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Make Your Own All Natural Candy and Gum Kits Review

Posted on November 5, 2010May 7, 2016 by Cindy

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In our home, we love to do crafts and activity kits as a good break in the playing with toys routine. Sometimes we use this for a fun family night activity or for rainy day fun. We ask for these type of gifts for Christmas and Birthdays because it provides fun entertainment year round. I was thrilled to find Glee Gum’s Make Your Own Candy & Gum Kits.

Glee Gum is an all natural chewing gum made with sustainably harvested rain-forest chicle. It’s the best alternative to synthetic chewing gum and bubble gum.

Glee Gum also offers fun All Natural Make Your Own Candy and Make Your Own Gum Kits. You can Make Your Own Chocolate, Make Your Own Chewing Gum, and Make Your Own Gummies with their fun, easy to do kits.

picture of Make Your Own Natural Gum & Candy Kits — Make Your Own Natural Gum & Candy Kits

Hands On Review of Make Your Own Gum Kit

We selected to review the Make Your Own Gum Kit because my kids love gum! The kit is for kids 8 and up but my kids have a blast with parental help. The kit comes with everything you need to make your gum. I only needed to supply a cutting board, rolling pin, and microwave (or stove top).

picture of Make Your Own Natural Chewing Gum Kit Contents — Make Your Own Natural Chewing Gum Kit Contents

My kids enjoyed ready all about where gum comes from. This kit uses the sap from the Sapodilla trees that is gathered by the peoples in the rain-forest. Other gum sold in stores is made up synthetic gum bases and chemicals. By using the sap from these trees, there are less reasons to cut down the trees in the rain forest. Taking the sap does not hurt the trees.

Back to the review. The directions were easy to follow step by step. My kids took turns adding ingredients to together and couldn’t wait to do the next step.

picture of Mixing in corn syrup to the gum base — Mixing in corn syrup to the gum base

What a sticky mess! My kids loved it! I let them stir the ingredients together but since it is sticky, I was sure to get it well mixed together before it had time to harden. That’s how it is with cooking with kids!

picture of Kneading the confectioner's sugar into the gum — Kneading the confectioner's sugar into the gum

My kids were so into making this gum. I was surprised at how concentrated they were when they had to knead in the flavors (we had cherry & cinnamon) and the confectioner’s sugar into the gum base. They had fun pulling and stretching the gum.

picture of Rolling out the gum — Rolling out the gum

I let the kids take a turn at rolling out the gum but in the end I had to finish it up. Next, we cut it up into about 50 pieces!

picture of Home Made All Natural Gum — Home Made All Natural Gum

My kids were so proud of their home made gum. Elizabeth made the cherry gum and Elijah made the cinnamon gum. The flavor and smells of the gum were great. I don’t think we quite kneaded it through enough to reach the center but it was still good. Elijah wrapped up some to give to his bus driver and teacher at school. He was so proud that he made gum. Yes, the Make Your Own Gum Kit is worth it and lots of fun!

Buy Make Your Own Candy & Gum Kits

This would make an excellent kids birthday gift, kids Christmas gift, or just for fun kit to have when you need it the most! You can buy your own Make Your Own Kit on the Glee Gum website for about $13 each or find a retailer near you. You can also find the Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit for under $12, the Make Your Own Gummies Kit for under $13, and the Make Your Own Chocolate Kit for about $13 on Amazon.com.

Win Make Your Own Candy & Gum Kits (Closed)

Updated: 11-27-10 Winner Announced: Congratulations, Julie L.

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Cindy

Founder and Lead Blogger at Akron Ohio Moms

Cindy is the top Akron Blogger with her own take on awesome brands for families, where to vacation for families, a beat on local activities and family fun, a knack for getting moms to share , and a house that is always 2 weeks away from a complete remodel!