Mother’s Day Unique Gifts - An Edible Fruit And Candy Arrangement
This is an easy to make fruit arrangement that can be a desert centerpiece or a unique handmade gift.
1. Prepare a heart-shaped container. I used a heart-shaped glass bowl for this edible fruit and candy arrangement, which I bought for about a dollar at Wal-Mart.
2.
a) Prepare Styrofoam disc or sheet, clear plastic food wrap, scotch tape, a serrated knife, and scissors.
b) Using your container as a guide, cut the Styrofoam heart out using a serrated knife. Wrap the Styrofoam heart in clear plastic food wrap, fixing it, in several places, with scotch tape on the bottom of the heart.
c) Attach the foam to the bottom of the container with double-sided tape or hot glue.
The foam should be about 1″ below the rim of the container.
3. Prepare strawberry flavored hard candy and dressmaker’s pins. Attach these candies along the inside perimeter of the bowl using pins.
4. Add strawberries to the arrangement. First, wash and dry the strawberries; remove the strawberry leaves as suits your taste.
Using toothpicks insert strawberries into the foam to cover the empty center. First, insert a toothpick into the foam and then stick a strawberry onto the toothpick; do not let the toothpick poke through the strawberry.
5.
a) Attach a red non-transparent ribbon (for example, satin ribbon) along the outside of the bowl, using mini glue dots (which you can buy at a local craft store) or glue the ribbon in several places.
b) Then, make a bow as described below and glue it over the ribbon’s seam.
How to make a bow: Cut two lengths of ribbon. Make a circle with each length overlapping the ends. Then stack the smaller loop on top of bigger one. Staple or sew them together. Wrap a piece of ribbon around the center of the bow, overlap the ends and glue them together. The bow is ready.
Congratulations on your beautiful edible fruit arrangement is ready!
Happy Mother’s Day!