Candy bouquets, flowers with your own hands. Step-by-step master class for beginners, photo instructions

Bouquets made with your own hands are a good way to congratulate in an original way, present a gift, decorate the house and even save money. In addition, homemade sweets and flowers will please the owner for a long time.

Materials and tools

No matter what kind of bouquet you have to make, you will need almost the same materials. They are quite affordable. Some can be purchased in flower shops, some in sewing shops, and some at places selling fresh bouquets.

You will need:

1. Glue gun and sticks. This is a device that heats up solid glue. It flows in drops from the gun's "nose", which is very convenient when working with small parts.
2. Tape tape - adhesive tape similar to Scotch tape, but colored and slightly stretchy. It is convenient to attach parts and hide unnecessary cuts.
3. Corrugated paper – the main material for creating flower petals. It is quite durable, stretches well, and holds its shape.
4. Wooden skewers – act as flower stems.
5. Wire - A special green one is sold in florists' shops. It bends and holds its shape well.
6. Organza – a synthetic fabric with a characteristic shine. It comes in rolls and strips. It is easy to drape, and it is convenient to attach paper to it with glue.

Decorative details: beads, rhinestones, etc. are used optionally.

Tips for Making Candy Bouquets

It is easy to make bouquets of sweets and flowers with your own hands, the main thing is to understand the subtleties.

1. Making bouquets is an activity for those who are not in a hurry. A job done in a hurry will not be successful. In addition, if you hurry, you can burn yourself with glue or prick yourself with wire.
2. Don't skimp on materials, otherwise the whole job will look cheap and may fall apart.
3. You should work carefully, hiding extra "tails", pieces of thread, protruding wire. Such details give away a careless craftsman, the work looks untidy.
4. At the same time, there is no need to try to recreate an exact copy of flowers, leaves from paper and candy wrappers. Artificial bouquets made with your own hands do not pretend to be an exact match with natural ones, but rather to be a successful imitation of them.
5. Handmade gurus do not recommend using artificial leaves in a bouquet and other plastic elements. This deprives the work of its uniqueness, it acquires a noticeably cheap appearance.

You need to know your limits when decorating a bouquet. A generous scattering of rhinestones, for example, will distract attention from the flowers, and too many petals will make the flower lose its elegance and simply be unrecognizable.

Pineapple Candy Bouquet for Beginners

The Pineapple bouquet is made using a bottle of champagne. This way you can beautifully decorate (hide) inexpensive alcohol, and at the same time make an impression.

Materials:

• pyramid-shaped candies in yellow and gold tones – about 60 pieces;
• a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine;
• glue gun and stick;
• double sided tape;
• organza;
• aspidistra;
• sisal fiber.

The plumper the bottle of champagne, the more like a pineapple the bouquet will be. The organza should be glued to the bottle with tape - this way the candies will stick more firmly. Wrap the candies tightly in candy wrappers, glue the tails to the candies so that they do not stick out in different directions.

This can be done with regular tape or double-sided tape, but without tearing off the protective tape. There is a temptation to "plant" the candy simply on the tape, without using a gun, but the bouquet will not last long this way. You need to glue the candies with hot glue - "butt-joint", avoiding gaps in the checkerboard pattern.

Don't press down too hard - you can crush the sweet, because the chocolate will melt a little from the hot glue.

Fill the surface of the bottle up to the point where the container narrows and turns into a neck. - somewhere 3/4 of this height. If you can't avoid gaps completely, you can use sisal fiber, or "spider web". Slightly crush several threads and glue them with a gun between the candies, filling all the joints or randomly.

The neck is decorated with pineapple “leaves”. To do this, cut the aspidistra into pieces of 13-15 cm, and use scissors to shape one edge into an elongated leaf. The ribbon itself will curl at the edges, but you can use scissors to give it additional roundness - in this case, you need to do this right away, and not on the bottle when the "leaves" are glued.

The first pieces need to be glued to the cork itself, covering it completely. Next, glue the “leaves” overlapping each other so that the glass is not visible. If there is a gap between the layer of candy and the aspidistra, you can close it with regular twine, carefully twisting it into a spiral.

Or tie a bow with a satin ribbon.

