Do you want to impress someone with a wonderful handmade gift, but you’re on a budget? Here’s the perfect solution: make a candy bouquet! Use dollar store candy and supplies to make an inexpensive, yet very impressive bouquet, made up of your gift recipient’s favorite sweet treats. 

Anyone can make a candy bouquet! It is a simple and clever craft, and looks so impressive once it’s done.

Project estimate:

• Floral foam, $1
• Glass container, on hand or $1
• Assorted candy, $1.00 and up
• Bamboo skewers, on hand or $1
• Hot glue, on hand
• Basket filler, $1

Totals: $3 and up

How to Make a Candy Bouquet Video Tutorial:

Read on for written instructions for how to make a candy bouquet:

1. Cut the floral foam to fit the inside of the container.  Floral foam is very easy to cut. You can simply use a knife to slice to cut to the right size.

2. After the foam is on place put basket filler on top.  You may chose to glue it in place.

3. This is the fun part!  Using the glue gun place a small amount of glue on the candy and place the skewer flat on the glue.

Cut skewers with utility scissors to make them different lengths — this makes a more pleasing bouquet!

4. Once it has cooled, arrange the candy skewers in the container.  Continue placing the candy in the container until you have the desired look. Trim skewers if necessary to give the bouquet a range of “flower” heights!

The wonderful thing about candy bouquets is they can be given to anyone.  They can be a birthday present, boss gift, husband gift, graduation gift (slip some gift cards in  between the candy), Mother’s Day (place flowers randomly around the candy), a treat for someone in the hospital, etc.  You name it!  Another great gift for someone with a flower allergy!  Wedding center piece?? You decide!

What do you think? Could you make a candy bouquet? (We think so! They are so easy and fun!)

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Have you ever been in this situation? You want to host a kid’s party.  But the parents aren’t crazy about serving loads of sugar in the form of cake, cookies and other typical party treats.

No cake. No candy. No ice cream. No cookies. No ICE CREAM. Uh, now what?

I got help with this exact dilemma with Dollar Tree’s Value Seekers Club. This club offers free recipes and project ideas incorporating products from your favorite place and mine – Dollar Tree. Membership is free and you get new ideas every month. The projects are printable, so you can take them to the store when you shop. And you can adapt the projects to serve your own purposes.

If you aren’t already convinced, Dollar Store Crafts is giving away a $50 Dollar Tree gift card to one of our readers. You can enter simply by signing up for the Value Seeker’s Club.

Through the Value Seekers Club, I came across a project idea for using toothpicks to make food more interesting to kids. The idea is to cut up sandwich items or other treats into little squares and make kabobs out of them. Simple yet brilliant.

So I started with this –  a luscious bowl of fruit that is lovely yet does not exactly scream “Fun!”

And a box of these – a zillion toothpicks for a dollar.

And elevated my fruit into party food.

I used a small vase I had on hand. If you don’t have one, Dollar Tree has summery plastic goblets and tumblers available now. Or you can always use a trusty glass goblet.

You can use any fruit. But for a similar bouquet, you’ll need one strawberry,  several cherries and grapes (or similar small fruit) and one round fruit like an orange or apple cut into segments.

Use a big chunk of watermelon as your “floral foam.”  Push it down into the glass or vase. Then spear fruit onto the toothpicks. Arrange everything symmetrically.

And now you have a party. Just don’t mention it’s healthy and nobody will know.

To enter the $50 gift card giveaway, please join the Value Seeker’s Club and then enter using Rafflecopter below. Then leave a comment saying which project from the club you want to try first.

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When I buy paper doilies, I often find myself needing just a few of them at the moment, and then I have the dozens of extras left over.  Next time I have a surplus of doilies to use up, I think I’ll whip up a bouquet of these cute roses from Activity Village!  You could even use colored doilies or paint white doilies before making your flowers to make a brighter bouquet.  Mix these in with other paper flower designs for a bouquet that would be great for a centerpiece or even a wedding!  [how to make doily roses]

Project estimate:

• Paper doilies, on hand or $1
• Pipe cleaners, on hand or $1
• Glue, on hand

Total:  Free and up

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What would you do with cheap salt shakers and a collection of vintage buttons? Maggie at Eyeballs by Day, Crafts by Night took those materials and turned them into adorable little bouquets! These would be cute on a shelf or mantel, or worked into table decor at a party or family gathering as place card holders or mini centerpieces. They would also make cute gifts! [how to make salt shaker button bouquets]

Project estimate:

• Salt shakers, 2 for $1
• Buttons, on hand or $1
• Shredded paper gift basket filler, $1
• Wire, on hand or $1
• Twine, on hand or $1

