Trick-Or-Treaters Would Love This DIY Halloween Candy Holder
Looking for a fun way to pass out trick-or-treat candy while adding some scary home decor this Halloween? While many people default to the typical slate of plastic bowls, bright pumpkins, and witch's caldrons as vessels for candy during spooky season, a great hack involving inexpensive and easy-to-assembly pieces is cropping up on the internet. Carnivorous plant candy holders inspired by "Little Shop of Horrors" and the botanical wonder of the Venus flytrap are monstrously fun decor pieces that will make your home stand out.
The candy holders can be hanging or upright, offering a place to hold treats, which is particularly useful if you will be putting candy outside for visitors to grab and go. Kids will have to reach into the mouth of the plant, which adds a fun and spooky twist on dispensing treats. A popular hanging version of this project requires only a craft store foam pumpkin, a wreath hanger, various colors of acrylic paint, and some thick-stemmed artificial leaves and flowers.
Creating a carnivorous plant candy holder
TikTok creator @bargain.bethany shows us how to make a standing version, which works for dispensing candy or can be used inside or outside as a fun piece of Halloween decor this season. This version uses two coconut basket liners from the dollar store hot glued together to form the head of your carnivorous plant. Use a broom handle wrapped in a pool noodle for the stem and place it in an inexpensive flower pot. You can use pebbles or rocks in the base of the planter for stability. Paint your carnivorous plant in shades of green, pink, and red. Add some triangle paper or felt teeth and artificial leaves or vines with your glue gun to finish it off.
This TikTok hack costs around $25 total in supplies for each plant, a much more budget-friendly alternative to ready-made models that can cost over $100 in craft and decor stores. Place a pair of these freestanding monstrous plants on either side of a mantle or your front gate, or hang the hanging version on a fence or front door to the shivery delight of visitors.