How to make DIY candy corn yard stakes

These oversized candy corn yard stakes are the perfect Halloween decor for your yard! Make these from scrap wood and enjoy!

One of my favorite things to do for holidays is make oversized decor, like when I made this jumbo spider for Halloween or these oversized Christmas lights for the holidays.

But sometimes, oversized doesn't have to mean giant, it just has to mean much larger than it would normally be. Enter the very scaled up size of these candy corn yard stakes!

Candy corn is very small, so enlarging them to more than 12" tall is a pretty big change. These yard stakes could be scaled to any size, but I like this size for spreading around the yard for Halloween.

DIY candy corn yard decor

These DIY candy cane yard stakes are a great way to use scrap wood and add a different color to your yard for Halloween. These make great additions to your yard or for lining your driveway or walkway if you make enough of them.

Make sure you check out these DIY wooden ghost yard stakes from pallet wood!

Materials needed:

Here's everything you need to make these large candy corn yard stakes!

• ½" plywood
• Orange spray paint
• White spray paint
• Yellow spray paint
• Jigsaw
• Wood glue

For inside your home, try making these candy corn flower vases!

Step one: cut candy corn

Start by cutting out your candy corn pieces. You can start with a full sheet of ½" plywood if you want to make a lot, or search through your scrap pile.

I used pieces that were about 12" x 15" for each of the candy corns.

Start by using a small cup or can to draw half circles near two corners of the plywood, then another in the opposing top center of the board. Using a straight edge, connect the lines with a pencil.

Next, clamp your board to a work surface and use a jigsaw to cut out around the outline you drew for the candy corn. For additional candy corns, simply take the first one you made and trace that on to other plywood pieces and cut them out the same way.

This DIY candy corn candle holder is another great interior decoration!

Step two: cut stakes

Once you have the actual candies cut out, take some of the scrap pieces from around the edges of the plywood you cut out and cut some triangular pieces out with a pointy edge. These should be roughly 8" in length so that you can attach half to the candy corn and drive half into the ground.

After all the candy corn pieces and stakes are cut out, give them a good sanding on the front, back, sides and edges to give you a clean look.

Step three: spray paint

Divide your candy corn pieces into even segments of three. For me, that was about 5" for each section.

Using painter's tape, tape along the lines on the inside section. Use white spray paint to spray the top and yellow spray paint to spray the bottom section.

Once dry, remove the tape and tape on the opposing sides of the line and paint the middle section of the candy corn white.

You can also paint the back or stake for the candy corn as well if you think they will be more visible based on how you plan to use them. You could paint them all one color, like the orange, or paint them with the same color breakdown as the front.

Step four: attach stakes

Once everything is dry, use wood glue to attach the edge of the stake onto the back of the candy corn piece. Attach about half of the stake to the back.

Then, ideally, use a nail gun to add a couple of nails through the front into the stake. If needed, do a quick touchup of yellow paint.

Step five: display in yard

Use a mallet to hammer the top of the triangle stake down into the ground. Be careful not to separate it from the candy corn piece.

Arrange them along your driveway, sidewalk, or just spread out in your yard!

DIY oversized candy corn yard stakes

I love the look of these candy corn yard stakes throughout the yard! They add that bright pop of color when so much of Halloween decor is spooky or dark.

Remember, you can scale the size of these up or down, depending on your plan. Plus, make as many as you want for fun decor!