I had so much fun making this DIY Candy Train for a Christmas Craft with a lifesaver and other candies. You could carry this Candy Train throughout the whole year with little train enthusiasts and train themed birthday parties. This is a perfect craft for School Christmas Parties or just for fun at home this Christmas. Come on in and I’ll share How To Make a Candy Train Craft for Christmas and beyond…
Candy Christmas Train
You can mix and match candy pieces to make your train. I had several different options for the smokestack, but ultimately went with the Hershey’s Kiss.
Here’s a helpful little Video on How To Make a Christmas Candy Train…
I like the way the paper on top resembles smoke coming out.
The old fashioned candy trains used a package of stick gum for the base. Can you believe they don’t make a package of 5 gum sticks anymore? I searched all over. The closest that I could find to the same size was a package of Hubba Bubba.
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FYI – Life Savers packages are tricky to find too. I finally found some packages in the Christmas Aisle of Walgreens. Target also had them in the Christmas Aisle but sold them in a multi-pack of 3. They had the classic rainbow flavor ones.
Finally, Here are the supplies and instructions for this Candy Train Craft…
- 1 package of Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
- 1 package of Lifesavers Candy – for Christmas, I purchased the red and white striped Peppermint Flavor ( It’s hard to find individual lifesavers. I finally lucked out at Walgreens – in the Christmas/holiday aisle)
- 4 Hard Peppermint Candies
- 1 Hereshey’s Kiss
- 4 Miniature Hershey Bars – For my Christmas Train, I bought the Christmas Printed Candy Bars
- Low Temp Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Instructions…
- Center and Glue the Lifesavers candy onto the top of the bubble gum package
- add the 4 peppermint candies to the corners of the bubble gum -as wheels
- Stack and Glue 3 of the 4 miniature Hershey Miniature Chocolate Bars
- Glue that to the back of the Lifesaver candy
- Glue the other candy bar the opposite way of the others in the center
- Glue the candy kiss on the front of the Lifesaver candy
How To Make A Candy Train Craft
Materials
- 1 package of Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
- 1 package of Lifesavers Candy – for Christmas I purchased the red and white striped Peppermint Flavor ( It’s hard to find individual lifesavers. I finally lucked out at Walgreen’s – in the Christmas/holiday aisle)
- 4 Hard Peppermint Candies
- 1 Hereshey’s Kiss
- 4 Miniature Hershey Bars – For my Christmas Train, I bought the Christmas Printed Candy Bars
- Low Temp Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Instructions
- Center and Glue the Lifesavers candy on to the top of the bubble gum package
- add the 4 peppermint candies to the corners of the bubble gum -as wheels
- Stack and Glue 3 of the 4 miniature Hershey Miniature Chocolate Bars
- Glue that to the back of the Lifesaver candy
- Glue the other candy bar the opposite way of the others in the center
- Glue the candy kiss on the front of the Lifesaver candy
- That’s It! Merry Christmas
Video
That’s It! Merry Christmas
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~Melissa – Kid Friendly Things To Do
My grandma used to make them for me and my cousins when we were little every Christmas.
Such a sweet memory. 🙂
Great ideas! Thanks
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I went through a ton of pictures of candy trains for my son’s party but yours are the best! It made me so happy to stumble upon your lovely work. Thanks for sharing! I’m doing them for a 3 year old party so I’m going to make some out of lifesavers and some from rolls of pennies!
Mirlandra! Hey there! Thank you so much for leaving this comment for me. I always get so nervous that it will be negative. You absolutely made my day. I love the penny roll idea. So clever!
What type of glue do you use?
I used a low-temperature glue gun. A high temp glue gun would possibly melt the chocolates and your fingers as well. While a glue from a glue gun will give the strongest hold, there are other options. If you don’t have low temp glue fun a tacky glue like Fabri-tac might work well. It has a gummy texture and would probably hold everything.
Made these with the grandkids. We do a couple Christmas crafts every year. I couldn’t find Hubba Bubba anywhere locally, so I used Whatchamacallit bars instead and it worked fine. Thank you for a great idea, the kids enjoyed doing it.
That is so fun! Thank you for coming back to tell me the good time your had with your grandkids making the trains. You made my day! 🙂