![]() The last set of skewers you make is a little more involved. These are the pineapple ones, and for this you need cookie cutters and a little bit of strength. He wanted me to take a picture, and I did because I’m a good mom □ There actually ended up being 12 grape sticks total. If you’re thinking the roses look a little intense for you, feel free to leave the strawberries intact and just spear them as-is, but I do encourage you to give the roses a try. ![]() If you don’t know how to make this gorgeously easy fruit art, allow me to direct you to Ash and Crafts’ tutorial. I let Alex spear grapes, and I made 6 strawberry roses. So, if you’re keeping track that’s 4 skewers at full length, 6 at 1″ cut off, and 13 at 2″ cut off. For the pineapple, I did one skewer at 2″ cut off, 2 at 1″, and 2 full length. The six strawberries were put on skewers with 2″ cut off. I kept two grape skewers full length, then cut 1″ off of 4 of them, and 2″ off of 6 of them. I started by cutting the bamboo down to size. This will help with the spacing of your arrangement. My next step was to take the masking tape and criss-cross it over the opening. Both work well for holding the skewers up. I have also used part of a head of iceberg lettuce for this part. I then cut two down to size and shoved them into the bottom of my container. I started by chopping up the pineapple into relatively thin (1/2″ thick) disks. I also had a container for the base, and some thin masking tape. I started with bamboo skewers, red and green grapes, strawberries, and a pineapple. Check out the original edible arrangements website for inspiration if the muse escapes you! Strawberry Rose Arrangement, Step-by-Step Once you know how to make the base and skewers, you can do just about anything. I’m going to show you how to make the one above, but the lovely thing about this project is that you are only limited by your imagination and your fruit selection. I’d guess more around a half-hour to 45 minutes if you’re working alone □ With toddler aid, this took about an hour. He is responsible for all of the grapes above, as well as for eating two strawberry roses when I wasn’t looking. It probably would have gone much faster if Alex hadn’t helped me, but then I wouldn’t have had quite as much fun. Now, I won’t lie to you, edible arrangements are a bit of a time commitment. I had quite a bit of fruit leftover, too. The total cost was 10.96 for the fruit, which is significantly better than a similar one from the shop. The one above is made from two kinds of grapes, strawberries, and a pineapple. A few dollars and about an hour later, mom, my brother, and I had created our own. We thought we’d get them a edible arrangement, but baulked at the price. My family found this out several years ago when we needed a gift for a friend on a medically managed diet. Someone, somewhere had a brilliant idea, but the thing is, actual Edible Arrangements are pretty costly. Have you seen these running around the internet? Adorable bouquets made entirely from fruit.
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