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Elf & Santa Candy Pot Gift Idea

December 13, 2017 by Danetta 21 Comments

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A Peek at the Fun: Here’s a fun DIY gift for your neighbors this Christmas season-a cute Elf and Santa candy pot that is filled with candy. Grab a flower pot and paint and decorate it, then fill it with candy and it’s a great gift!

My friend texted me the other day to show me the fun holiday crafts she’d been working on all day and I was a little bit jealous of her fun day of working on a Christmas project! What’s better than listening to Christmas music or watching a fun holiday movie while working on something for the holidays in a warm, cozy house?

Fun projects at Christmas that you can sit down, dig into and spend a few hours enjoying are the best! And when you can take them to friends AND fill them with chocolate-even better! I had fun creating these cute Santa and Elf themed candy dishes made from flower pots.

DIY santa pot for Christmas. Fun DIY gift idea for anyone. #DIYSantapots #christmasgifts

And I think they make a perfect gift when you package them up with a cellophane bag and a tag:

Elf Themed Gift for Neighbors or Friends

It’s a perfect project for the holidays. You can use them as a gift and you could also use them as a candy dish at a party (like this one).

 

Santa & Elf Candy Pot Gift Idea:

These are pretty easy to make! Here’s how.

Supplies Needed:

  • Flower pots (we got ours here)
  • Paint-you can use an All Purpose Craft Paint or a spray paint, whichever you prefer (affiliate link)
  • Paintbrush
  • Ribbon for Santa
  • Belt Embellishment for Santa-we found this in the sewing notions department
  • Red felt for Elf
  • Bells for Elf
  • Hot Glue

Instructions:

Start by painting your pots. They may need several coats. All these to dry completely.

Santa Pots:

To make these, simply cut your ribbon a little bit longer than the diameter of the top of your pot. Slide your belt embellishment onto the ribbon and then glue your ribbon in place, overlapping just a little bit in the back.

Santa Belt Candy Dish Gift for Neighbors and Friends

Elf Pots:

For the elf pots, cut your felt in a triangle pattern to make it the full length to fit around the top of the pot. If you need to you can piece together more than one piece of felt. Hot glue this in place. Then hot glue the bells to the end of each triangle.

Elf Themed Candy Dish for the Holidays

 

Elf and Santa Pots Gift:

To make this a gift, simply put the candy in a cellophane bag and tie it with a bow and then add this cute tag:

Free Printable Christmas Gift Tag

You can either right click and save this tag to your computer and then open in a program like Word or Pages and size how you want to print. Or I have a PDF with a bunch of them on it ready for you to print.

Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags

 

Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Have FUN making and giving this Elf and Santa Pot Gift Idea!

 

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Santa and Elf Candy Dishes for Christmas-Great Gift for Neighbors or Friends! Fun Christmas gift ideas! #funChristmasgifts #giftidea #diygiftsforChristmas

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Comments

  1. April says

    December 21, 2017 at 12:27 am

    I love DIY projects, this idea is perfect for centerpieces too!

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    • Amber & Danetta says

      December 21, 2017 at 10:41 am

      True!

      Reply
  2. Caryn says

    October 17, 2018 at 11:13 am

    What size pots do you use?

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    • Amber & Danetta says

      October 19, 2018 at 8:01 am

      You really could use any size. Ours are about 6 inches tall.

      Reply
  3. Gifty says

    May 30, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    Really beautiful, I will recomend!

    Reply
  4. Jamie says

    October 22, 2019 at 6:35 pm

    Can you help me locate the belt buckle? I’m not having luck.

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    • Amber & Danetta says

      October 25, 2019 at 3:47 pm

      What about something like this? https://amzn.to/2NeOyix

      Reply
  5. Susie says

    November 9, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    Hi . . .love your pot, where CAN I GET THE ELF KISSES ?

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    • Amber & Danetta says

      November 13, 2019 at 7:04 pm

      We found them at Target a handful of years ago

      Reply
  6. Cheryl Farley says

    November 18, 2019 at 12:25 pm

    How did you fold or lay felt on elf pots to make points?

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    • Amber & Danetta says

      November 25, 2019 at 12:30 pm

      You cut out the little triangles before you stick it on the pot

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      • Di says

        January 21, 2021 at 10:06 am

        I cut out a paper trinagle and moved it on the felt until I had a row. I jused a marker and did it on the back side of the felt. I cut it out and glued it on.

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      • Diane says

        January 21, 2021 at 10:08 am

        I did’t cut out each triangle I layed a triange on top out of paper and copied with a marker then cut it out.

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  7. diane says

    January 21, 2021 at 10:01 am

    Well I figured out how to do the felt. Now I need to get the bells. Then the candy and do it for Christmas theme. Guess I will have to eat the candy and refil at Christmas. LOL

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      August 19, 2021 at 5:57 am

      Hi,
      What size bells did you use please?

      Reply
      • Danetta says

        September 1, 2021 at 7:29 pm

        I used 1 inch craft bells.

        Reply
  8. Rachael Hine says

    September 1, 2021 at 8:00 pm

    Thank you 😆

    Reply
  9. Sherry says

    November 11, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    How did you glue the bells on the felt? Did you hot glue the felt on the upper back side of the bell?

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    • Danetta says

      December 1, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      Yes, I used hot glue. It held the best and was easy to hide. The trick is to only use a small amount of glue on the back of the bells.

      Reply
  10. Cindy says

    December 5, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    These look really cute. Did u paint the top of the elf planter black or did y use an insert?

    Reply
    • Danetta says

      December 29, 2021 at 8:30 pm

      I painted them.

      Reply

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