If desired, you can spray the entire composition with glitter varnish. This will not affect its durability, but it will look more beautiful, especially if the wrappers are not very bright. You can also glue beads (white or transparent) to the "leaves" of the pineapple - this will create an imitation of water drops. 5-6 are enough for the whole bouquet.

Bouquet of sweets and flowers made of corrugated paper

Materials:

• small (up to 1.5 cm in diameter) round or semi-round candies – 15-20 pcs.;
• corrugated paper – 3 rolls: green and any two that match each other (better – different shades of the same color);
• wire, wooden skewers 20 cm high – according to the number of flowers;
• double sided tape;
• glue gun and stick;
• sewing thread to match the color of the paper;
• sisal fiber;
• container for the bouquet (round cardboard box, tin or glass jar);
• satin ribbon (from 1 m).

Caramels, milk candies or small truffles are ideal. It will look beautiful if the wrappers of the sweets are transparent.

1. The wrapper tails need to be folded together so that the round side of the candy is on top (if the candy is semi-circular). Using double-sided tape, attach to the wire, unwinding a 20 cm piece. Please note: The stripes on the corrugated paper indicate the length, that is, the paper should stretch along the short edge (hereinafter referred to as the width).
2. Cut out rectangles 6 x 4 cm from corrugated paper. Make a wavy cut with scissors on one short edge. Curl this edge with a pencil and fasten it so that it bends inward.
3. Wrap the attached candy with a petal, holding the paper at the base and slightly stretching it. You need to completely wrap the candy with 2 such petals, and secure it at the bottom with tape or thread. The bud is ready. You need to make 5 of these in two different colors and 3 more green ones.
4. The roses themselves are made using the same principle, only the candy should be attached not to the wire, but to a wooden skewer, or, alternatively, a sushi stick.
5. After making the bud, cut pieces of paper, also cutting off the edge and curling it, in sizes: 6:6, 6:5, 5:5 cm.
6. Start wrapping the smaller ones, stretching them at the bottom, and secure them with tape, but they should bend outward.
7. Tie the last petals with a thread, and cut off the lower edges of the finished flower and secure them at the base with double-sided tape to the skewer.
8. This amount of petals will make a lush, loose flower. If you don't use the last 2 and don't curl the edges too much, the rose will be more elastic and dense - as if it hadn't fully blossomed.
9. The sepals are made from pieces of green paper the same size as the outer petals. Cut it in width into several strips of 3-5 mm, not reaching 1.5-2 cm to the edge. Twist the strips into bundles with your fingers and attach them in the same way as the petals. 1 strip - 1 flower, if not enough - you need a wider strip.
10. Tie the structure with a thread. Do the same for the buds.

Bouquets of sweets, flowers made with your own hands of this type are attached to a round box.

Alternatively, you can use a glass jar., painted with acrylic paint or covered with organza, and also a tin can (if you choose a beautiful pattern, you can even leave it undecorated). It should be wrapped in wrapping paper, and a bow with a satin ribbon should be tied around the edge. The height of the flowers should be 1.5 times greater than the height of the container - the buds should rise above the edges.

You need to put fasteners for flowers in the box. Foam plastic, foam rubber or sponge will do.

The material needs to be cut to the shape of the container., so that it fits in it, but does not fall out. Outside the container, form a composition: place the roses evenly over the area, with buds between them. For color balance and to fill the space, attach a spider web to the hot glue.

Take a couple of caramels out of the packaging and “plant” them on top of the web, also gluing. After this, place the bouquet in the box, having previously measured the height and cut the stems. The sisal fiber should slightly extend beyond the edges. The bouquet is ready.

Tulips

Materials:

• Raffaello candies;
• corrugated paper - several rolls of different colors;
• double sided tape;
• satin ribbon;
• tape;
• wrapping paper;
• wire or wooden skewers;
• glue gun and stick.

Unroll the roll of corrugated paper and cut it lengthwise into 8 equal strips. Then divide each one in half and bend slightly. At the fold point, twist the strip 180⁰ and turn one tail 90⁰ - so that the 2 sides are parallel to each other. Bend them slightly into an arc with the front side of the paper facing out.

You will need 6 of these strips – these are the tulip petals.

