Sweet Spring Wreath

Make a simple gumdrop wreath to display on your front door for Easter.

Article and photos by Melissa Skidmore

Tools & Materials ■ Scissors ■ Needle-nose pliers ■ Wooden toothpicks (107) ■ Small gumdrops (140) ■ Large gumdrops (120) ■ 12-inch Styrofoam wreath with rounded edges ■ Red gingham ribbon (30 inches) WHEN my daughter Anna Belle was 16 months old and just beginning to toddle around, we had a Christmas tree in our kitchen, which had twigs with real gumdrops on them sticking out randomly from the tree. I began to notice sticky spots on my kitchen floor, but didn’t think much of it. Then I began to notice that some of the gumdrops were no longer sugar-coated, but looked shiny instead. One afternoon, I walked into the kitchen and found Anna Belle sucking the sugar off of a gumdrop, while drool ran down her little chin and…

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Capper's Farmer (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2020

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