These easy candy Santa Hat Sleighs are perfect for neighbor gifts, teachers, or anyone! And they are so easy that little kids can help! What a simple DIY Christmas craft for kids!
This post is sponsored by Hershey.
I love putting together fun treats for the holidays, and now that my son is old enough to help, I’ve been looking for easy treats that he can help with. Sometimes I see cute ideas, but they require a lot of materials or aren’t realistic for toddlers. So sometimes, I come up with my own ideas!
I saw these adorable HERSHEY’S KISSES Santa Hat Chocolates at Target, and knew immediately that they would be perfect for a fun treat that would build new memories with my family this holiday season. I love the red and white foils and ho, ho, ho plumes!
I knew I didn’t want it to be very complicated, and I knew I wanted them to only have a few pieces, so I came up with these easy Santa Hat Sleighs!
The HERSHEY’S KISSES Santa Hat Chocolates were perfect because duh, these are Santa’s sleighs so you can’t just have any old candy sitting on top! They had to be Santa Hats!
First I grabbed some mini candy canes, chocolate bars, and HERSHEY’S KISSES Santa Hat Chocolates. Little J and Little A were all too eager to help!
Then I showed Little J how we were going to make the sleighs. He was super good at helping me unwrap the candy canes!
The assembly is incredibly simple, and your toddler will definitely be able to help (with your assistance, of course!). First you just spread some glue on the bottom of your chocolate bar and hold your candy canes on until they dry. (I used hot glue in these pictures, but a reader [thanks Shirley!] commented that using royal icing would still make it edible!!).
Step one done!
Now just put a dab of glue on the bottom of your Santa Kisses,
and stick it onto the sleigh in Santa’s position!
And you’re done! See, I told you it was easy! These little sleighs make great gifts for your kids’ friends, teachers, neighbors, or even the mail man!
These simple DIY candy Santa sleighs are perfect for spreading holiday cheer and making memories with your family. I mean, don’t they just make you smile!?
Ros Emely@stressfreemommies says
I love Hershey’s chocolate and these little Santa hats are so adorable! You are so creative making a sleigh..very fun!
Chelsea Johnson says
Thanks, Ros! I just couldn’t imagine a Santa craft without a sleigh!
Nina Londeman says
They are adorable! Hmmm Hershey’s ♥
Chelsea Johnson says
I know! I’ve been eating all the extras and I don’t regret it at all!
Kersten says
Oh my goodness. What little kid wouldn’t love these?! Christmas treats are the best- especially dressed up in such a darling way!
Chelsea Johnson says
Thanks, Kersten! Little J loves them, and I love them, too!
Linda says
Love the idea, but what type of glue did you use? Is there edible glue that I don’t know about?
Chelsea Johnson says
I used hot glue, so the candy canes aren’t really edible after, but the KISSES are all I really care about!
Gayle says
Could you try leaving the wrappers on the candy and hot gluing the pieces to each other? The glue would be confined to only the wrappers. I would worry about unwrapped candy being handled or touched by whomever or whatever especially in this era of viruses and Covid.
Very clever idea!!
Chelsea Johnson says
You could, but I wouldn’t advise using hot glue, since it might melt the wrappers or the chocolate.
Maria @ Pastels & Macarons says
These are adorable! What a fabulous idea. I think I’ll need to make some of these for my playgroup Christmas party! Thanks for such a great idea 🙂
Chelsea Johnson says
Do it! The kids will love them, and I’m sure the parents will, too!
Katie Clark says
What a fun idea! I haven’t even seen these hershey kisses anywhere.
Chelsea Johnson says
They are a Target exclusive!
Lisa says
I got mine at a super walmart
Chelsea Johnson says
I think they’re available at more places this year! I saw them at CVS, too!
Shirley says
You could use royal icing to glue together. That way everything would be edible.
Chelsea Johnson says
That is genius! I’m going to add that to the post! Thanks, Shirley!
Laura Bennett says
What could be used on the bottom of a regular red kissey? I’m sorry but I do not shop at Target anything.
Chelsea Johnson says
I’m not sure, you’d have to get creative! It wouldn’t really be a Santa sleigh without the Santa kisses!
Athena says
Hey I’m just coming across this and going to try it myself, my target is about an hour n half drive and havent found them anywhere else yet,so I’m going to try to dip the bottom of the red kisses in white paint,let it dry then glue them. I’ll see how it goes,but just a thought 🙂
I actually thought thats what was done here at first.lol merry christmas!
Chelsea Johnson says
That’s a good idea, too! Target is the only place that these particular Kisses are sold. Let me know how they turn out!
Megan White says
I love seeing all these fun projects with candy canes but after awhile they get sticky to handle. Any tips?? I wish the mini candy canes were wrapped like the large ones and then you could justeabe it on. Definitely going to make for my son’s preschool class
Chelsea Johnson says
Yes, that is a problem with these. I wish they were wrapped like the larger ones, too! I tried doing them in the package and they didn’t stick as well. I think just because candy canes are so sugary, they are just sticky! If you figure out any tips on making them less sticky, let me know!
Channygirl says
Love this idea! Just made about 55 of them for my staff party! Going to use them as place markers. As for the wrapped candy canes they do come individually wrapped like the big ones. In Canada though. But had to buy the rest of the supplies in th U.S , lol! Great share! Thanks!
Chelsea Johnson says
That’s awesome! I’m so glad I could help give you some inspiration! Using them as place markers is such a cute idea! Merry Christmas!
Casey says
We used White-Out to paint regular red kisses. Worked perfect. We also left the candy canes wrapped—so the kids could eat them—but wound the extra plastic around the handle of the cane and them taped it. The tape was hidden by the chocolate on top so it looked fine.
Chelsea Johnson says
Great tips!!