Craft Cotton Candy for A Doll

Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by dentist
 William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton. 
It was first introduced to the public at the 1904 World's Fair!

        Cotton candy is spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It usually contains small amounts of flavoring and/or food coloring.

       In real life, this candy is made by heating and liquefying sugar, spinning it centrifugally through minute holes and finally allowing the sugar to rapidly cool and re-solidify into fine strands. It is often sold at fairs, circuses, carnivals and festivals then served on a long paper cone or in a plastic bag.

       For this doll sized candy craft you will need the following supplies: tacky white glue, decorative scrap papers, pastel colored cottons, newsprint or tissues for stuffing the cones.

       Trace around a glass or mug on top of a decorative paper. Cut out the circle and then cut the circle in half. Twist this paper around the tip end of a pencil until the paper forms a cone shape. Add a dab of white glue to the wrong side of the paper cone to help hold it's shape in place.

       Stuff the delicate paper cone with tissue paper and layers of glue. Then unravel your pastel colored cotton and twist it around the top opening of the cone. Add in smudges of glue as you ''spin'' the cotton around and around the cone top. Hold the cotton shape away from the cone and add more glue beneath it if you think it needs extra glue. After your cotton candy cones are dry, you may use them for doll play or for SWAPS.