Total: $2 and up for two

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Oh, fake flowers.  I love that you last indefinitely and that this forgetful girl doesn’t have to remember to water you.  But I hate that you look so, well…  fake.  If you share this sentiment, you’ll be pleased to see this great how-to from Diane at In My Own Style.  By combining two different types of fake flowers, she came up with a bouquet that looks like a bunch of hydrangeas fresh out of the garden!  Your house guests will have to give them a very close inspection to discover your secret.  Would you have guessed that these weren’t the real deal?  [how to make fake flowers look real]

Project estimate:

• Tissue paper, on hand or $1
• Wire, on hand or $1
• Silk flowers, $1 and up

Total:  $1 and up

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Whether you love ’em or loathe ’em, Peeps candies have become a classic (and adorable!) symbol of Easter. Jenn from Rook No. 17 combined them with another springy, Eastery item – tulips – to create a fun new way to gift the marshmallowy treats. Each blossom is home to a Peeps bunny, with just the ears peeking out at the top. At first glance it looks like a standard bouquet, but a closer inspection reveals its sweet surprise! [how to make a Peeps Easter bouquet]

Project estimate:

• Peeps bunny candy, $1
• Silk tulips, $1
• Scrapbook paper, on hand
• Clear cellophane, on hand or $1
• Toothpicks, on hand
• Tape, on hand

Total: $2 and up

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I love fresh cut flowers, but if I keep them in the house I have to eat a handful of Benadryl in order to cope.  But you know what I’m not allergic to?  Cupcakes!  Stephanie from 52 Kitchen Adventures arranged an assortment of them into this fun bouquet that would look phenomenal on any buffet table or dessert spread.  By using different colored flower pots, frosting, and even cupcake liners, you can customize this project to work for anything from a baby shower to the office Christmas party.  [how to make a cupcake bouquet]

Project estimate:

• Flower pot, on hand or$1
• Foam ball, $1 and up
• Toothpicks, on hand or $1
• Tissue paper, on hand or $1
• Tape, on hand
• Cupcakes, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $1 and up

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Have you ever found yourself wondering whether you should opt for flowers or candy in a gift-giving situation?  Well, it turns out you can do both at once!  Inspired by a similar project she saw on Pinterest, Kim from seven thirty three rounded up some supplies from the dollar store and crafted a lovely bouquet of candy bars.  It’s a great alternative to a traditional flower bouquet for anyone who has allergies, or for your favorite chocolate lover.  How could anyone resist such a sweet arrangement?  [how to make a candy bar bouquet]

Project estimate:

• Candy bars, about $0.50 each and up
• Bamboo skewers, on hand or $1
• Scrapbook paper, on hand or $1
• Glue, on hand
• Flower pot, $1 and up
• Paint (optional), on hand or $1 and up
• Styrofoam, $1
• Paper shreds, on hand or $1
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  about $5 and up

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Poor St. Patrick’s Day; it always seems to get overshadowed by Valentine’s Day and Easter.  (Although I will admit that I do have a weakness for candy-based holidays, which just might explain the phenomenon.)  Show St. Paddy’s some love by making a quick, simple bouquet of paper shamrocks.  Lila from Sweet and Lovely Crafts made hers using a free shamrock template that she found online (you can find the link on her blog), or you could also use shamrock paper punch, a stencil, or stickers.  [how to make a shamrock bouquet]

Project estimate:

• Green paper, on hand
• Bamboo skewers, on hand or $1
• Mason jar or other empty glass jar, on hand
• Glue, on hand

Total:  Free and up

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The dollar store has an entire aisle of faux flowers. I admit, these have stumped me. I am not much of a faux flowers person, so I just never buy them and never make anything with them. This idea, by Holiday Crafts and Creations, is a wedding kissing ball, or pomander. The pomanders shown in this photo are made with handmade paper daisies (awesome!), but the process of making all those paper flowers is way too fussy for me. Instead, I would buy faux flowers at the dollar store and use them to make wedding kissing balls inspired by these. Similar look, but a lot simpler. [click here to find instructions to make these paper flower pomanders]

Use these to decorate for your wedding, as pew decorations, or hanging from a ceiling, awning, or chuppah. You can also carry one as a bouquet (or have your bridesmaids carry them). They’d also make amazing decorations for parties or showers.

Project Estimate (Faux Flower Version):

• 4” Styrofoam ball, $1
• 12 brads (for one ball), $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1
• 3 faux flower branches (3 different types: small, medium, and large, in complementary colors), $3
• 35 – 40 pearl head pins (for one ball): 6mm, $1
• X-acto knife
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors

Total: $5 and up

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