How To Make A Candy Bouquet

February 14th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

I saw these for sale at the store and told Christine we ought to try making them instead. Our kids gave them to their teachers for Valentine’s Day. Here’s how we did it:

Christine had a bunch of flower picks from a previous candy bouquet her family received. Thankfully, she saved them and we were able to put them to good use. We hot glued mini candy bars to the sticks. We tried to be sure we had the candy bars facing the same direction.

Then we filled vases (found at the 99 Cent Store) half way with Hershey Hugs and Kisses. We placed foam in the center for the candy sticks to poke into. We didn’t glue it, just had the Hugs and Kisses around it to hold in place. You could also use mason jars or for a smaller bouquet, use Starbucks Frappuccino bottles and fill with M&Ms instead of kisses.

We poked the candy sticks in at varying angles, taller ones in the back, smaller towards the front. Then filled with the wrinkled paper strips so you couldn’t see the foam in the center.

And voila! Here’s the finished product!

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  1. Pingback by Happy Valentine’s Day! | Moms Crafty Life on 14 February 2009:

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  2. Comment by Judy on 14 February 2009:

    How CUTE! I wonder if I can pull something like this together for Easter for my secret pal…maybe some of those Cadbury Eggs…

  3. Comment by Demara on 17 February 2009:

    Wow that is so amazing! I like the idea of filling a jar with m&m’s, but I’m not sure I would want to eat them after they touched the foam. I wonder if the sticks of candy bars would stay up in the m&m’s alone? Any idea?

    I found you at Mari’s eplace and thought I’d come by for a visit. I hope you don’t mind.

    See you around,
    Demara

  4. Comment by Teal on 18 February 2009:

    Update: The frap bottles have a small mouth, so the m&m’s were able to hold the sticks in place without foam.

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