How To Make A Candy Topiary Bouquet

Candy bouquets make great centerpieces or gifts for any occasion. Here are some tips for creating your own candy topiary bouquet are either in a pot or cup.

1. Either buy / find a flower pot or cup match to your topic. Could, for example for Mother's Day, you want to use a flower pot or cup with a Spring floral theme.

2. If you use a cup, you will want to buy a piece of floral foam (cut to size and) put into the cup foot, a dowel rod (toStick in the ground and form the topiary) and a Styrofoam ball (at the end of the dowel rod stick and form the upper end of the topiary). If you use a pot, you can purchase the described supplies for the cup, or you can buy pre-made topiary forms that are placed directly into the pot. I have seen these forms with styrofoam cup-shaped base Styrofoam ball up with Michael and Joanne Fabrics. If you go with the preparation made the form, you can hot glue it directly into the flowerPot.

3. Once the form either in your cup or pot, you should hot glue Spanish moss or other decorative items such as shells, dried flowers, etc., which basically at the top of the base foam hide the foam from the base.

4. Buy a few flower pins and candy. I always recommend this candy color coordinate with your theme, such as fruit candies in pastel wrappers for Mother's Day and Easter, and red / white hard peppermint candies for Christmas. Take aMetal floral pin and hold it until the end of the candy wrappers (directly before it ends twisted) and then stick the flowers with the included pen sweets on the round Styrofoam ball topiary. This process is repeated until the entire globe covered with candy and you can not peering through a Styrofoam.

5. To dress up the candy bouquet, you can pin floral tape or small silk flowers between some candy. Even pieces of tie ribbon around the dowel Lawunder the Styrofoam ball. It looks good when you leave the band tail long enough to hang down and disguise the wood dowel. I recommend either Curl or 1 / 2 "wide organza ribbon for this task.

You have successfully your candy topiary bouquet!

Make-a-Plates Make it Easy to Share Memories Across Generations

Make-a-plate, draw the same-it-yourself memory disks, you may remember this as a kid are still there and more popular than ever. I admit I still think, from kindergarten, and if it takes more than a hand count to the President since then, look my records are still good - and are quite delightful, after my mother. So, when I try to come with a fun holiday project for my daughter and her friends, Make-a-plate dipped into his mind.

If younever heard of a make-plate kits, but are looking for a nice project or gift for the children - or anyone for that matter - Make-a-plate or similar kits for cups, mugs and photo travel boards are a Glance worth. Here's how they work:

First, make buy-a-Plate (cup or glass) art kit, art paper, markers, instructions and return envelope.Next, imagination can run free - children are creating a masterpiece; mothers Record favorite family recipes, to create the FriendsMemory boards for brides, graduates, coaches - are endless.Last opportunities, please send in your artwork as a get a durable, dishwasher-safe melamine plastic plate (or cup or travel tumbler)

Make-a-plates in two different types of kits - individual and group and classroom kits are kits. Which is the best for you? Here is a look at the differences between the two and current prices.

Individual kits will generally sell for $ 12.95, which alsoProduction and shipment of the return of a finished product, making it a great gift because there is no additional set-group, interest, costs, $ 6.99, and provides paper, markers, and production methods in order to have up to 50 entries - but no prepaid production. You pay production and return shipping charges only for the items that you are available again.

Kit Production Group is currently charging $ 5.95 per plate, $ 2.95 per cup or $ 3.95 per ride tumble. Return shipping charges are based on the number of basisItems that have made you. The group kits are ideal for teachers, scouting groups or anyone wanting to make a number of elements, and can even be used as a fundraiser.

Individual kits include five parts of the project paper with additional points can be made at an additional cost. We have made a comparison, and if you plan to have completed three or more items, the group will kit the better choice, especially since there is no production minimums. The individual kits are, the betterOption to be taken only one or two points, or as a gift.

Together with the basic original template kits are Make-a-Photo Plate art kits, including kits with photo border designs, ranging from Disney Pooh and Princesses Hannah Montana and High School Musical. You will also find coloring book style Make-a-plate kits for many subjects, including superheroes, Disney characters and much more.

Once the artwork in Sent, ready Make-a-plateTypically about two weeks on the road last. But during the holiday rush - The Make-A-Plate Factory busiest time of year - the process can take up to four weeks. To have the plates in time for Christmas delivery, plan your work of art before Thanksgiving produces send.