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SA Bouquet Every Chocolate-lover Will Enjoy
ome people ask why I going to give them out. Are about, it’s really never too you to always adapt craft proj- share projects weeks they going to wrap each one early to make this sweet Her- ects for your own special days before holidays and spe- in a clear cellophane bag? shey’s Kisses craft for Valen- and celebrations. For instance,
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• two Hershey’s Kisses per rosebud
• bamboo skewers, thin wood dowels or lollipop sticks, for stem
• 6-by-6-inch clear or colored cellophane
• curling ribbon
• clear tape
• green floral tape
• scissors
• green cardstock, for leaves, optional
• sheer ribbon for bow, optional
• mini glue dots or double-stick tape, optional • wire cutter, for cutting stems, optional
cial occasions. Well, as most Maybe it’s already a contain- tine’s Day. These chocolate when I worked in the Mapuna-
creatives will tell you, we need time to make the crafts.
er. Oh, and are we filling it with treats? What will fit in it and how much will we need to get? Or, are we making the treats, too? Are we adding a tag with the person’s name on it? I hope they at least put their name on it, so the recip- ient knows who to thank!
2 Take the bamboo skewer, dowel or lollipop stick and place next to the point of the
bottom chocolate for the flower stem. If you use a bamboo skewer, you can insert the point into the chocolate if you want.
rosebuds are very easy to put together and use just a few supplies. For the stems, I pre- fer bamboo skewers because they are made for food and you can stick the point into the chocolate, which makes it stur- dier when wrapping the candy.
puna store many moons ago, I
remember making over a 100
of these chocolate rosebuds lea to give out on Mother’s Day gre weekend. slig
People who like to make things and give them away to family and friends go through the whole process of picking a project, gathering the sup- plies and then actually mak- ing the craft. They might need to think about how they are
With all of that to think
Although I share this for Valentine’s Day, I encourage
Don’t forget you can find wra this project sheet and many
more at benfranklinhawaii.
com. Have a great week and
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happy crafting!
1 Take two chocolates (Hershey’s Kisses) and place flat sides
together. You can use a mini glue dot or small piece of double-stick tape to hold them together if you want.
3 Center the cellophane over the top choco-
late to wrap the candy. Gather and cinch the cello- phane at the bottom around the stick stem. Tie a short piece of curling ribbon around to hold in place, double knot and trim off the excess ribbon.
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