. Our simple yet fun craft is made from a collection of green, silver and red pipe cleaners, twisted into two candy canes and secured together into a heart shape. Continue heating and stirring in 30-second increments until the almond bark is completely melted and smooth.