Make An Adorable Little Chocolate Hearts Bouquet!
For this cute and simple little hearts chocolate bouquet, you will need the above items:
* One piece of tissue paper
* Hershey's heart shaped chocolate candies
* Hot glue gun and glue
* About three green silk leaves (smaller rather than larger, to be in proportion with the heart "flowers"
* Your choice of ribbon (I chose think ribbon)-about 1' of it
* Small glass votive holder (Walmart)
* Skinny sticks craft sticks (Walmart)
* A block of floral foam (the harder kind-not the softer kind that absorbs water-only $1 at the Dollar Tree, with enough to make several of these, if you like.)
* Hershey's heart shaped chocolate candies
* Hot glue gun and glue
* About three green silk leaves (smaller rather than larger, to be in proportion with the heart "flowers"
* Your choice of ribbon (I chose think ribbon)-about 1' of it
* Small glass votive holder (Walmart)
* Skinny sticks craft sticks (Walmart)
* A block of floral foam (the harder kind-not the softer kind that absorbs water-only $1 at the Dollar Tree, with enough to make several of these, if you like.)
Directions:
1. Cut a small piece of the floral foam to fit in the votive holder (I carefully used a knife).
2. Fold your tissue paper in quarters, and cut 4 squares approximately 5" x 5". Stagger the four pieces of tissue paper.
3. Put staggered paper over votive holder, then put green foam over top of it, and push tightly into the holder.
4. You can pull the tissue upwards a little bit-it will look like this:
5. Take two of your green leaves, and cut them at the base of the leaf (no stem).
About half way down the stick, put a dab of glue, and add two leaves to the front of the stick. Then break off about an inch of the stick at the bottom.
At the top, add a dab of hot glue to the stick, and attach a chocolate heart. Let the glue dry for a few seconds, and then do the other side, so that the hearts are glued to the stem, back to back.
Push the stick down into the middle of the foam until it touched the bottom.
This is how it will look:
Now make a little ribbon bow around a pencil, pull it off, and pull the bow tight (to make the pencil hole loop smaller).
Glue below your chocolate heart. Ta Da!!! A simple little bouquet!
Want a little more? Make a couple more sticks with hearts on them, and then add them at a slant, behind the main heart.
And then, of course, is the bouquet with a couple more candy sticks:
You can add an extra leaf to the back of the arrangement as well.
If you use the fuller bouquet, you may want to add a few coins or stones inside at the base to even out the weight a little bit, as this is top heavy.
This stands just a fuzz over 6 1/2" tall. Perfect for a Valentine's party (make several as table decorations!), or to set on your desk, or for another small area that could use a cute, cheery touch!
