There is a holiday on the nose, and you don’t know how to please your friends and relatives? If you are tired of gifts on duty in the form of flowers and sweets, then try to create a real masterpiece by combining these two components. Let's take a closer look at how to make a bouquet of sweets with your own hands.
Delicious base bouquet
As you may have guessed, the main component of your creation will be sweets. Approach their choice with all responsibility. Here are some tips to help you decide.
- Focus on the preferences of the person to whom you present the bouquet. If you don’t know about the addictions of the person being gifted, then rely on your own taste. But remember that sweets should be of high quality, quite expensive and fresh. It is not necessary to be limited only to chocolate products, caramels, lollipops, as well as sweet figures can also be used.
- Before you make a bouquet of sweets with your own hands, decide on its design. It will depend on what sweets you need. Round and shaped sweets in a smooth wrapper are considered universal and convenient. Cone-shaped sweets and chocolate cubes are also often used. If you plan to flaunt edible ingredients, then choose sweets in a beautiful wrapper.
- It is better to decorate the Easter bouquet with figures of chocolate rabbits and eggs. Exquisite expensive sweets and sweets are ideal for a wedding bouquet. If you want to make a bouquet of sweets for a children's holiday, then you can include the maximum number of caramels and candies.
What materials will be needed?
In addition to the candies themselves, the following should be in stock:
- Wrapping. You can use the one preferred by florists. Choose both clear cellophane and thick corrugated paper. The more beautiful elements, the higher the chances that your sweet bouquet of sweets will please the person to whom it is intended.
- Adhesive tape one-sided and double-sided.
- Satin ribbons.
- Artificial or real flowers.
- Wooden skewers.
- Any beautiful containers (pots, jars, bowls).
- A floral oasis, a piece of foam or foam.
- Decorative elements (pebbles, beads, rhinestones, chains, hearts and more).
How to make a bouquet of sweets with your own hands: practical recommendations
First, we will analyze in detail the packaging options for sweets. If you like the candy wrapper design, you can use transparent or translucent cellophane. Here are some ways to design delicious bouquet components:
- Make a cylinder out of a wrapper whose diameter is approximately equal to the size of the candy. Paste the chocolate sweet on a skewer and fix it with tape. Next, place the candy inside the cylinder and collect its edges with ribbons. It is better to wrap the skewer with a green ribbon to imitate the stem. You can also use artificial or real leaves and flowers.
- Cut a square out of wrapping paper and center the candy on the skewer. Wrap the future sweet flower and tie it beautifully around the skewers with a ribbon.
- Often used cones made of packaging material. Twist a kind of pail for seeds, only a small size. Inside is a sweetie.
- An imitation of a flower will look original. Sweetie will serve as the core in this case. From the corrugated paper, cut the petals, which with tape to attach to the skewer impaled with sweetness.
Before making a bouquet of sweets with your own hands, think over the composition in detail. Also prepare a container that can be beautifully decorated. It is convenient to use small flower pots or stands for bouquets from a florist shop. At the bottom of the container, lay an oasis into which it is easy to stick skewers with sweets. Decorate this splendor with ribbons, beads and bows.