Everyone loves candy, but have you ever thought of creating some amazing craftwork from those colorful little sweets? You’re looking at a tasty twist on your already imaginative creative ideas!
However, candy always need to be preserved properly so that your masterpiece does not spoil over time.
Let’s have a look at how to preserve candy for crafts so that your artwork keeps intact, and so it’s protected from bugs and ants.
Method 1: Preserving the Candy with Coating Spray
Coating spray is one of the most best ways to preserve candies of all types for use with craftworks. Here are some steps you’ll need to follow if going the spray route:
Step 1: Dry out the Candies
Candies are sweet and sticky by nature! Therefore, if you intend to preserve your work properly, you’ll need to dry candy out completely before use.
Drying out candies will ensure you get a longer shelf-life on your creative additions, and that bugs and other minibeasts don’t make a beeline for your crafts!
Just follow these simple steps:
- Spread out the candy in single-layer over any wax paper or metal baking sheet.
- Store them in a cool and dry place for around 3 to 7 days. Keep them long enough until the candy hardens up.
- The candy will start to go stale and lose stickiness, ready for further preservation.
Step 2: Apply a Coating over Candies
After the candies are dried properly, you will have to coat the candy with some preserving spray. You can get it from any general store or supermarket!
These spray coats will preserve the candies’ color and keep insects from eating away at the sugary treats. The steps are:
- Lay down the candies over wax paper in a single layer.
- Apply the spray coat over the candies, as per your spray’s directions as instructed.
- Dry off the spray as the manufacturer instructs.
- Ensure that the protectant is completely dried. Flip over the candy and then repeat the coating process.
Method 2: Preserving the Candy with Shellac
Shellac is famously great for preserving even organic foods! Candies, however, are included in the long list of food items you can preserve and use for your craftworks with Shellac.
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Things you will need
- A lint-free cloth.
- Shellac from any general store or supermarket, to use for preserving.
- A paintbrush to apply Shellac.
- Arrange a few sheets of wax paper.
Step 2: Dust the Candies
- You’ll need to dust the candies that you are willing to use over the craft, using your lint-free cloth.
- If there is any dust over the candies, they will also be preserved with Shellac over the crafts – so get it all off!
Step 3: Apply the Shellac Coat
- You need to apply only a thin layer of Shellac and coat the candies you intend to preserve – do this with a paintbrush.
- Lay the candies over a wax paper sheet and let them dry for around 12 hours.
- Keep in mind to rinse the paintbrush in between multiple coat applications. This is to ensure that the brush does not harden up.
Step 4: Apply a Second Coating of Shellac
After 12 hours of drying time, bring out the Shellac container again, and apply a second coat.
Lay the candies over wax sheet paper, and then dry it again for around 12 hours.
After that, you will again have to rinse the brush again to prevent it from hardening. After drying, you can use the candies to create art that stands out.
Method 3: Storing Lollipops the Right Way!
Hard candy such as lollipops needs thorough treatment before you can store it. Irrespective of whether you intend to eat your candy later or use it for artistic purposes, it’s worth being careful.
What to do:
- Make sure that hard candies such as lollipops stay away from humidity and heat. You need to store this type of candy in a cool and dry place.
- Keep hard candy away from any other treats or candies that are kept nearby. Don’t allow it to absorb moisture.
- Sprinkle fine ground sugar over the candies and then stash them in an air-tight glass jar.
- You could also wrap each of the candies in cellophane! This ensures that they don’t clump together due to any dampness that enters the jar.
- Close the jar, and store it in any cool and dry place.
Can You Put Candy Corn in Resin?
For making your candy craft look super-appealing, you can use resin to preserve them!
You just need to arrange them in your desired pattern over a mold or apply directly to a canvas to create a random, abstract pattern. Make sure the candy corns are arranged in a single layer.
Now, you can mix a batch of resin and then pour it onto the mold with candy corns in it. Let them settle and dry, and your candy corn coasters will be ready to show off!
This art form has drawn the attention of many professionals and rookies over time. Go small or large – the choice is yours!
You could also go beyond a basic canvas. For instance, you can use a mold for making a resin candy bowl out of your craft ideas! Get some tips from video tutorials to learn more.
In summary
These are just a few ways to preserve candies of different types for use in your craftworks. Remember not to miss any of the crucial steps – or, you might risk your work deteriorating altogether!
Originally posted 2021-12-21 09:49:10.