Candy can thrill your taste buds, and it can also warm your heart. A way of recounting life stories, utilizing candy, has been developed by some very creative people. The life story is posted on a large board; candies and treats are then glued in to take the place of certain words. At the party, the story is read aloud to commemorate the event. While these wonderful tales can be used at major celebrations such as 40th or 50th birthdays, they also may be utilized to memorialize anniversaries, retirements, and even job promotions. You can create whatever you can imagine!

This is one example of an anniversary story that was told using a candy board. The candy is used to replace words that are written with capitals. To use as many pieces of candy as possible, poetic license is taken in regards to both grammar and the facts. For the silver anniversary of Hank and Kathy Thomas, the story board below was written in candy.

....Kathy Holton moved to California from Indiana looking for her CUP-OF-GOLD in the golden state. She moved to the RED HOT city of Sacramento where she went to work for the phone company. Although Kathy would never earn 100 GRAND, she did survive PAYDAY to PAYDAY.

After years of dating NERDS and GOOBERS with ZERO appeal Kathy found a BIT-O-HONEY when she met Henry (Hank) Thomas.

Hank knew that he could SKOR some points with Kathy by sending her a huge bouquet of roses to her office. "OH HENRY!" Kathy exclaimed. You BIG HUNK, you are the MR. GOODBAR that I have been looking for!" "ABBA ZABBA" thought Hank as he kissed her BIG CHERRY lips. "Marry me, KITKAT and our lives will be MOUNDS of ALMOND JOY. I’ll be your SUGAR DADDY and we will have lots of SUGAR BABIES."

Life was GOOD & PLENTY for the Thomas family. As the years went by, the family grew with the addition of the 3 MUSKETEERS, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The boys had STARBURSTS of energy and loved to play sports. Matthew played baseball but because he had BUTTERFINGERS and often dropped the ball, he switched to soccer where he could SKOR more goals.

UNO that parenthood is a WHOPPER of a job. But NOW AND LATER you can enjoy a quiet CAREFREE life, still SWEETTARTS, holding hands with lots of KISSES while gazing out at the MILKY WAY. Congratulations on your 25th wedding anniversary....

The Candy story board is always different because each life is unique. A variety of interesting and unique candies make for a good, sweet story. Utilizing candy stores and serendipity shops, that have unusual or nostalgic candies, will make your presentation that much more special. The Internet is naturally a very good source for these candies, as well.

Give it a try! Your candy storyboard will truly be the sweetest thing, at any event!