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Try this craft with your kids to get them in the holiday spirit!
This recipe courtesy of http://www.recipegoldmine and Betty Crocker/General Mills.
Ingredients
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Glue gun and glue sticks
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4 sixteen-inch lengths 3/8-inch-wide red or green ribbon
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16 packages chewing gum (5 sticks each)
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12 packages (1 1/2 ounces each) raisins
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64 round peppermint candies
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4 rolls ring-shaped hard candies
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4 foil-wrapped Hershey's Kisses® milk chocolates
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Assorted foil-wrapped candies
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12 miniature candy cane sticks
Preparation
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1
For cars of each train, glue end of 1 ribbon onto wide side of 1 gum package, 1 raisin package, 2 more gum packages and 1 more raisin package, spacing cars about 1/2 inch apart. For wheels, glue 4 peppermint candies onto sides of gum packages and 2 candies onto sides of raisin packages.
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For engine, glue roll of ring-shaped candies onto first ribbon-topped gum package. Glue 2 foil-wrapped milk chocolate candies onto top of engine.
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3
Repeat to make remaining 3 trains.
Additional Info
Did You Know…Clear tape can be used instead of glue.
Purchasing: Browse a candy store to discover new gems to use when making trains.
