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Are you looking for unique Mothers Day gifts? Mothers Day is a wonderful holiday that gives you an opportunity to show your Mum how much you care. No matter how busy or how old you are you should find time to thank your Mum for everything she has done for you. Mother’s Day gifts don’t have to be expensive. I think personalized gifts are perfect gifts for Mother’s Day. They will make your Mum feel really special. A candy bouquet below will make a delicious Mother’s Day gift that will be welcomed and remembered!

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To make this Mothers Day Gift you will need: a glass, red tissue paper/crepe paper, red cello, Lindt chocolate truffles, Raffaello candy, bamboo skewers and 16 gauge stem wire, red curling ribbon, green floral tape, floral foam, a hot glue gun with glue, scissors and wire cutters.

Step 1. To make this Mother’s Day Candy Bouquet you will need a simple glass or vase of a medium size. Cut the Styrofoam to the proper size so it fits snugly in the glass/vase.

Step 2. Cut a square piece of red tissue paper or crepe paper or red cellophane. The size of this square depends on the size of the glass/vase you use. Place the glass/vase in the center of the tissue paper square. You may want to attach several pieces of double-sided tape or glue dots in several places on the glass/vase so when you wrap it with the tissue paper, the paper will not move around or slide along the glass. Fold the tissue paper up around the glass/vase. You can put a rubber band to hold the tissue paper temporarily until you tie a piece of red curling ribbon.

Step 3. Make Lindt chocolate flowers for your candy bouquet.

a) Prepare Lindt chocolate truffles with red wrappers. To make a candy flower, attach a chocolate piece to a bamboo skewer using green floral tape.

b) To make candy flower’s ‘petals’, cut red cellophane into square pieces (I used 7 inches x 7 inches squares). Fold a cello piece in half, then again in half. You will have a small square. Cut the 4th open corner off as shown in the picture. When you unfold the cello piece, you will have something close to a circle. You can go even further; you can cut petals in the cello piece as shown in the picture. I used the last variant.

c) Carefully poke the bamboo skewer through the center of a cellophane piece, or fold the cellophane square in half and fold it in half again across the first fold and cut the tip off the corner. You will end up with a small hole in the center of your unfolded cellophane piece. Pull the cellophane into a cone shape beneath the chocolate piece and tie it with a piece of red curling ribbon. Fluff the cellophane out. You have one cute candy flower. Make as many candy flowers as you would like for your candy arrangement. If you need taller candy flowers, you can extend the length of floral stems by placing a part of a bamboo skewer against the candy flower stem and securing them together with green floral tape.

Step 4. Insert Lindt chocolate flowers into the glass/vase the way you like it. You can start building the candy bouquet from the front first and then from the back. Or you can build the bouquet all around at once inserting the flowers evenly in the front and in the back. In the picture below you see the candy flowers only in the front.

Step 5. Make Raffaello candy flowers.

a) Using hot glue attach a bamboo skewer to the back of a candy piece. You can apply a piece of clear packing tape over the glue for more security.

b) Attach red cello pieces to candy flower stems the same way as described step 3.

Step 6. Insert Raffaello candy flowers to fill any gaps in your bouquet.

Note: I would recommend using 16 gauge stem wire instead of bamboo skewers when making short candy flowers that are inserted at an angle closer to the rim of the glass/vase. If you use stem wire you can easily bend the candy flower stem to acquire the desired angle.

Step 7. If you built the front of the bouquet first, then insert the candy flowers in the back so your bouquet looks good all around. You can add a personalized homemade card to the Mother's Day Candy Bouquet to make it extra special.

Your Mothers Day gift is ready!

If you want to quickly and easily learn how to make candy bouquets either to start your own business or just to be able to make amazing memorable gifts for any occasion, check out my valuable “illustrated” step-by-step guides "How to make beautiful candy bouquets for fun and profit" and "Candy bouquet designs".

Lana Glass
Founder of the Site "Incredible Edible Crafts"

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