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This wikiHow teaches you how to make a simple and elegant holiday decoration: a sponge candy cane. Due to its waterproof properties, you can hang a few candy canes outside to show off the festive spirit. Surely the neighbors will love it and ask you how to do it.
Steps
Use a rope
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Look for a Styrofoam swim float. Red or white is best, otherwise any color is fine as you can cover it up and create the desired effect. This process has no effect on the float so you can reuse it after the holiday season and drop it in the pool or lake.
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Bend the float tube. Divide the float tube into three equal parts. Only bend the top 1/3 of the tube to create a stick shape. You need to keep this shape in place for about 20 minutes by grabbing it with your hands, sitting, or pressing a book on top.
- If you want to save time, you just need to visually estimate the position to bend and then do whatever you want.
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Fixed with fishing line. Tie the line around the sides of the curve to maintain the stick shape.
- You can reshape the shape any time you like.
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Create a stripe effect. If the float tube is red, use white electrical tape to create a striped effect and vice versa. If you choose a different color (such as purple), wrap the entire spool with tape of that color and create alternating colored stripes. Proceed to wrap the white or red tape around the float tube diagonally. [1] X Research Source So you’ve made your lollipop.
- If you want the candy canes to be delicate and precise, you can leave a uniform distance between the stripes of about 5 – 7.5 cm (or larger as you like). Use a pencil to mark along the float tube and then wrap the tape along the guide line. This way, the stripes will be more evenly spaced and more beautiful.
Using PVC pipes
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Draw border. Use a piece of plywood and a trash can lid (or any other round object) to draw a semicircle, forming an arc.
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Framing. To secure the PVC pipe when it is bent, make a frame from scraps of wood. Place scraps of wood 10 – 13 cm apart on either side of the contour you drew. [2] X Research Source
- It’s best to drill to secure the pieces of wood in place.
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Bend PVC pipe. Place the 13mm (13mm diameter) plastic pipe on the work surface. Divide the tube into three equal parts. Use the heat from the hair dryer to make the plastic tube malleable, then slowly thread the PVC pipe into the frame. [3] X Research Source Note: bend only 1/3 of the tube.
- If you want to save time, you can estimate the position and then bend it arbitrarily.
- Do not direct the heat source in the same place for too long as this will cause the plastic to melt.
- This will take a few minutes, so be prepared.
- Wait until the plastic tube has cooled to remove it from the sample frame.
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Thread the foam float into the PVC pipe. Depending on the size of the plastic pipe, you may need two tube floats.
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Cover with adhesive tape. First, use masking tape to cover the junction between the two float tubes (if any). If not, you can simply wrap the entire cane with white tape.
- Due to the curves as well as the characteristics of the foam, the tape will not be completely flat.
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Create a stripe effect. Wrap the red tape along the surface of the float diagonally. You can optionally decorate with glitter, bows, and so on.
- If you want the candy canes to be delicate and precise, you can leave a uniform distance between the stripes of about 5 – 7.5 cm (or larger as you like). Use a pencil to mark along the float tube and then wrap the tape along the guide line. This way, the stripes will be more evenly spaced and more beautiful.
Warning
- Remove all ropes before using for swimming. If someone uses a candy cane as a float, the line can wind around their neck and suffocate them.
Things you need
- Styrofoam tube. Any color is fine, but red or white is the best choice.
- White electrical tape
- Wire rope
- Drag
- PVC pipe
- Plywood and scraps of wood
- Hairdryer
- Pencil
- Red and white duct tape
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