Flowers and sweets have always been considered classic gifts. Is it possible to somehow combine these two items? Try, for example, making roses from chocolates. This design option will look very creative and unusual.
How to make an unusual surprise out of sweets?
It turns out that sweet roses from sweets can be decorated in several ways. The most commonly used option is the wrapping of sweets in a beautiful material. As a rule, sweets are wrapped in several layers of petals made of shiny colored or corrugated paper. It turns out very interesting compositions, each of which is unique due to the fantasies of needlewomen. On the basis of these ideas, including topiary crafts, in which a combination of several materials completely different in texture and style is possible.
Another rather unusual way of making flowers is to make buds from a sweet mass. Below are two step-by-step descriptions of how a (MK) rose is made from chocolates. Guided by the options presented, you can easily make unique surprises with your own hands and then present them as gifts.
What are flower arrangements made with sweets made of?
If you plan to make a bouquet of large lush roses, then the following materials will be required:
- corrugated paper (floristic) of the desired color (red, pink, yellow, white);
- candy;
- wooden skewers or wire for stems;
- double-sided tape ;
- beautiful fabric (organza, velvet, brocade, etc.);
- decorative finishing materials (ribbons, beads, artificial leaves, threads);
- hot glue;
- kraft paper;
- scissors;
- polystyrene (for decorating the bottom of the composition).
The technology involves cutting different petals and securing them on the stem. To obtain beautiful large open or half-open buds, the blanks are bent from the edges and stretched somewhat. Therefore, the most successful material is corrugated paper.
Rose from sweets: a workshop on making buds
So, how to create such a masterpiece? Let's analyze the easiest way to make roses from sweets. Rather, it will turn out unopened buds. This will require thin, easily draped paper. It can be replaced with a beautiful fabric. Make blanks in the form of identical squares measuring approximately 10 x 10 cm. The “fur coats” for sweets can also be round.
String a candy on a long wooden skewer. You can install the second on top of it, aligning them with flat bases. Then wrap the paper square with sweets and bend the edges down. Make the top of the bud cone-shaped, so it is better to use sweets of the appropriate shape. Fasten the material at the base of the flower by wrapping several times with tape. Continue to wind them to the bottom of the stem. Do not forget to attach the green leaves cut out of paper . Pack it in beautiful paper. You can give a bouquet!
How to mold roses from sweets?
Some housewives must have tried to bake original sweet flowers from the dough. The recipe, of course, should provide that the finished products retain their molded shape even after baking. But I would like to make with my own hands, for example, a sugar rose or marmalade. Unfortunately, this material is not suitable for creativity, as it is fragile and just melts in your hands. Therefore, you need to think about what may be similar in texture to plasticine or test mass.
Is it possible and how to make a rose from sweets? To do this, try using chewing plates. A very good solution would be to use Mamba candies or other sweets similar in properties.
Making a candy rose
So, you can make a fully edible flower from chewing sweets. Take them in 2-3 packs (preferably different shades, such as light yellow and pink). Unpack the sweets, and then literally place them in the microwave for a few seconds to make them a little more pliable. After that, roll out each piece with a rolling pin on a clean table until you get small flat cakes 4-5 mm thick. It is not necessary that they have the same size and thickness.
After that, using a small glass with sharp edges or any other objects, squeeze out circles - future petals. Fix them one by one on a wooden stick, pressing them at the base of the bud. So, gradually, one circle at a time, form a rose. At the last petals, make wavy edges, arching them partially outward, partly inside the bud. You can arrange such a bouquet as a real one, folding it in wrapping paper. Also, small roses will be an excellent decoration for a cake or pastries, replacing cream ones. Surely, such surprises will please others with unusual and extravagance.
Flowers and sweets have always been and will be classic gifts. Now you know how to combine them into one very unusual and beautiful surprise.