Valentine's Cookie Bouquet

A few years back my sweet friend Lacey brought me a cookie bouquet for Valentines.

I'm still kicking myself for not taking a picture of it.

I can almost guarantee it was cuter than this one that I made.

Everything Lacey creates comes out beautiful.

Anyway, I thought I'd make some this year to give to the people I love.

All you need is:

A bucket

Styrofoam

skewers

fudge striped cookies

gum drops

gummy hearts

shredded party paper stuff ;) (refer to picture below)

and ribbon (optional)

Start with an upside down gumdrop and cookie...

Top that with another cookie and a heart shaped gummy...

Make 5-7 of the cookie flowers.

I also made some hearts and attached them to skewers...

my silhouette did most the work. ;)

Place your Styrofoam in the bucket and poke your skewers in to create the bouquet look.

Fill the bucket with the shredded paper and tie a ribbon around the bucket.

All done!