Sweet Tree Cocktail Sticks

1 now first of all you need to decide the size of your sweet tree and this will be determined by what sized polystyrene ball you can get your hands on.

Sweet tree cocktail sticks.

They can be colour coordinated to match any theme and can literally use any sweet treat you like making them very versatile. Wooden dowel 7 8 x 36 small saw for cutting dowel small flower pot or vase. To make a small sweet tree like the middle sized ferrero rocher or the marshmallow tree use an 80mm to 100mm poly ball with a 12 or 15mm dowel 30cm long and a 3 3 or 4 bucket. You can also use our polystyrene cones and rings in a similar way.

Add the sweets of your choice and decorate them however you like. Ideally leave your sweet tree to dry for at least 24 hrs or longer if you can so the plaster etc is fully dried out. What i can t figure out is how to get the sweets to stick to the foil paper without having to stand for ages with each sweet and wait until the icing or chocolate sets i have tried both. What you will need.

Jul 19 2017 explore debs daley s board sweet treats on sticks followed by 427 people on pinterest. See more ideas about sweet treats treats sweet. Sweet topiary trees can be made in any design depending on the occasion. Stick dowel or pole casting plaster glue your chosen sweets glue gun or cocktail sticks fake moss pebbles or gravel cling film or tissue paper.

Sweet trees are a great gift or table top treat for parties and weddings. I don t really want to use cocktail sticks as the trees will no doubt be attacked by children. Also customers should be aware that sweet bags sweet wrappers cellophane and other small parts can cause choking especially in small children. Hi i made 8 of these for my wedding in feb and had marshmallows on the top part of the tree.

Deco buffet deco table noel chocolate tree chocolate bouquet candy crafts christmas crafts christmas stuff homemade gifts diy gifts. For mini sweet trees like the liquorice allsorts or smallest ferrero rocher sweet tree use a polystyrene ball measuring 60mm or 70mm with our mini 2 8 or tiny 2. What i did was used tin foil to cover the oasis or polystyrene ball and the cut your cocktails sticks down just one end lose about a quarter of the stick if not more and use the sharp end i e the uncut end to push into the ball put the cut end into the marshmallow. 4 attach the sweets using cocktail sticks or if the sweets are wrapped you can use a hot melt glue gun to stick them straight onto the covered ball.

They are simple handcrafted decorations in the shape of a tree covered in sweets or lollipops. They are unusual and interesting and something that s fun to make.