Sweet trees

Hollie84

victory wrote: »

I Have tried that you must be using much better tape than me because mine fall off:eek::D

What do you cover the ball in? i use cellophane then stick the sweets to it,pay £1.99 for dbl sided tape

Hollie84

raven83 wrote: »

Loving this thread and loving looking at the pictures, couple of questions though, firstly what side ball is best to use for a medium sized tree, and where can you buy the wooden poles from i looked on ebay but they looked a bit too thin, and lastly if you wanted to stick say sweets in wrappers like roses etc what would be the best thing to use to make them stick on the ball? :beer:

Wooden dowel from B&Q etc and i use double sided tape.i use a medium size polystyrene ball

raven83

so do you glue the ball with cellophane first before sticking the sweets on?

Hollie84

raven83 wrote: »

so do you glue the ball with cellophane first before sticking the sweets on?

I push the dowel into the polystyrene to make the hole,wrap whatever ribbon im using round the dowel and glue it,i then put glue on top of the dowel and stick the ball onto it.then i use some cellophane to cover the ball but again using the glue gun stick it onto the ball and walla start sticking

danielag

I've been buying dowel from the local diy shop and cutting it to size, I put some oasis in the bottom of the pot, stick the dowel in, then fill with quick set motar, i wrap my oasis in tin foil, only tried it with lollys and chocs on cocktail sticks, want to try more out, but will probably use cocktail sticks for most things x

raven83

danielag wrote: »

I've been buying dowel from the local diy shop and cutting it to size, I put some oasis in the bottom of the pot, stick the dowel in, then fill with quick set motar, i wrap my oasis in tin foil, only tried it with lollys and chocs on cocktail sticks, want to try more out, but will probably use cocktail sticks for most things x

so if you use cocktail sticks do you stick it through the choco then stick it in the ball? sorry if thats a really dense question i just trying to work out the best way i am going to make one as there are soooooo many different ways!

Hollie84

raven83 wrote: »

so if you use cocktail sticks do you stick it through the choco then stick it in the ball? sorry if thats a really dense question i just trying to work out the best way i am going to make one as there are soooooo many different ways!

Melted choc would be better,if u are making for personal then use whatever but if making to sell, for safety reasons i wouldnt use sticks

wam73

raven83 I stuck my Ferrero Rocher on with a Glue gun :-) Had to stick some of the gold sweets back in the cases as well because they were not stuck firm enough.x

raven83

Ok...first attempt at sweet tree i made last night and finished off this morning.

i used stone out of the garden to weigh it down then i added blue food dye and glitter to go with the blue theme!



need some tips on how to keep the sweets attached i used double sided tape on some, glue on a few and cocktail sticks on the real tricky ones, is it best to cover the ball first so that the sweets stick better?

Hollie84

Yes cellophane works well.well done on your first attempt