Fun Candy Magnets for Kids

Whats your favorite candy bar? Snickers? Mars? Reeses? Doesnt chocolate make you feel so much better? Of course it does! Thats why we eat it! Afterwards, do you throw the wrappers away? Why? Did you know that candy bar wrappers make fabulous refrigerator magnets? They really do! After your next sweet tooth attack save that wrapper and see for yourself! Just about any candy bar wrapper can be made into a magnet. Be very careful when tearing the wrapper open or itll will be useless, though. Gently pull on both sides of the wrapper at once, at the top, to pull the two sides apart. Slide the candy bar out to eat. Now youll have to stuff the empty wrapper to begin making your magnets.

There are all sorts of choices for stuffing the wrapper. Paper towels, napkins, foam pieces cut from a sponge - theyre all useable when it comes to making the wrapper look like its actually holding a candy bar.

A pencil - or something similar - can assist you in stuffing the candy bar wrapper. Use the eraser end to push the paper toweling or foam into the wrapper. Stuff until it takes on the shape of the original candy bar, inside the wrapper. When youve stuffed and shaped the wrapper just right glue the end shut. Hot glue works well, but when kids are doing this craft, white glue is safer. They can use clothes pins to hold the end shut while the glue dries. The next order of business is to place a piece of magnetic sheeting on the backside of the candy bar wrapper. You can find magnetic sheeting at any craft store. Its often sold by the sheet but you can sometimes find it by the roll. A single sheet is all you need to make several magnets. Cut a strip of magnet that will stretch across the back of the candy wrapper. You should not be able to see the magnetic sheeting from the front. Magnetic sheeting has an adhesive side that makes it easy to create candy wrapper magnets. Simply peel away the sheeting and stick the magnet to the back of the wrapper. Now stick the magnet to the fridge. Most candy bar magnets are created in the same way. There are some exceptions, though. For example, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups come with a cardboard bottom. Keep the cardboard and stack pieces of paper or cardboard to create the look of the cups. Now glue the wrapper shut and add the magnetic sheeting. Making candy bar magnets is fun but you can also make the magnets from other product wrappers. Headache powders, mints - even empty boxes of candy from a movie theater - can be made into unique magnets. Fresh candy will leave a wrapper without chocolate all over it. These are perfect for making the magnets. Wrappers that are covered in melted chocolate arent ideal for creating magnets. If you need to clean the wrapper on the inside cut a piece of sponge. Push the sponge inside the wrapper to clean it. Or, unfasten the wrapper, clean it, then glue it back together. Its not difficult to fix the wrapper back up to its original look - as long as you dont rip it. Let the kids in on the fun of making candy wrapper magnets. Theyll really enjoy it. The magnets make great gifts for family, friends, teachers and others. Chances are the recipient doesnt have any of these magnets. Go get the chocolate and get started. Youll feel good inside and out!