Sweet trees

madvixen

Hobbycraft do stock the big ones but they are not kept with the artificial flowers. In my local store they are in the same aisle as the soap making kits :eek: I'm a regular there and I had to get someone to show me where they were

steph3008

hi everyone

Just wondering how I would stick creme eggs to the balls would a gun glue do it or would that melt the chocolate

Thanks

Steph

CraftymumUK

Can anyone tell me what they cover the polystyrene ball with before adding the melted chocolate to stick the maltesers on to? Someone has said cellophane but isn't that too bulky and stiff? I can imagine tissue paper or foil would just tear off when the sweet was pulled off

NickyBo_2

Craftmum - I haven't tried it myself yet, but I think clingfilm would work for that.

chaosweddings

CraftymumUK wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what they cover the polystyrene ball with before adding the melted chocolate to stick the maltesers on to? Someone has said cellophane but isn't that too bulky and stiff? I can imagine tissue paper or foil would just tear off when the sweet was pulled off

have replied to your message

im making a few trees now using chocolate to stick the sweets to the chocolate covered ball

CraftymumUK

NickyBo wrote: »

Craftmum - I haven't tried it myself yet, but I think clingfilm would work for that.

thanks Nicky, I used clingfilm, it worked ok but I don't know what it's gonna look like when the sweets are pulled off:undecided

CraftymumUK

chaosweddings wrote: »

have replied to your message

im making a few trees now using chocolate to stick the sweets to the chocolate covered ball

thanks, wish I'd seen your message before I started it

CraftymumUK

steph3008 wrote: »

hi everyone

Just wondering how I would stick creme eggs to the balls would a gun glue do it or would that melt the chocolate

Thanks

Steph

I would like to know this too, maybe let the glue cool until it's tacky before adding the eggs?

britbok

CraftymumUK wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what they cover the polystyrene ball with before adding the melted chocolate to stick the maltesers on to? Someone has said cellophane but isn't that too bulky and stiff? I can imagine tissue paper or foil would just tear off when the sweet was pulled off

Would also like to know as I am making eggs for a friends children

CraftymumUK

britbok wrote: »

Would also like to know as I am making eggs for a friends children

A tried and tested method is to coat the ball with a thick layer of chocolate and then add a dab of chocolate to the malteser and stick onto the chocolate ball - courtesy of chaosweddings