now that december has rolled around, i’m going to start posting more seasonal recipes, crafts, + entertaining ideas since i know that many of you have lots of holiday parties + events ahead. as always, if you have anything specific that you want me to make/create + share, just send me an email at amy@fearlesshomemaker.com + let me know!
i follow a lot of entertaining blogs, + peppermint topiaries as a decorating idea pops up a lot around the holiday season. i’ve only seen them done with the red/white peppermints before, but once i completed that first topiary, i decided to make another smaller one with green spearmints. i think they both turned out great + have a bit of a mod, whimsical feel.
peppermint/spearmint topiary
supplies
styrofoam cones (i used a 10” cone for the green topiary, a 16” for the red)
mints – the larger topiary took 3 standard bags of mints
hot glue gun + hot gluedirections
unwrap what seems like thousands of mints, eating a few every now + then if needed. starting from the bottom up, hot glue individual mints in a row around the cone. continue upwards until the entire cone is covered. voilà – mint topiary!
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Tip: Styrofoam cones can get expensive. If you’re making several trees, just roll poster board into cones and hot glue together. Poster board is 2 big sheets for $1 at the Dollar Tree
fabulous tip! i paid about $10-11 total for the two styrofoam cones, which isn’t bad, but if you’re making a whole bunch of topiaries, definitely consider michelle’s idea to save a whole bunch of money. thanks!
Amy, this is such a fun, cute project!! Atticus says “it seems so easy, even a dog could make one”. Well, I guess I know what I’m getting from Atti for Christmas this year
skylar was *very* interested in this craft – she was really wanting to sample the mints, so i had to keep shooing her away ’til she finally gave up. ha!
Cute! I’m not at all crafty, but I think I could do this. But somehow think I might come home to find my Lucy-cat licking the candies. She loves peppermint for some reason!
you could definitely do this! but yes, you should probably try to keep it out of her reach (if that’s possible). i put these out of the dog’s reach so that she wouldn’t eat them while we were out. =)
How super cute and easy!
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