| Candy bouquets make great centerpieces or gifts for | | | | bon-bons in pastel wrappers for Mother's Day or |
| just about any occasion. Here are some instructions | | | | Easter and red/white hard peppermint candies for |
| for creating your own candy topiary bouquet in either | | | | Christmas. Take a metal floral pin and stick it through |
| a flower pot or mug.1. Either buy/find a flowerpot or | | | | the end of the candy wrapper (just outside the twisted |
| mug to match your theme. For instance, for Mother's | | | | end) and then stick the floral pin with the attached |
| Day, you might want to use a flowerpot or mug with a | | | | candy on to the round Styrofoam topiary ball. Keep |
| Spring floral theme.2. If you are using a mug, you will | | | | repeating this process until the entire ball is covered |
| want to buy a piece of floral foam (to cut to size and | | | | with hard candies and you can't see any Styrofoam |
| put inside the mug base), a dowel rod (to stick in the | | | | peeking through.5. To dress up the candy bouquet, you |
| base and form the topiary) and a Styrofoam ball (to | | | | can floral pin ribbons or small silk flowers between |
| stick at the end of the dowel rod and form the upper | | | | some of the hard candies. Also, tie pieces of ribbon |
| end of the topiary). If you are using a flower pot, you | | | | around the dowel right below the Styrofoam ball. It |
| can buy the supplies described for the mug or you can | | | | looks great if you leave the ribbon tails long enough to |
| buy one of the pre-made topiary forms that set | | | | hang down and disguise the wood dowel. I |
| directly in the flowerpot. I've seen these forms with a | | | | recommend either using curling ribbon or 1/2" wide |
| Styrofoam pot-shaped base and Styrofoam ball top at | | | | organza ribbon for this task.You've successfully |
| Michael's and Joanne Fabrics. If you go with the | | | | completed your candy topiary bouquet!Be sure to visit |
| pre-made form, you can hot glue it directly into the | | | | our Chocolate and Candy Gifts page to get more |
| flower pot.3. Once you have your form in either your | | | | great candy bouquet and candy gift-giving ideas. We |
| mug or pot, you should hot glue Spanish moss or other | | | | have edible candy bases and other unique candy gift |
| decorative items such as shells, dried flowers, etc to | | | | ideas for birthdays, get well, Christmas, Valentine's Day, |
| the to the top of the base foam to basically hide the | | | | Easter, Mother's Day and more. Make your next |
| foam that makes up the base.4. Buy some floral pins | | | | candy bouquet gift memorable by buying it online at |
| and hard candies. I recommend getting hard candies | | | | Cookie Gift Baskets. |
| that color-coordinate with your theme such as fruit | | | | |