Candy Corn Vase & Holiday ‘Mantle’

I’ve been reading all about amazing holiday inspired mantles lately, and pinning them like crazy. There is some serious inspiration on the blogosphere this year. Unfortunately, I have not yet built my fireplace mantle, I’ve only repainted the fireplace screen so far. I have high hopes for a beautiful mantle in my future.

In the meantime I have to use a ledge.

However, before I show you my ledge (that sounds wrong), I want to show you how I repurposed two vases into one seriously cool piece of decor for less than $3.

Step 1:

Collect your supplies:

2 Vases; one vase should be small enough to fit inside the other vase
Candy Corn
Flowers

Step 2:

Place the smaller vase inside the larger vase.

Before I came up with this idea, I was going to donate the smaller vase. It’s something I’ve had with me for years and I love the bamboo design, I just didn’t have a place for it. I actually had set the smaller vase inside the larger vase in order to carry them both downstairs when genius struck!

Step 3:

Fill the space between the two vases with candy.

I chose Candy Corn for a couple of reasons. (1) I hate the stuff, seriously I can’t stand this candy and I know for a fact that I will not eat a single piece (2) It added color to the decor (3) It’s the quintessential Halloween Candy

What’s that you say? You don’t have a smaller vase and you don’t want to spend any extra cash?

No Problem!

Just use empty toilet paper rolls or a empty paper towel holder in place of the smaller vase. Of course this will only work if you plan on using fake flowers, but it’s a great option!

Step 4:

Insert the flowers of your choice. If you ended up using a small vase like I did, then feel free to add fresh flowers. For now, I have a fake flower in the vase, but I plan on picking up some fresh flowers on my next trip to the market.