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Easy Holiday Cheer Activity With Candy Canes

December 10, 2014 by Scarlet

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The Holidays are upon us and spreading Christmas cheer is one of the many fun parts of the holiday season that I enjoy.  This candy cane activity idea is a fun, random way to spread holiday cheer in an anonymous way. Take a neighborhood stroll and deliver candy canes with fun little messages to your neighbors! This is such an easy, fun way for a family to work together and spread a bit of cheer. 

This post brought to you by BIC® as part of their Merry Making campaign. The content and opinions expressed are those of Family Focus Blog.

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Add cheerful message to candy candy and hang on mail boxes!

Spread Holiday Cheer With This Simple Candy Cane Activity

I loved the idea of spreading Christmas cheer in this way- small surprises are always fun to give and receive! I used my  BIC Mark-It™ permanent markers to help me accomplish my BIC Merry Marking easy holiday cheer activity. Writing and creating with BIC Mark-It™ permanent markers can help make any holiday merry and bright for the giver and the recipient. BIC Mark-It™ permanent markers offer 44 vibrant colors for endless inspiration! The bold, fade-resistant ink is low odor and acid free so I enjoy my creative projects much more.

How do you spread holiday cheer? Step by Step Instructions

First, you will need to gather your supplies:

  • BIC Mark-It™ permanent markers 
  • scissors
  • ribbon or twine
  • hole punch
  • paper
  • candy canes
  • ruler
Make Rectangles

I used a ruler and Midnight Navy BIC permanent marker to divide my paper up into several rectangles that I would use for labels.  You can do any size you want really.

tags for candy canes

Then I cut out the rectangles and cut little triangles off of two sides to make it a fun shape label. I traced my paper label edges in Midnight Navy BIC permanent marker to create a border. Then I thought of cheerful holiday season sayings to share:

  • Be Jolly
  • Happy Holidays
  • Be Merry
  • ‘Tis The Season
  • Deck The Halls
  • Jingle Bells
  • Warm Wishes
  • Peace
  • Joy
  • May your days be merry and bright
  • Spread love
  • Spread cheer
  • All the best
  • Yuletide Greetings

I used the markers to draw them onto each label.

Hole punch candy cane tags

Then I used my hole punch to create a hole to loop the ribbon through.

holiday cheer activity

I used twine to tie the labels to the candy canes. I used about 16″ to make a bow and about 6″ to just make a tie. You can make a few of each for variety.

Then when my candy canes were ready, my preschoolers and I hit the cul de sac and hung a few on neighborhood mailboxes.  It was fun to spread the holiday cheer!  I plan on sending sending a few extras into my children’s teachers tomorrow too!

Conclusion

Do you think you will try this BIC Merry Making easy holiday cheer activity?  I hope you do spread the holiday cheer and let me know if you had fun doing it! You can get more inspirational ideas for spreading holiday cheer and a coupon (for BIC Mark-It™ permanent markers available in packs of 36 fine or ultra-fine bold, vibrant colors or the 8 pack of metallic colors). I nominate you to participate in BIC Merry Making!  

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