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This mantle was 100% inspired by the kids. They wanted a "candy" themed mantle for Halloween (a cute idea actually, I just didn't have any cute Halloween candy at the time), so instead I told them we could do the playroom mantle in candy for Christmas.
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On one side I used my new dollar store hurricanes I shared yesterday along with a candy themed nutcracker and some silver taper candles.
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The other side featured real candy canes and holiday M&Ms (these are actually the holiday mint ones!) I got the wooden gingerbread people from my mom a long long time ago.
For height I used a silver bottle brush tree I had from last year which matched the silver bows on the garland.
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It came out cute, and the hardest part about the whole thing is keeping the candy from being eaten!
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