We have all seen. Clusters of big, gourmet cookies, individually wrapped in shiny, colored cellophane, with bows and ribbons. They come in many different styles and combined with care, toys or gifts, or in a basket or vase of some kind. They make a great gift idea and edible. Ultimately, who do not like cookies? Unfortunately, the gifts that can be very expensive, especially when considering that cookies do not bake the cost to be done.
Here's how to make your own cookieFlowers at home without spending a fortune!
What you need:
Chopsticks or wooden skewers * - Make sure that they are resistant to heat. When you bake cookies are small, then the popsicle sticks also work.
* Cookies - Find a delicious recipe, the cookies size cookies, your favorite or your gift recipients favorite will be good, does not.
* Container - This needs to be a rugged, which is a bit 'heavy bottom, especially if you plan to hold more than a few largeCookies. You can try to put some stones in the ground to ensure that the container does not fall over if necessary. Some ideas for containers include a cup of coffee, a metal or plastic bucket, a basket, a vase, a planter, cookie or glass of glass, glass bottles, a toy or wood box of some kind, teapot, porcelain or ceramic cups, bowls.
* Cellophane - The shiny, colored kind looks best, but the film of color that you get to your local supermarket job.
* Nature Band - urchinsis suitable for this. All the colors you like.
* Decorations - Anything goes! What is appropriate for the occasion and what does the recipient? Some ideas include: stuffed animals, small toys, candy, balloons, fake or real flowers, stickers or whatever else is at the shop of local handicrafts.
* Block of styrofoam or florists foam - you know that you have purchased, Stereo, in December last year? Probably the field was just looking for some spare parts for your garage, clean, polystyrene.
* A little 'tooStyrofoam or foam florist silence - you can use a broadband, a bit 'of moss, plastic grass, tissue paper crumpled up or whatever you have on hand.
Instructions:
1. If the cookie dough on baking sheet, press the dough down a bit 'to make sure surface that does not spread too much during cooking, and so that the stick may be inserted correctly. Before you bake cookies, you will need the wooden stick or rod to be inserted into one side of each cookie. Push it inalmost the length of the cookie without the other end. This is an important step, because if the cookie is too big and your stick is not quite stable, easy and will not keep the cookie is allowed to fall apart when you pick it up. When you bake cookies very probably not be able to adapt more than 3 cookies with their sticks on a sheet of paper.
2. Thoroughly after baking cookies with their sticks, cool the cookies, then wrap each with colored cellophane. A different color for eachCookie would be ok, or see all the same color, the opportunity. Tie each with some curly ribbon on the base where the stick comes out of the cookie. Link very well, so that the cookies remain fresh on the stick. You can decorate each cookie with additional, larger ribbons or bows on this point. Regarding the use of ribbon curls, you forgot to draw one!
3. Now cut the Styrofoam or florist foam to the size of the top of the container you have chosen. Then the foam to fit, soNice and tight and near the top of the container. Recall that there may be a bit 'heavier at the bottom of the container space, so that they do not tip over. Small stones for the job well. Note that the poles are inserted through the foam and the bottom of the container.
4. Here comes the fun part, picking up the cookie bouquet! Use all your cookies and stick through the foam, so go all the way through the foam and then, near the bottom of the container. YouCookies can in no way how to install, but most cookie bouquets have one cookie in the middle, which is higher than the other cookie flavors. Decorate with additional ribbons, toys, candy, flowers, gifts, etc. can be associated with each additional item with the ribbon for the container or the sticks of cookies or even a glue gun (if applicable).
5. Give your gift and watch the smiles! Be sure to give the bouquet as soon as possible after the assemblednot go stale cookies!
Suggestions:
Sure to bake enough cookies for your container, if baking small cookies, you are entitled to when you are filling a container of large dimensions. Cook more than enough. Surely your extras not miss.
Bake large and small cookies and use them both in the bouquet for a nice varied look like a traditional bouquet of flowers.
Other ideas:
Some uses cookies extract cookie bouquets, these can be entertaining and decorating. UseCut your favorite cookie recipe, sugar and cut into a form suitable for the occasion. Work for cutting cookies, you may need your recipe for sugar cookies, as cookies to be nice and thick for the stock to double pass through them. For this type of cookie, wooden skewers work best, chopsticks may be too thick. Then decorate the cookies with icing. No need to color cellophane with these cookies, you can use plastic wrap or cellophane clear rule, so that the beauty of your handdecorated cookies.
I think you look out your cookie bouquet does not need a professional, is the touch of craftsmanship that makes it a very special gift.