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Making a Valentine's Day Candy Bouquet


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February 14, 2014

valentines day candy bouquetA candy bouquet is a fun alternative to flowers on Valentine's day. You don't need to spend a lot of money on one at a store either. They are super easy to make and making your own allows you to customize it for your loved one!

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Supplies:

  • 4 boxes of Valentine's M & Ms
  • Dove hearts
  • Hershey's mini candy bars
  • York peppermint hearts
  • Reese's PB heart
  • Russell Stover's strawberry heart
  • boxes of conversation hearts
  • chocolate heart lollipop
  • other assorted candy
  • wooden dowels
  • floral foam block
  • knife
  • curling ribbon
  • scissors
  • tissue paper
  • hot glue gun
supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Glue the M & Ms boxes together to form a vase.
  2. glue boxes for vase 1
     
    glue boxes for vase 3
     
  3. Cut the floral foam block down to fit inside. Cut it to be about 1 inch below the top of the vase.
  4. insert foam block
     
  5. Cut two squares of tissue paper and use them to cover the floral foam.
  6. add tissue paper
     
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  7. Use a pencil sharpener to sharpen the end of the dowels.
  8. sharpen dowels
     
  9. Glue mini candy bars to the dowel. Then glue a second layer on to cover the dowel completely.
  10. mini candy bars 2
     
  11. Glue Dove hearts onto the dowel. Then turn the dowel over and cover the backside with more hearts.
  12. dove hearts 2
     
  13. Glue bigger candy onto dowels. You may need to use extra glue to keep them on the dowel, since they are heavy.
  14. big candy 1
     
    big candy 2
     
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  15. Begin arranging the candy, by pushing the dowels into the foam block.
  16. insert candy into foam 4
     
  17. Tuck additional tissue paper around the bottom of the candy to cover up the exposed dowels.
  18. insert candy into foam 5
     
  19. You can glue additional candy onto shorter dowels to fill in empty spaces.
  20. conversation hearts
     
    chocolate hearts
     
  21. Wrap curling ribbon around the vase and tie it. Create a bow and curl the ends.
  22. add ribbon
     
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April 11, 2014

Surprise your sweetie with this candy bouquet on a special day. Check out this video and learn how easy it is to make.

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