CANDY BAR cake - How to build - Happy Birthday BUTTERFINGER gift or centerpiece - Fun party idea for kids

I love how this Butterfingers candy cake turned out!

Video tutorial

This was kinda last minute after I asked my son for weeks about a gift for a friend. He had it covered because he was earning or building something special in a game for him. When I inquired about it being done by the weekend and he seemed surprised and said no. So you need a gift? Of course he does. 

I've still love candy bouquets but a candy cake sounded fun. I saw a few online but they used styrofoam and it's kinda pricey. I decided to make my own tiers. 

 This was a gift for a birthday party. We've known him for years and he absolutely loves Butterfingers. 

This can be done with any candy. I can't wait to try it again!

Supplies:

Cake plate

Poster board

Hot glue gun & glue

Candy (obviously)

Basket filler (paper or foil shreds)

Candy:

4 Butterfinger Cups

7 Butterfinger Bites (box)

7 Butterfinger Bars

1 bag of Butterfinger Fun Size 

If I wasn't making this the night before the party, I would've purchased Halloween candy on sale or looked for better prices. 

Total cost of candy and basically the cake was $22

I had the cake plate. Jake took them home several years ago at the end of a school year. The teacher was throwing them out. (Made the eyes for making your house come alive post) 

I also had the gold glitter poster board from a new years craft idea I never made and metallic foil shreds from a teacher appreciation gift idea. Both purchased at the $1 store. 

The tags were $.20 to print at Walgreens. 

NOTE: This might be easier to make a square cake with boxes but I just love how the round cake looked. 

I tested the size of  the cake plate with the candy I purchased to see if I was going to cut the cake plate down or if everything would fit. It fit perfectly!!

I traced the cake plate on the back of the poster board, cut, and attached with hot glue.

I measured the candy know how tall to make each cake tier. Make sure to cut the strips of poster board a little shorter than what the candy measured. Now you can put extra candy or paper shreds on top of each tier.

Attach with hot glue.

I gently traced the base and cut the circle a little larger. This will allow a little room to attach the top to the base. Hot glue around the edge and inside. The candy hides the hot glue so don't worry if it looks a little messy.

Hot glue to the cake plate.

Attach candy with hot glue or glue dots. I probably would've used glue dots for the candy but I was out.

Repeat the steps to create the second tier. 

I didn't have enough cups for the top tier so I hot glued two fun size together. Then I hot glued those to another set making four fun size to equal one cup package. Sorry, sounds confusing. 

Hot glued to the top tier. Yes, I used a lot of hot glue. :)

For the top I cut two small strips of poster board and bent at the bottom.

Attached together and added the tags to either side with.........you guessed it.......hot glue.

Attach with ....I don't know, maybe ...... hot glue. :D Lol!

Now you are either ready to fill with more candy to make smaller tiers or with paper shreds.

I used metallic foil shreds from the $1 store.

Add paper shreds and individual candy. 

I did not attach the individual candy in place but you could. Shhhhh, I put one peanut butter snickers since he kinda likes them too. 

Ta-Da!!!!

So fun to make. Hope this helped. 

If you have any questions, please ask!

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I use to be a photographer....well, professionally. I still love to take photos but I don't do photo shoots anymore. When I did, I was known for my first birthday cake smash. Such a great way to celebrate this milestone.

I would discuss outfits with the parents, selected the backdrop, and designed and made the cakes.
 One stop shop! :)

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This was ALWAYS so much fun and some days I miss it, especially the creativity of it all. Oh and I love to see the kids get messy.

Here are some ideas and inspiration to create something memorable.

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How well do you know your parents? FUN quiz for KIDS - DIY activity idea /easy FREE app

We did this for our New Year's Eve party as one of the balloon pop activities.

 I loved this idea so much and so did the boys! Here are the questions we asked (you can make up your own or use ours) and the application or program we used. COMPLETELY FREE! 

This was a blast! Our quiz - "How well do you know your parents?"

I came up with 11 questions and added "retro" pics of my husband and I. Winner is based off correct answer and speed of answering. My younger son won on the very last question. They were surprised on some of the questions with lots of  WHATS and NO WAYS but I was surprised on how many they knew. They have been listening. :)

So what did we ask?

1. Name of Mom's first pet?

2. Not saying Dad is scared of anything but what makes him uncomfortable? (lol)

3. Where was Mom born?

4. Where did Mom and Dad meet?

5. Mom's last name before marrying Dad?

6. Dad's favorite food as a kid?

7. Where did Mom and Dad take their honeymoon?

8. Dad's phone number? (this was a joke) *

9. What was Mom's first vehicle?

10. What breed of dog did Mom and Dad NOT own together?

11. Dad's first job?

*So my oldest is obsessed with Pi. He's been memorizing it and knows 250+ digits. If you are like me I thought it was just 3.14. There's more? Oh boy, my son went into a lengthy explanation about it being infinite and used to measure blah blah blah. 

I have heard him say this too many time to count now. "Pi is a common mathematical equation used to find the volume and area of circles and spheres"  The Pi expert BUT the child can not remember my husbands phone number. LOL. See....question 8 was a joke. :)

And now for the program. My kids actually use this in school and I've created quizzes to help study for tests. Completely free.

To create a quiz - www.kahoot.com
To play on your device - www.kahoot.it

Once you create the quiz you are given a code.  Use any device - ipad, phone, computer and enter the code and it logs you in.
We had the boys use their phone so they could compete. Your score is based on how fast you answer the question and if you get it right.

Such a fun idea!

To see more ideas check out my New Year's Eve countdown activities for kids.


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