Kerrin Frey, Tara’s mom, started work on the dress six years ago when she saw another mom weaving gum wrappers as they watched their kids play hockey.“

She can’t even tell you how many Starbursts she’s burned through; only that she was purchasing 20 pounds at a time. "We even called Starburst to see if we could just buy the wrappers from them without the candy in them.” The answer, “No, can’t do that.”

Instead Kerrin asked folks all over town to save wrappers, and even gave out 14 ounce bags of Starburst candy for Halloween, “and say, ‘could you just bring back the wrappers - and try not to rip them.’”