Make an adorable Cricut candy holder with cardstock and half of a plastic ornament. Perfect for party favors or as a little gift!
Oh the cuteness of these adorable candy holders, right??!! I have been seeing these candy dome holders all over Facebook groups, and they have been on my list to make for months.
Now with the holiday season upon us, it was time! Granted we didn’t even have any candy in our house yet, I had to borrow some from my neighbor, lol!
These dome candy holders come together pretty quickly and would make a fun gift for classmates, students, co-workers, or neighbors. Or giving them as party favors at a Christmas party or Halloween party would be a fun way to use them!
Make a few and add them to a boo bucket or you’ve been elfed goody bag!
I have a step by step tutorial on how to put together the snowman candy holder below and also a full YouTube video of putting together both the Halloween and Christmas candy holders down below.
If you are a paper hoarder like I am, then I’m sure you’ll have all sorts of card stock to use for these Cricut crafts!
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Where to Find Candy Holder SVG Files
There are a few candy holders within Cricut Access. You could also make your own design by slicing out a circle the size of your plastic ornament of the top layer of most multi-layered cut files.
For this tutorial, I’m using these two candy holder SVG files from Creative Fabrica. They have quite a few super cute cut files to use as dome candy holders. (snowman is here!
Creative Fabrica has some great deals including:
All of the cut files come with a commercial use license so you can make a bunch of Cricut candy holders to sell if you want to earn some extra cash for the holiday season!
Plastic Domes to Use for Cricut Candy Holder
The files I selected to make had directions included in the zipped folder and stated were to be used with a 3.15 inch or 80 mm size of ornament.
You can get different sizes of fillable plastic ornament baubles to use. You’d just need to resize the digital files.
I purchased the 3.15 mm clear plastic fillable ornaments ball 20 pack from Amazon, but you could also make smaller candy holders by using the 1.96 inch / 50 mm size or even a bigger holder with a 3.94 inch!
I’m sure you can also find the ornament halves at local craft stores during the Christmas season.
Another option that you might have on hand or be able to find in a store is a plastic cup lid without a straw hole that you’d use for pudding cups, parfait cups, or fruit cups.
Ok, let’s get started! You can even print the instructions in the card if that’s easier for you!
Cricut Candy Holder with Dome Tutorial!
Make these adorable candy holders using a Cricut or other cutting machine! A perfect little gift for party favors or just because!
I have a full video tutorial of all these steps in action at the bottom of the post if you are more of a visual learner.
Materials
- Half clear plastic ornament - 3.15 inches / 80 mm
- Coordinating cardstock of your choice
- Small pieces of candy
Tools
Instructions
- Download the candy holder SVG file and upload it into Cricut Design Space. The digital file is specific for a 3.15 inch half plastic ornament so do not resize. There are instructions within the zipped file that you downloaded.
- Follow all on screen prompts to cut each layer out of cardstock. Place cardstock on a green Cricut cutting mat and load it into the Cricut machine when prompted by CDS.
- Unload mats and remove the cut pieces from the mat.
- For the snowman candy holder, I started by gluing the black layer to the front white glitter layer with double sided tape (use your favorite adhesive!)
- Then glue on the scarf, mittens, hat, and carrot nose. I added a few of the snowflakes there were cut out as extra embellishments.
- Now it's time to add some candy to the dome, AKA half of a fillable plastic ornament. You could use clear plastic lids with no holes like they use for fruit cups or parfait cups.
- The bottom layer of the Cricut candy holder has a circular shape of cut lines with a pull tab. This is to get the candy out! The recipient of the cute candy holder will pull on the tab on the back side of the gift to release the candy.
- Put some small pieces of candy in the plastic ornament and flip it over so the dome side is facing you. Then place 3d foam adhesive all around the cardstock. At the bottom under the dome, make sure to use a thin piece of foam adhesive so the dome can move a little when the top layer is added on. I added too thick of a foam square and it stuck out the bottom so I removed it, cut it in half and then put it back in between the layers.
- Remove all the paper backings of the foam and place the top layer on. For the best results, I found it easiest to start at the top and line up the hat and pom pom and then stick it down.Push down around the plastic ornament so it's nice and sealed everywhere.
- Admire how cute the sweet gift you made is! Now the candy is easily accessible on the back side of the holder.
Notes
For the monster candy holder made with a Cricut, I only used foam adhesive near the dome and then double-sided tape around the outer edges. This works too, you'll just notice a slight bump where the part of the ornament that you would hang it from sticks out.
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Can you imagine the smiles on the faces of those who will receive one of these cute candy holders??!! I smile every time I look at them!
If you need a bit more inspiration for craft projects this time of year, make sure to check out our roundup of the best Christmas Cricut crafts and Halloween projects.
Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!
Happy Holidays!
Cyndi
Wednesday 29th of March 2023
I love this but I have a question. I have an air 2 and when i group my pieces to get her and hit cut, it doesn't cut the lines on the circle that needs to be ripped to get the candy. And scoring it isn't deep enough. What am i going wrong?
Leap of Faith Crafting
Wednesday 29th of March 2023
You need to hot attach. Attach keeps them exactly how you see it on the screen!