Attach the packaged Rafaello candy to the end of the wire with double-sided tape. Attach the petals one by one: bend upwards, hold the ends of the folded strip together and wrap around the wire, gluing with tape, give the petal itself the shape of a hemisphere, wrapping it around the candy.

On the base - a strip of scotch tape. And so - all 6 petals, under them the "Raphaelka" should be completely hidden. Wrap the place where the petals are attached with green tape. The tulip is ready. For the leaves, divide the paper roll in the same way lengthwise and in half crosswise.

Cut one side of each strip into a leaf shape. They can be made of different lengths, if desired. Attach to the wire at 3, 5 and 7 cm from the bud: Stick a thin strip of tape or duct tape onto the flat edge of the leaf so that the adhesive edge protrudes 5 mm, and wrap the wire in a circle.

When assembling a bouquet of such tulips, you need to fasten them one by one with double-sided tape in a checkerboard pattern. Once you have collected everything, wrap the fastening place with tape. Bouquets of sweets and flowers made by hand look especially elegant in wicker baskets.

Before placing the bouquet there, you need to trim the stems.

Poppies

Ferrero Rocher candies are best suited for poppies. You can take any large round candies, but then you will have to twist and hide the tails. The poppy bouquet with candies consists of 3 types of poppies: a blossoming poppy, a bud and a dry seed box.

Poppy head type	Materials	Manufacturing
A blossoming flower	Ferrero Rocher sweets; corrugated paper - black and red; wire; tape; thread.	Cut out 4 rectangles 5:8 cm from red paper, and 1 similar one from black paper. Cut a quarter of the length of the black piece into fringe 3-4 mm wide and twist it into bundles. Wrap the candy in paper, twisting the strands together slightly in a spiral, and wrap the whole edge tightly around the wire and tie it tightly with a thread. You should get a lollipop with stamens on top. Cut the red rectangles into a teardrop shape. Stretch the edges slightly to make them wavy. Attach the petals to the base using hot glue - apply a drop to the bottom edge of the petal. Glue the product by wrapping paper around the thread. Cut off the excess from the bottom, wrap the attachment point and the wire itself with tape.
Bud	Ferrero Rocher sweets; corrugated paper - green and red; wire; tape, glue gun and stick; thread.	Cut the red paper as for the tulip petals and twist it in the same way. You will need 1 ribbon for 1 bud. Place the candy on the fold, wrap the free ends around the wire in a bundle, and tie with a thread. Prepare 2 green ribbons in the same way. Fold both edges of the blank together, cut 1 1-2 cm from the fold and bend with your fingers so that the leaf holds the shape of an umbrella handle. Attach both leaves opposite each other. Secure in the same way as the previous flower. Bend the wire into the shape of a swan, if desired.
Seed box	Ferrero Rocher sweets; corrugated paper - gray; tape, thread.	Prepare paper strips in the same way as the red ones for the buds, but do not cut the second edge. Wrap the candy in 2 ribbons, crosswise, and secure in the usual way. The ribbons should touch at the fold. They should be pulled slightly and a small tail should be made, tying it with a gray thread. Cut the edges to the root. The top of the head is ready.

Collect the poppy bouquet together (there should be more open flowers) and tie it with a string or a rope made of the same paper. Tie it into a bow.

Roses

Materials:

• Truffles candies;
• red thick double-sided cardboard – 1 sheet per 1 rose;
• dry long branches;
• glue gun and stick;
• twine or tape.

Cut a circle out of a sheet of cardboard. Cut it in a spiral, starting from the edge. Start twisting the resulting ribbon, starting from the edge, into a spiral in a circle. Having received a more or less dense bud, drop some hot glue on the flat side of the candy (after first attaching a piece of cardboard there with double-sided tape).

Place a flower on it and roll it up the same way to the end. Secure the edge in the same way. You will get a fairly abstract version of a rose that does not require any special additions. It is enough to attach the sharp edge of the candy to the branch and wrap it with tape in the same color.

You can wrap a string around the candy and the branch. You can also use it to tie several roses into a bouquet.

Crocuses

Materials:

• round candies;
• corrugated paper;
• tape;
• double sided tape;
• wooden skewers or wire.

Cut corrugated paper of 2 colors into strips 3 cm wide and 15 cm long.

