Kraft Paper Candy Corn

Nothing says Fall like some yellow, orange, and white Kraft Paper Candy Corn! This project is 3 of my favorite things, it’s easy, its fun, and its affordable. DIY Fall Decor for the win!

I’ll be totally honest…..I do not LOVE Candy Corn. *gasp*

Do not love eating it that is! But decorating with it is a totally different story. How stinkin’ cute is this Brown Kraft Paper Candy Corn with the rest of my Fall decor!?

The completed Brown Kraft Paper Candy corn staged and decorated with other fall DIYs and decor pieces on a bookshelf.

Affordable is my number one rule when it comes to crafting. Hence why I always shop at the good ‘ole Dollar (25) tree. But this project takes affordable to the next level! I think one of these Kraft Paper Candy Corns cost about .25 cents to make…if that!

These candy corns got my wheels turning thinking what else can we make with Kraft paper? I’m thinking cute little ghosts next!

Brown Kraft Paper Candy Corn DIY Fall crafts and decor for Halloween decorations with orange yellow and white theme and trick and treat hang tags.

For now, let me show you how to make these cutie Candy Corns.

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Supplies Needed to Make Candy Corn from Brown Kraft Paper

Brown Kraft Paper or lunch bags
Paint – Yellow, White and Orange (Chalk or Acrylic will work)
Raffia
Twine
White muslin fabric
Alphabet Acrylic Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Distressed Ink- Black Soot
Antique Wax
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Kraft Paper Candy Corn

I made this adorable Brown Kraft Paper Candy Corn on video, so you can WATCH it on YouTube or click on the picture right below.

Watch the video here

First things first, draw a rounded edge triangle on a piece of brown Kraft paper. Cut that out, and then trace it to make another one.

A piece of brown Kraft paper with a triangle with rounded edges drawn on it, about to be cut out.

This way, you know they will be the same size.

2 pieces of Kraft paper cut into triangles.

Next, paint the orange, yellow, and white sections. I googled it, and Yellow goes on the bottom widest part, then orange, and then white at the tip.

2 pieces of Kraft paper cut in triangles with the bottom widest strip painted yellow.

I just freehand painted, it’s ok if it’s not perfect.

Paint the triangle shaped candy corn pieces of paper with Yellow paint at the bottom widest part, than orange, and white at the tip.

After they are dry (either air dry or use a heat gun) you are going to want to bed, fold, crumple, and roll the Kraft paper in your hands. This makes it so that it’s not so stiff and gives it a more worn and distressed look.

Now glue them back to back, about 90% of the way around. Make sure to leave enough room to stuff them in the next step. I put a nice thick line of glue so you get the seam around the edge.

Gluing the 2 pieces of pained Kraft paper back to back, while leaving a portion open so that it can be later stuffed.

Now rip and crumple up a bunch of brown Kraft paper for your stuffing.

Stuff that bad boy as much as you can without ripping it.

Stuffing the candy corn with crumpled up brown Kraft paper.

Now glue it shut! Voila!

Gluing the candy corn shut with hot glue gun.

Time to decorate them a bit. Make a hangtag using a small rectangle of white muslin fabric. Just cut a piece and then hole punch a circle at the end.

Amandas hand holding a small rectangle of the muslin fabric with a hole punched at the one end.

Use your acrylic stamp set to stamp “Trick” on one and “Treat” on the other.

Dirty that white fabric up with some Antique Wax to give it a distressed grunge look.

Grunge up the white fabric hangtag with Antique Wax to make it look worn.

Tie it around the top of your Kraft Paper Candy Corn with a piece of twine or string. I did a simple shoelace bow.

Tie the white fabric hangtag that says "trick" around the top of the candy corn with twine.

Add some raffia with a raffia bow, by taking a long strand and tying it into a small bow. Then take one of the long ends and wrap and tie it around your Brown Paper Candy Corn.

Tie a small raffia bow around the top of the candy corn.

Grunge up the whole rest of your Candy Corn with some antique wax as little or as much as you like. And you’re left with something that you would never in a million years know was made with a brown paper bag!

Are you going to make a Brown Kraft Paper Candy Corn for fall? Shoot…are you gonna make anything with Kraft paper?! If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations!

If you need a little something something to go along with this Kraft Paper Candy Corn, make sure to check out this adorable Shelf Sitter that I made with a Rae Dunn Napkin! It would look SO cute next to these candy corn on a bookshelf!

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