I’ve always dreamed of creating a Land of Sweets Christmas theme after falling in love with all the pretty pink candy décor lining the craft store aisles. Inspired by my favorite childhood game – Candy Land (the 1984 classic!) – this holiday setup brings those sugary, pastel dreams to life with gingerbread houses, lollipops, and a touch of nostalgic magic.

🌟 Highlights

Enjoy this video compilation of our Candy Land Christmas – a whimsical world of sweets, sparkle, and festive magic.

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👑 King Kandy

I 3D printed a massive King Kandy nutcracker, bringing the sweet ruler of Candy Land to life. Then I built his gingerbread Candy Castle to match – complete with sugary details and whimsical charm. Together, they brought the Christmas magic to life in our Land of Sweets.

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🧁 Cupcake Commons Christmas Tree

3D printed a massive cupcake topper and smaller cupcakes to sprinkle throughout our Cupcake Commons tree. Also 3D printed donuts, peppermints, gumdrops, and lollipops for the tree and garlands. Wrapped ornaments of various sizes in cellophane to make large candies.

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🍭 Princess Lolly and Lollipop Woods

My niece and I created a Princess Lolly gingerbread house and castle together. We used this design as the inspiration for Layla’s tall house, while I free-handed the castle walls directly onto the gingerbread dough. To bring Lollipop Woods to life, I also made giant lollipops using my 3D printers and colorful pool noodles, featuring them both in the display and on our Christmas tree.

🍭 Giant Lollipops

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👸 Princess Lolly Gingerbread Castle

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❄️ Queen Frostine and Ice Cream Sea

My sister created a beautiful Queen Frostine and her Ice Cream Sea gingerbread castle. To make the frosty scene even more magical, I 3D printed ice cream cones to float in my Ice Cream Sea decorations. We also added a mini Frozen tree nearby – complete with Elsa, Anna, and Olaf – to tie the whole winter wonderland together.

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⛰️ Gumdrops Galore

3D printed tons of gumdrops for our swirly twirly gumdrops, ornaments, Gumdrop Mountain sign topper, and lollipop holders. We of course used real gumdrops on our gingerbread houses including Gumdrop Pass for our Gumdrop Mountain gingerbread.

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😊 Jolly and Gumdrop Mountains

I used glass Pyrex bowls as molds to shape the gumdrop mountain gingerbread, which worked perfectly. Once I figured out the right icing thickness to avoid a huge mess, the gumdrop mountains took shape. To finish the scene, I created an extra-long Gumdrop Pass sprinkled in green sugar, winding its way past the pastel, snow-capped mountains.

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🌊 Sea of Swirly Twirly Gumdrops

I 3D printed 24 gumdrops to hang from our Harry Potter floating candles, turning them into sweet, spellbinding accents. To match the Candy Land theme, I also designed a custom cotton candy–inspired lighting in shades of pink and blue, giving the whole display a magical, sugary glow.

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🏰 Lord Licorice and Licorice Castle

I used Twizzlers and black candy melts to bring Lord Licorice to life and build his dramatic Licorice Castle, creating a perfectly sweet-and-spooky corner of Candy Land.

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🍬 Land of Sweets: Nutcrackers, Gramma Nut and Plumpy

I created a mash-up of the Land of Sweets and classic Nutcracker magic, turning the whole scene into a candy-coated wonderland. Then I added Gramma Nutt with her peanut brittle gingerbread house, Plumpy with his gingerbread plum tree, and a gingerbread tree house to make it even sweeter and a little extra quirky.

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🥜 Gramma Nutt and Peanut Brittle House

Used this cutter design with a few minor tweaks to create the structure for the peanut brittle gingerbread house. Made peanut brittle and attached them with icing to the gingerbread house to create Gramma Nutt’s Peanut Brittle house.

🍅 Plumpy and Gingerbread Plum Tree

Scott made Plumpy and his gingerbread plum trees, using marshmallows for the branches and M&Ms for the plums – the sweetest little orchard in all of Candy Land.

🍥 Mr. Mint and Peppermint Forest

I turned the tops of my kitchen cabinets into a full Peppermint Forest, complete with a sleigh with candy cane runners. Wyatt made an amazing Mr. Mint and his Peppermint Forest gingerbread house, using this design for the short gingerbread house.

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🌈 Rainbow Trail and other Mini Gingerbreads

Created the rainbow trail on one of the short gingerbread houses. Here’s the design I used for printing the cutters for the other mini gingerbreads.

⛲️ Gloppy

We sloppily made Gloppy using the chocolate fondue fountain – perfectly messy and exactly how Gloppy should be!