Video master class on making crocuses for decorating sweets:

Prepare the strips: mark the middle, turn it 180 degrees at this point⁰. Fold in half and shape into a hemisphere, slightly stretching the tails in width. Attach the candy to the skewer with tape. Wrap the candy in overlapping petals in a circle, trying to cover the wrapper as much as possible. Secure at the base with thread, cut off excess paper, decorate with tape.

For the leaves, cut strips twice as long as the finished flowers. Fold in half and roll up the same way as the petals.

Twist the lower part of the leaves into a bundle around the wire, bending it into a smooth wave. You don't have to attach the leaves to the stem; you can just tie them together with the flowers with a ribbon. These flowers look great in a wicker basket or in a bottle that has been wrapped in a thick twine in a spiral. The bouquet is ready.

Ship

Bouquets of sweets, flowers - you can make anything with your own hands, even a real frigate! Such a bouquet is suitable for a lavish celebration.

Materials:

• candies without "tails" on the wrappers;
• chocolate "medals";
• penoplex (styrex) – 1 sheet, 5 cm thick;
• glue gun and sticks;
• a block of sandpaper;
• organza;
• wooden skewers;
• toothpicks;
• metallized tape;
• edging tourniquet;
• pins.

The first stage is the production of the ship's hull. You need to make patterns from paper: a triangle 14:14:14 cm (2 pcs. A1, A2) is the bow of the ship, a rectangle 14:21 cm is the deck (B). The height of these parts depends on the height (thickness) of the styrene sheet, in this case, the calculation is for 5 cm. A rectangle 21:5:5 cm (2 pcs., the last digit is the thickness – C1, C2) is the walls, and 14:5:5 is the back wall (C3).

Cut out styrene (a material used to insulate walls, can be found in hardware stores) using templates.

The structure should be assembled as follows: glue 2 triangles to the deck in front with hot glue - the bow - A1, A2. On the deck on both sides - the ship's walls C1 and C2. At the back - the back part C3. If desired, smooth out sharp corners, especially the joint B and A1, A2 with sandpaper.

Cover with organza, draping the fabric with pins.

You can cut corrugated paper using the same templates and glue it. Finish the sides with edging tape. For the sail, cut the organza into a trapezoid shape: 20:5:20:10 cm. Cover the edges with metallized tape on both sides, fold twice across to divide the patch into 3 parts, and glue wooden toothpicks to the folds.

Insert wooden skewers (thin) lengthwise through the center, stringing sails on them where the toothpicks are glued. Bend them to one side. Make 3 sails in this way. Stick double-sided tape on the candies, and place pieces of cardboard on top for better adhesion to the organza.

Place two wooden skewers with sails on the deck and one on the stern. Cover the outer part with candies using hot glue. The best looking candies will be those in shiny gold foil or chocolate medals. - they can be wrapped around the circle with an edging cord.

Fill the deck of the ship with candies, and you can also hide a small gift there.

Bouquet of candies "Rafaello"

Materials:

• Raffaello candies;
• matte wrapping paper in pastel colors;
• wooden skewers;
• double sided tape;
• glue gun and stick;
• organza in the same color as the wrapping paper.

Attach the candy to the wire with hot glue. Cut the organza into 15:15 cm strips, fold in four and thread through the free end of the wire. Gather the fabric around the candy and tie a "tail" at the top with a thread. Straighten the edges of the organza. Collect the finished flowers into one bouquet and fasten with tape.

Wrap in wrapping paper so that its edges do not cover the flowers. Turn the edge of the paper outward, with a clamp and secure with hot glue.

Bouquets of flowers with chupa chups

In fact, any of the above methods will work for the Chupa Chups candy. This will even make the task easier, because you won't need to attach the candy to a wire or skewer. But there is another method that hasn't been discussed yet.

Materials:

• Chupa Chups candies (or other candies on a stick - the larger the better);
• corrugated paper (black, yellow),
• tape (green);
• wire;
• double sided tape.

Wrap the lollipop in a square of black corrugated paper, securing the edges with tape at the base of the candy.

