Primitive Candy Ornaments / Bowl Fillers

Primitive candy ornaments are easy to make and only require 3 items. Keep reading for the materials list and easy instructions.

Christmas is coming up fast! Can you believe it’s less than 3 weeks away?

We were able to put our Christmas decorations outside this year. Last year our entire front yard was just mud since we had to dig up the yard to fix the foundation. I’m so glad we finally have grass, now! Especially since we’ve had a lot of rain this year.

Anyway, back to Christmas.

Packages are starting to come in and they’re waiting to be wrapped. Nowadays most of our boxes are filled with those little air pillows. However, one box came filled with packing peanuts.

As soon as I saw those things my mind immediately went to “What can I make with those?”

And that’s how the idea for primitive candy ornaments (or bowl fillers) came to be.

Be sure to check out my other primitive Christmas crafts before you go!
Primitive Wreath Ornaments
Wood Bead Snowmen Ornaments
Rustic Snowflake Ornaments
Primitive Candy Cane Bowl Fillers

How to make primitive candy ornaments/bowl fillers

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What you need:

• Packing peanuts
• Fabric scraps
• Jute twine

What you do:

Step 1

First, cut your fabric into pieces that are 5″ long by about 3 1/2″ wide. It doesn’t have to be exact. It just needs to cover the packing peanut and be long enough on each end to tie.

I laid the packing peanut on the fabric scrap and eyeballed it to cut it. Then I measured it and cut a bunch of fabric pieces to be that measurement.

Step 2

Next, roll the fabric around the packing peanut. You can glue it together to hold it to make it easier. (I didn’t glue mine because I was in a hurry.)

Step 3

Now tie each end with jute string close to the packing peanut to close up the fabric. This is what gives the primitive candy ornaments their “candy” shape.

You can tie the jute into tiny bows, leave long strings, or cut the ends off as I did.

Primitive Candy Ornaments

That’s it! Now just repeat the above steps to make a bunch of primitive candy ornaments. Use different fabrics for different colors. You can also use ribbons instead of jute, but I love how jute makes them look more primitive.

Also, if you don’t have packing peanuts, you can use yarn scraps, tiny fabric scraps, or Poly-Fil.

Primitive candy ornaments can be hung on the Christmas tree by using ribbon to hang or placed in bowls as decorative bowl fillers.

Will you be making primitive candy ornaments this year? Have you ever made anything similar before?