This Kandy Klown is the worst of both worlds for a kid. Its arrival on Christmas morning could very possibly be enough of a buzz-kill to ruin the whole day. Pep-O-Mint is the least loved of all sugary confections. Well, it’s a close second to a giant block of sticky ribbon candy, anyway. Perching the decapitated head of a clown on top does nothing to add to its appeal. Graft on some ambiguous yarn limbs and you’ve got what grandma would call an “adorable treat” and what junior can’t wait to strap an entire package of firecrackers onto.
AHHH! Now that I’m alone in my big old apartment, I know this thing will haunt my nightmares.
Is that supposed to be a gift for innocent little children?
I SO got something like this one year in my stocking. Except in my memory it was macrame, but then, maybe that’s just another part of the nightmare.
ooh, i’m thinking stocking stuffers for the naughty kids on my list
aaaaaaaaaaaaaieeeee! make it stop looking at me!
I received one of those life saver clowns in 1975, and I STILL have it. Frankly, i was too afraid to go through the clown to get to the candy, and then it became an achievement for me to hang it on the tree year after year. Sadly, after moving to Florida (aka “Land of Ants”), it was attacked by sugar ants and destroyed during the Christmas of 2002
I like how the one eye isn’t nearly as bloodshot at the other.
At the very least Wint-o-green would provide an opportunity to chomp Lifesavers in the dark to see if you get a spark!
Had a Great-Great Aunt who used to make those nasty clown ‘n candy things every Christmas. She was a scary lady. Used to make creepy looking dolls out of old pantyhose, too.
Are you allowed to disassemble the damned thing? After all, that is candy. And while the playability of such an artifact is up for debate, Candy is something I know what to do with. Even if it is B level candy.
Whoever writes these descriptions is a comedic genius! I’m dying laughing over here. You are FUNNY!
Gawd, my mother made some of these to decorate the tree sometime in the late 70’s, except they had angel heads. It was no improvement.
OMG. My mom used to make yarn dolls out of life saver rolls, but at least she used cloth or something for the heads and drew on little faces. She used to make them for when I had a birthday party and leave one by each girl’s plate. Must have been “innovative” for the early 70s, though that creepy clown looks a little earlier. Thanks a lot, Ladies Home Journal.
Since I’m 40, I remember all kinds of things with scary clown heads as decoration. I probably wouldn’t even take my Xanax if it was decorated like this. but It does give me some SICK ideas about decorating the meds of others…..
That is one of the scariest things I have ever seen!! I love the description though!!! LOL!! My husband is terrified of clowns, so I had fun showing it to him!! My aunt made those for me with styrofoam balls for the heads. They are still on my wall every Christmas!
uh oh…I’m one of those moms who made these and gave them as gifts to the neices, nephews, my own kids etc. I even taught a class of preschoolers to make them…In my defense…I never used scary clown heads, we made our own happy faces with beads and the kids seemed to like them…now I wonder
Our crime lab discovered this ‘gift’ shares at least seven alleles with the notorious knitted doll skirt toilette paper cover.