I got the idea from two places my grandma and of course Pinterest. My grandma actually made these for me and my brother long before Pinterest came around actually I don't even think Facebook was popular. Of course she made them with small candies. One day when I was pinning I saw a bunch of them with alcohol, cigars, candy, slimjims, you can even use small toys. They called it a man-bouquet. Here's how my turned out.
I used mostly alcohol shooters, mostly because we are both college kids and love to go out and have a good time together. I added in the ribbon and hearts to make it look full. It is super easy and in-expensive to make. The materials are all under $10 and even you get the mug at a dollar store you might not spend more then $20 on the whole gift. I think I spent a total of an hour and a half putting it all together. If you can arrange a flower vase you can make this.
How to make it!
Materials:
-booze, candy, cigars
-beer mug or coffee mug to act as a base/vase
-tissue paper
-ribbon
-styrofoam ball or square
-tape or hot glue
-wood sticks
How to make:
1. Tape or glue the mini-presents to the wooden stick. This will then create a present -on-a-stick or in my case booze-on-a-stick. I also taped my ribbon to a stick so that it would add fullness at the top and bottom.
This is the step that takes the most time. I used tape because I didn't want to damage the bottles but I highly suggest using hot glue because the tape wasn't very durable.
2. Wrap the styrofoam ball or square with the tissue paper. Especially do this step is your "vase" is clear like mine was.
3. Stap your booze-on-a-stick into the styrofoam inside "vase". The styrofoam allows you to make so taller then others which adds dimension.
AND YOU'RE DONE!
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