| Oh No! Its your Aunt Sally's 60th birthday, and she's | | | | overlap slightly as this will give a nice fanned effect. |
| coming over to see everyone. Normally you would | | | | Try and space the leaves out |
| think this is good news, but no-one told you, and you | | | | evenly, but don't worry too much if the aren't |
| don't have a gift for her!Don't Panic! There's a simple | | | | spaced perfectly... it will make the |
| gift you can make her that she will absolutely love... | | | | bouquet seem more natural.Step 4: Insert the candy |
| It's a candy bouquet in a coffee cup, and you can | | | | flowers...The next step is to place the candy flowers |
| make one using a coffee cup, | | | | into the cup. Start in the middle and |
| some leaves, and some flower shaped candies!Step | | | | work your way out until all the candy flowers have |
| 1: Find a suitable coffee cup...Most people have lots of | | | | been used. Depending on the |
| coffee cups in their house. Maybe you have a cup | | | | size cup, and candy you are using, this could be |
| from an | | | | anywhere between 5 to 11 candies.Step 5: Fill the |
| old coffee set that got broken?Try and find a nice | | | | gaps with leaves...When you give the candy bouquet |
| looking cup, as it will ruin the effect of the candy | | | | to Aunt Sally, you don't want her to see the oasis |
| bouquet if you | | | | inside the cup, as this will ruin the effect. So fill in |
| use an old tacky, chipped cup!Step 2: Prepare the | | | | any gaps where you can see |
| coffee cup to hold the candy...Take some dried oasis | | | | through to the oasis, with leaves.Step 6: Add some |
| and push it into the coffee cup. If you don't have an | | | | ribbon...Personally, I like candy bouquets that have |
| oasis, | | | | some ribbon. Place some ribbon around |
| you can stuff the cup with cellophane, but an oasis | | | | the cup, and maybe even add a figure-of-eight-bow |
| will work much better, as it will | | | | to soften the bouquet a little.That's it, all done! Very |
| hold the flowers up much more firmly.Before placing | | | | quick and easy, I think you'll agree! This Candy |
| the oasis into the cup, place a square of cellophane in | | | | Bouquet |
| at the bottom. | | | | looks great, and will make an ideal present for |
| This will make it easier to clean later, as any flakes | | | | anyone, especially Aunt Sally! Just |
| that fall off the oasis will be | | | | don't be surprised if it's half eaten next time you |
| caught by the cellophane.Step 3: Add the leaves for | | | | see it!Peta D'Silva has been making bouquets for |
| the candy bouquet...Place some leaves around the | | | | over 14 years. |
| outside edge of the cup. Make sure that the leaves | | | | |