Help your child make this cute chocolate flower arrangement

All moms love flowers, and all children love chocolate! If you’re looking for a way to pass the time, why not spend the morning helping your child make these pretty and yummy chocolate flowers?

You will need

• Bamboo skewers
• Green paint
• Floral foam
• Glass bottle with the label removed
• Tissue paper
• Paintbrush or foam brush
• Thick, colourful cardboard
• Scissors
• Khokis
• Wrapped chocolates
• Double-sided tape
• Craft glue
• Sellotape
• Print a label from the Internet or get the kids to decorate the label themselves.

Method

1. Paint the bamboo skewers green and leave them to dry.
2. Cut a piece of floral foam to fit inside the bottle, cover in tissue paper and place it inside the bottle.
3. Print the flower templates and cut them out in a size that fits your chocolates. Remember to use sturdy cardboard that’s strong enough to support the chocolates.
4. Using a khoki, draw small dots around the edges of some of the petals.
5. Tape the bamboo skewers to the back of the flowers with sellotape.
6. Apply double-sided tape to the back of the chocolates and stick them on the paper flowers.
7. Cut a few green leaves and stick them onto the bamboo skewers.
8. Arrange the flowers.
9. Complete the arrangement with a ribbon bow.