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