DIY gifts are always highly appreciated, especially if they are practically applicable. These useful presentations include bouquets of sweets. They will not only please the eye, but will also become a delicious nest egg that will decorate the holiday. Let's figure out how to make a bouquet in which candy made from flowers will look nice.
We are preparing materials
So, to create a bouquet you will need corrugated paper, rounded candies themselves, stretch film, which is used to store food. Skewers and polystyrene will also be useful, as well as the form in which the finished bouquet will stand. Corrugated paper can be replaced with packaging paper. Transparent adhesive tape is also useful, it is better if it is matte. And instead of polystyrene, you can use a special oasis to create floral arrangements, which can be bought at a flower store. So, let's start the master class.
Flower from sweets: master class
All flowers are made in a similar way, so we will look at the example of poppies. So, to create such a bouquet you will need red, green and black corrugated paper, sweets and skewers themselves. Scotch tape or cling film will be needed for fastening.
- First, cut the flower petals from red paper. Stretch the edges a little with your fingers so that the paper dries a little.
- Now cut the black paper into long strips. Wrap the candy in them, and cut the edge into strips to make it look like stamens.
- Let's start collecting the finished flower. We attach the petals to the middle, this can be done with the Moment glue, double-sided tape or glue gun. Shape the flower the way you imagine flowers (poppies) from sweets.
- Then wrap the flower with leaves cut from green paper. Mac is ready. With a strip of cling film, attach the flower head to the skewer. It will need to be wrapped in green paper itself. To keep it tight, we wrap the skewer before this with double-sided tape.
- Several of these "plants" form a bouquet. Candies made of flowers will not look out, they will be tightly hidden in paper.
A few more options
If you choose a different form of candy, from baskets you can build whole baskets or even architectural structures. For example, a gingerbread house or an Egyptian pyramid. If you prefer the classic version, tulips, roses and peonies will look beautiful. In all cases, the manufacturing process of such flowers is identical, sweets differ (you can choose any one from the flowers) only in shape. Effectively serve such bouquets in baskets, decorating with pearls, artificial branches, sparkles, wooden ladybugs.
Unusual shapes
Once you have mastered simple bouquets, you can begin to create more complex shapes. Experienced craftswomen make sweets and cakes, and large ships, and fairy castles. To do this, it is better to choose sweets in a suitable color scheme, so that a common pattern is visible behind the colorful cover. In addition, saving on sweets is not worth it, they affect the quality of your gift. The finished sculpture can be wrapped in transparent wrapping paper and tied with a smart bow.