Assembling Your Pool Noodle Lollipops
It’s time to get your materials together and begin creating your pool noodle lollipops!
Finding the ideal appearance for the “candy” piece is the most crucial aspect of creating pool noodle lollipops. You’ll want to take care in these first few steps.
Please remember that improper use of hot glue guns can result in burns. I NEVER advise letting kids handle hot glue, regardless of the temperature.
Why Turn Pool Noodles Into Lollipops?
Willy Wonka Jr. was recently staged at my son’s middle school. , and he was cast as Grandpa Joe. Being “that mom,” I offered to assist with creating the show’s props.
While figuring out what we would need, we thought it would be adorable to have the “oompa loompas” use enormous lollipops to row the boat in the stage river scene. This led to their widespread use as background staging, candy cart decoration, and even as dance props.
We first looked at a ton of photos and watched a couple of quick videos before attempting to make the lollipops. More creativity and hard work were required than what any of the tutorials we watched led us to believe.
We developed a good system for manufacturing them after a great deal of trial and error, which included one important tool that we hadn’t seen used anywhere else. We even had students assist us in making a large number of them because we had it so streamlined.
Fortunately for you, I’ll be explaining that procedure today, saving you the trouble of figuring it out on your own!
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For a snug fit, cut a round hole that is slightly smaller than the PVC’s circumference. To ensure that the pipe is held firmly, you should cut two rows deep. Scissors made a fast cut, but a heat knife could also be used to melt through the foam.
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The Dollar store duct tape isn’t as adhesive as the real name brand tape (you can buy that here). This allows for more mistakes however, undoing tape, and redoing it – but…because it doesn’t stick as well, I chose to glue the tape down at the ends of the noodles.
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