This Halloween, go green by upcycling your old candy wrappers! Upcycling is when you repurpose the recycled material into something else – like jewelry. Here are five crafty ways to upcycle your Halloween candy wrappers: jewelry, a candy bucket, a bookmark, flowers, and a light-switch plate.
1. M&M Candy Wrapper Jewelry
For $19.95, you'll get directions, a hole puncher, 9 cords, 9 beads, 4 elastic loops, 30 sticky gems, and 200+ precut wrappers. Watch the video about how to fold the wrappers together. It really helps.
Our blogger friend, Miss Mimi, made jewelry using the Alex Kit with her daughter highly recommends it.Also, if you start making jewelry after Halloween, you'll have some beautiful, hand-made holiday gifts to give as presents!
2. Halloween Candy Wrapper Bucket
3. Candy Wrapper Bookmark
4. Candy Wrapper Flowers
5. Light-Switch Plates
So, go GREEN for HALLOWEEN!!! You'll be showing your kids how to reuse and recycle plus have tons of craft fun!
And, don't forget to upload your cuties in their Halloween costumes to our Facebook Page by October 31 for our Costume Contest!
