How To Brand An Edible Fresh Fruit Bouquet

Let's teach crafty together with create an edible fruit bouquet to decorate your vacation table
Delicious, fresh together with and then fun to make
Calling all creative peeps out there. Here is something for you! Something you lot tin give notice handcraft for your side past times side party...maybe this coming vacation weekend?!?
I know what you lot mightiness live thinking - why all this run on a fruit platter?!?
But I country - WHY NOT?!? It's merely perfect: it's salubrious (just fruit). And fresh (it's summer, together with it's even together with then sweating hot!). And inexpensive (it would toll you lot a fortune to purchase 1 of these). And most of all, it's absolutely stunning. 
Just LOOK at this! No words needed.
And yes, I cause got to admit, it is does cause got quite a chip of work, peculiarly the start fourth dimension you lot drive it out, possibly a pair of hours or more, depending on your arts and crafts skills :)
But you lot know me (if not, hither is something you lot should know). I ever similar to tackle whatsoever project, ascent to the challenge, together with measurement upwardly to the plate (or vase! inwards this specific case). Haha! And I volition not, nether whatsoever circumstances,  acknowledge defeat...  peculiarly inwards the kitchen ;)
Technically there's cipher difficult nearly this project, a lot of cutting, poking on a stick, together with placing materials inwards a prissy together with cracking way. 
It's super fun, together with it tin give notice live done the solar daytime before. All you lot cause got to exercise is spray the fruit amongst lemon juice together with shop inwards the fridge covered amongst plastic wrap. Oh,  brand certain you lot cause got plenty room inwards in that place ... it takes upwardly a lot of infinite amongst vase together with all!
Here are some things to move along inwards mind. 
For the vase together with floral foam you lot tin give notice utilization whatsoever shape together with size, precisely brand certain it's sturdy plenty - the fruit volition live quite heavy. 
For the large flowers I exclusively utilization pineapple, but I've tested amongst other fruit, similar watermelon. The skillful matter nearly pineapple is the middle hard/core purpose of the slice. This is difficult plenty to nicely remain on the skewer together with concord the middle melon ball. If you lot utilization watermelon (or whatsoever other melon), the blossom volition eventually slide downwards the skewer together with volition NOT remain inwards house for really long. If you lot actually want to utilization other fruit, brand certain to cause got something difficult to house nether the blossom (maybe a grape, or fifty-fifty better, a modest spell of watermelon peel) that volition concord upwardly the flower.  
For the centre of the blossom you lot tin give notice actually utilization anything... cantaloupe, mango, peach ... what you lot similar best that tin give notice live cutting amongst a melonballer. 

Ready to drive it out too?!? Here is a curt video for you lot to watch

What you'll need:

    • 1 vase (big plenty for the floral foam, together with sturdy plenty to concord the fruit)
    • 1 brick of floral foam (I bought mine amongst the vase at Michael's)
    • aluminum foil to encompass the foam
    • bamboo skewers, long together with curt (or precisely long together with you lot tin give notice cutting them to the want length)
    • melon baller
    • flower shaped cookie cutter
    • 1 pineapple
    • 1/4 of cantaloupe melon
    • about one-half honeydew melon
    • strawberries (about 1 lb)
    • lemon juice

PREPARATION:

    Find a sturdy plenty vase together with a floral foam that fits inwards the vase. You mightiness cause got to cutting the foam to arrive tally inwards the vase.
    Make certain it fits tightly inside. Add pieces of foam on the sides for a snuggle fit. Press down.

    Cover the foam amongst a spell of aluminum foil together with then that the fruit volition non come upwardly inwards contact amongst the foam.
    Slice the pineapple inwards thick slices (1 inch, or about  the summit of your cookie cutter). I made 6 slices amongst mine.
     
    Cut amongst the largest blossom shaped cookie cutter that fits within the pineapple slice.
    With the melon baller, cutting 1 ball of cantaloupe for each spell of pineapple (6 inwards my case) for the centre of each flower.
    Cut the honeydew melon inwards slices. Cut each spell inwards half.
    Wash together with dry out the strawberries.
    Arrange the fruit on the vase starting amongst the dark-green honeydew. You withdraw bamboo skewers that are nearly 1 inch longer than the vase (you mightiness withdraw to cutting the skewers to the correct size). Arrange the honeydew wedges around the edges of the vase.
    Combine each pineapple spell amongst a melon ball on long skewers.  
     Arrange the flowers equally you lot wish. Make it pretty!
     Add equally many strawberries equally you lot wishing to encompass all the holes. Start amongst some strawberries on curt skewers inwards the middle.
    And add together some strawberries on longer skewers on top. Arrange equally you lot similar it best together with cause got fun amongst it!
    Spray amongst lemon juice to arrive final longer. I stored mine overnight inwards the fridge covered amongst plastic wrap.
    Enjoy :)