{"id":32509,"date":"2024-05-10T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=32509&preview=true&preview_id=32509"},"modified":"2024-05-09T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:18:38","slug":"how-to-make-a-candy-basket-for-graduations-mothers-day-or-special-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/personal\/how-to-make-a-candy-basket-for-graduations-mothers-day-or-special-events-20240510","title":{"rendered":"How To Make A Candy Basket For Graduations, Mother’s Day, Or Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

High school and college graduations are happening. Mother’s Day is right around the corner. What gift can you give those individuals? I know of someone who is graduating this May and I didn’t want to buy the pre-made candy basket. So I determined to make a candy basket for her. Whether you want a graduation gift, a Mother’s Day gift, or you want a thinking-of-you gift, here’s instructions on how to make a candy basket for that person.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/h2>\n

First, determine what type of basket you’re going to give such as a candy basket, spa basket, BBQ basket, etc. Next, I would get the general idea of how you want the basket to look, make a list of the items you will need, and make a budget (optional). I made this basket with no forethought, and I know I could’ve put together something better if I had planned. I already had several things lying around the house like tissue paper, balloons, tape, and sticks, so I didn’t have to buy it.<\/p>\n

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All the items I used making the candy basket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Step 2<\/h2>\n

After getting all my items, I got my tape and my container and the boxes of candy. If possible, before you buy the box candy and the container, I would size them up to each other and see if the candy is the right size (some of mine were not). I put tape on the back of the candy boxes and then put it on the side of the container, as pictured.<\/p>\n

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The boxes of candy on the side of the container.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Step 3<\/h2>\n

Next, I put my colored tissue paper on the bottom of the container. You can or don’t have to use tissue paper, depending on what you prefer. Then I packed my candy in to the container. I laid some of the individually wrapped candies at the bottom of the container to create a stair-like effect.<\/p>\n

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The bags of candy arranged how I want them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Step 4<\/h2>\n

Now that I had the bigger bags of candy in place, I filled in all around them with the individually packed chocolate. I also put my 2 <\/em>and 4\u00a0<\/em>(because she’s graduating in 2024) on the outside edges of the container with the tissue paper behind it. I also attached the gold curly paper on the front with tape. At this point, you can stop here and have a completed basket.<\/p>\n

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The candy basket without sticks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Step 5 (Optional)<\/h2>\n

After filling the container with the extra candy, I got sticks (you can use oak sticks, shish ka bob sticks, or craft sticks), and taped some extra, individually wrapped candies on to the sticks. I then stuck the sticks at various places in the container. It might be a little hard to do since you packed the candy in. I also put three sticks in the back because I’m going to tie black and gold balloons on them right before graduation. You can also include a graduation card with the basket.<\/p>\n

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The candy basket from a different angle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cost and Time<\/h2>\n

The total cost of the package I made was around $30. It just depends on where you get the candy and containers, what you have on hand, and what the person likes. Two of the candies I bought equaled $10, and the container cost $5, so I could’ve cut back the cost several dollars, if I had planned ahead.<\/p>\n

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  • Container- $5<\/li>\n
  • Accessories- $3<\/li>\n
  • Candy- $22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Making the basket non-stop, it probably took me one and a half to two hours; the hardest part being the design of the basket.<\/p>\n

    Remember, your graduate or special person will appreciate any gift you give him because of the thought and time you put into it. You can make a bigger basket like the one I made, or you can make a smaller basket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Whether you want a graduation gift, a Mother’s Day gift, or you want a thinking-of-you gift, here’s instructions on how to make a candy basket for that person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[243,250,220,248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32509"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32587,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32509\/revisions\/32587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}