Learn How to Make Candy Bouquets

Here's the Basics...

Part of learning how to make candy bouquets is deciding:

• How much candy you want to put in the arrangement (I usually like to use multiples of three... ex. 6 pieces of candy, 9 or 12)
  
• What container/vase/pot or other creative vessel you want to start it with. To stay thrifty, you can make a vase, score one at a thrift shop or raid your stash of extra vases and small planter pots (they do tend to accumulate).
  
• What types of candy you want to make the bouquet with. Perhaps you want to stick to a color theme for an occasion or perhaps your gift recipient has a favorite type of candy you want to focus on.

For example...

Size. The size of a candy bouquet can vary quite a bit. You may have an occasion that calls for a big fancy candy bouquet, such as a birthday... or you may need to make your candy bouquets cute and small, so you can create several and give them out to a list of people.

Examples... below, you'll see a simple 6-bar arrangement to the left and then an exploding many-bar arrangement to the right.

This candy bouquet is on the smaller side, made with just 6 candy bars.

This bouquet has a huge assortment of full size bars as well as fun size.

I Love Using Up-cycled tin cans!

Container. There are a ton of container ideas to choose from when you are learning how to make candy bouquets. You can use tin buckets, small plant pots, glass vases, jars, re-purposed tin cans or other decorative and festive vases you may find, such as ceramic shapes or watering cans.

To keep the cost low, you can make your own vases... if you like to save pretty containers throughout the year, here's a great opportunity to use them up... or you can find all sorts of neat containers at thrift stores and yard sales, often for pennies!

Foam. Next, you will want a piece of craft or floral foam that fits nicely inside the vessel you've chosen. You may end up fitting it snug inside or even hot gluing it inside. It all depends on the vessel.

Occasionally there are times when you won't use any foam, such as when making a candy bouquet using a vase with a slender neck.

There are usually a few different types of foam available at craft stores and dollar stores.

Another thing that works is pool noodles! You can cut them to size and they're actually quite nice to work with.

Candy. In addition to choosing how many pieces of candy you want to use in your homemade candy bouquet, you may want to stick to a theme.

For example, you could choose a color theme or perhaps a particular type of holiday themed candy (Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day etc.).

...Or you may want to focus on your gift recipient's FAVORITE candy, which makes your candy bouquet highly personalized!

You can also mix and match lots of types of candy... or stick to a particular theme such as: a chocolate theme, a sour candy theme, or a bright and fruity candy theme.

Choosing the perfect candy for these homemade candy gifts will depend entirely on the person/people the candy gifts are for as well as the holiday or occasion.

Supplies. In additions to a container, the necessary foam and plenty of candy, you will need the following supplies...

• Wooden skewers (shown to the right).
• Hot glue gun or clear packing tape (scotch tape isn't strong enough but clear packing tape works well).
• Decorative materials such as ribbon, gift tags, crinkle paper, tissue paper etc.
• You may like to include gifts tags... feel free to check out these ready-to-go free printable gift tags or these fun gift tag templates for a few easy gift tag additions to your homemade candy gifts.
  

Now, I'm guessing you're ready to get started!

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