Sweet trees

augustsmummy

Hello my3girls :hello:
Of course I can , I bought the following from Hobbycraft:
Oasis ball - medium sized one
wooden dowel
Ribbon
Terracotta plant pot
From Poundland 15 bags of lollies :eek: (10 in each bag)
From The Range - glass Pebbles

First DH cut the dowel in half as it was far too tall, then he wedged it in to the hole at the bottom of the pot. Then filled the pot with Glass pebbles to weigh it down. Then covered the oasis with lollies leaving a big enough space for the dowel. Then with DH's help place the Oasis ball on top of the dowel and push it down to secure. Finished off with a bow half way up the pole.
It was really easy to do.

One thing though, it was not as stable as I would have hoped, so when we do another we will get a terracota plate to go under the pot and fix the dowel to that using fiberglass resin. Having said that it did survive DD's party and lots of over excited [STRIKE]adults[/STRIKE] children :rotfl:.

We tied it in to DD's princess fairy themed party by giving out little pots of rainbow crystal sherburt (Fairy dust ).
It did get a few "wows" from the kids, so it was well worth it, although my nephew has told his teacher that Auntie Nic grows Lolly trees from little seeds :rotfl: bless him!

Hth, if you need any help just ask.
AMx

pearsoneys

just to say that the chuba huba ( or whatever they're called) lollies are £1.04 for 30 mini ones in my express tesco, got 2 bags last night. they were with halloween stuff and in halloween packages but the lollies themselves are normal. the mini ones actually are more manageable for my little ones

augustsmummy wrote: »

Hello my3girls :hello:
Of course I can , I bought the following from Hobbycraft:
Oasis ball - medium sized one
wooden dowel
Ribbon
Terracotta plant pot
From Poundland 15 bags of lollies :eek: (10 in each bag)
From The Range - glass Pebbles

First DH cut the dowel in half as it was far too tall, then he wedged it in to the hole at the bottom of the pot. Then filled the pot with Glass pebbles to weigh it down. Then covered the oasis with lollies leaving a big enough space for the dowel. Then with DH's help place the Oasis ball on top of the dowel and push it down to secure. Finished off with a bow half way up the pole.
It was really easy to do.

One thing though, it was not as stable as I would have hoped, so when we do another we will get a terracota plate to go under the pot and fix the dowel to that using fiberglass resin. Having said that it did survive DD's party and lots of over excited [STRIKE]adults[/STRIKE] children :rotfl:.

We tied it in to DD's princess fairy themed party by giving out little pots of rainbow crystal sherburt (Fairy dust ).
It did get a few "wows" from the kids, so it was well worth it, although my nephew has told his teacher that Auntie Nic grows Lolly trees from little seeds :rotfl: bless him!

Hth, if you need any help just ask.
AMx

7roland8

suppose you could always 'set' the dowel in the pot with either salt dough or plaster of paris? An easyw ay to find thin dowel might be one of those fluffy wash mops - just cut off the head.

xxDextersMummyxx

Could you cement the dowel into the pot?

augustsmummy

Yes I think you could cerment it to the pot. We were limited time wise so did what we could in the 2 days we had.
The idea of sticking it to a plate underneath was to give it a slightly wider base as well as setting it in place.

my3girls

Thanks so much everyone.

What a great idea this is - sounds easy enough for simple me lol i'm definately doing this!!

I have some plaster of paris so might use that to secure dowel into pot.

Only thing i will have trouble getting i think is the oasis sphere, i don't have a hobbycraft near me unfortunately.

Do you know what rough size the ball was? Found some on ebay, i'm presuming it was the dry foam?

I'm rather excited now heehee :rotfl:

Jenni
x

Hollie84

Clay is also good to use,can be bought cheaply from hobby craft

7roland8

Do you know what rough size the ball was? Found some on ebay, i'm presuming it was the dry foam?

I'd do another search on ebay - I would try for grapefruit size, or perhaps a bit smaller - they do long cones too which can be done christmassy - or not - and with that there is no dowel involved.
Also the sundae ones above are a great idea as you just put the bal in the glass - or you could use a ball or playdough/plasticine - looks great with the straws.
That air-dry clay is a great idea. Alos check charity shops as they may have these trees with dried flowers etc - which can be dismantled and re-used. Also perhaps any local florist/garden centre might have the foam.

7roland8

Just had a thought - but a bit late in year - how about using an easter egg as the base and sticking maltesers/buttone etc over it?

Here's a nice easy lolly one with instructions and no need for dowelling - http://craftsncoffee.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/a-crafty-candy-topiary-tutorial-how-to-make-a-lollipop-tree/


Think I'l get a large cone and do one with Celebrations for son's 21st - using cocktail sticks.

cord123

Hey sorry to jump in.
If I cover the ball in foil and use the edible glue when the sweets are taken off will the foil tear off with the sweet? Would something like cellophane be better? I am going to 'try' and make one for my girls to take in for their teachers xmas present and I know they both have kids so would rather not use cocktail sticks xx