Cut 10 cm of yellow paper across the entire roll. Cut the flap into 1 cm strips, leaving 3 cm from the edges. Twist them into bundles at the ends. Wrap the resulting tape around the lollipop, secure with tape, cut off the edges. Decorate the bottom of the bud with green tape. For a bouquet, it is better to extend the candy stick with wire., taping it to the base.

Wrap the stems together with thin twine, leaving 3-4 cm at the bottom. Tie a bow.

New Year's tree

You can create 2 main options for the base of a New Year's tree-bouquet with your own hands: a cardboard cone and a bottle of champagne. It is easy to make a cone: cut a semicircle out of thick cardboard, its radius will be the height of the finished tree. Roll it into a cone, secure the edges with hot glue.

You can decorate the tree with paper flowers, candies and tinsel.

There are many options, but the materials are basically the same:

• sweets in brightly colored wrappers;
• glue gun and stick;
• strings of artificial beads;
• green tinsel;
• caramel for the top.

The bottle should be wrapped in organza for better adhesion, and a piece of paper should be glued to the place where the candies are attached with double-sided tape.

1. The easiest option is to take a bottle and some candies in a green wrapper. Starting from the bottom, attach them in a circle using hot glue. Place a caramel or Santa Claus figurine on top.
2. Place candies on a cone or bottle in the same way, alternating them with layers of green tinsel, which also needs to be glued on. It should look like this: a circle of candies - a circle of tinsel.
3. Attach the candies to the cone in a random order. Wrap the tinsel in a spiral around the cone, slightly covering the candies. Decorate with a string of artificial beads. Place the "tree" on top of a decorative bucket, the opening of which will be a couple of cm wider than the base of the cone.
4. Take the jelly candies and remove their wrappers. Use an awl to make holes in the cone at a distance of one and a half candy diameters. Put the jelly candies on toothpicks at one end and secure the other end to the cone. Do not use glue or tape.

You can make a Christmas tree out of chupa chups using the same pattern.

Wedding bouquet of sweets

For a DIY wedding bouquet, a bouquet of peonies is best suited. Volumetric flowers will emphasize a lush dress. You can make 2 or 3 bouquets in reserve - in case one falls apart. It is not advisable to use chocolates if the wedding is in hot weather - the chocolate may leak.

You shouldn't make peonies from single-color paper; it's better to take several rolls of pastel shades and white, and alternate the petals - this will look more natural.

Materials:

• candies in sealed wrappers (for example, Rafaello) or large lollipops;
• wooden skewers or wire;
• glue gun and stick;
• white mesh;
• white tape;
• satin ribbon;
• corrugated paper in pastel shades and white.

Wrap each candy in a piece of white mesh.

Attach a wooden skewer or wire to form a lollipop shape. Wrap the attachment point with double-sided tape or tape. Cut the corrugated sheet into strips of the following width: 3 by 2 cm, 3 by 3 cm, 3 by 5 cm. Then cut each strip crosswise into 5 parts. On average, you should get 30-35 pieces from one roll.

On each rectangle, make serrated cuts on one side, slightly stretching the edges, cut the other side into a triangle 2-2.5 cm from the edge. Bend the petals into a question mark so that the sharp edge is at the bottom and remains even. Bend the notches inward using a pencil.

You need to attach the petals starting with the smallest ones. Drop some hot glue on the "leg" of the petal, attach it to a skewer, and so on in a circle, slightly overlapping.

One layer will require a different number of petals, depending on the size of the candy. But for each next circle you need to take 1 petal more, than the previous one - this is how splendor is created. For the lower petals, cut a corrugated ribbon 5 cm wide, divide it into 3-4 pieces. Cut into a heart shape.

Stretch each edge of the heart slightly with your fingers and twist with a knitting needle. Give the petal the shape of a hemisphere. Attach at the base of the bud so that the petal bends outward. Decorate the place where the petals are attached with the same corrugated paper, green, or tape.

Gather the flowers together and tie them with a bow made of satin ribbon in the same color as the flowers.

Bouquets can be placed in small baskets and placed on the guests' tables, or used to decorate a photo zone or ceremony arch. Made in one color scheme, such flowers will set the tone for the entire celebration, and the cost of materials and candies is much lower than that of fresh flowers. In addition, homemade peonies are available all year round!

Author: wolandgirl

Article formatting: E. Chaikina

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