How to make edible arrangements: Fruit arrangements

Edible arrangements make eye-catching centerpieces and delicious gifts. Making fruit bouquets is easy and fun. Below you will find instructions on how to make beautiful fruit arrangements.

Step 1. First, buy a vase or basket for your edible arrangement.

Step 2. Make or buy some play dough and press it in the container.

Step 3. Then take all the fruit, wash it, and cut out the different shapes.

Step 4. Make several small butterfly fruit flowers.

a) Take a bamboo skewer and thread several grapes onto it.

b) Place the little cantaloupe butterfly on top. Make as many “butterfly flowers” as you would like.

c) Put these fruit flowers in the front of the arrangement.

Break the skewers to make them shorter for the front flowers. Put the taller fruit flowers in the back of the arrangement.

Step 5. Make some strawberry flowers.

a) Take a bamboo skewer and thread several grapes onto it, leaving the top part of the skewer uncovered.

b) Slice a strawberry in four places, and push it on top of the skewer. Then insert one grape on top of the strawberry. The grape should appear to be inside the strawberry flower. The skewer should not pierce through this last grape piece.

Step 6. Make some big butterfly fruit flowers.

a) Cut some big butterflies out of cantaloupe.

b) Take a bamboo skewer and thread several grapes onto it.

c) Put the big cantaloupe butterfly on top. Make as many “butterfly flowers” as you would like.

d) Put these fruit flowers in the back of the arrangement.

Step 7. Make some other fruit flowers and insert them into the fruit basket.

Step 8. After all the fruit is in the arrangement, take some artificial flowers and place them around the arrangement to cover the bare sticks and for a fuller looking edible arrangement.

Note: Instead of fake flowers try using edible real flowers in your fruit arrangement.

Enjoy your beautiful fruit arrangement!

Note: This edible craft project is copyrighted. You may only print it out and use it for personal purposes or as a classroom craft project if you are a teacher. You are not permitted to post this project on any website, blog, or in any other type of publication. However, you are free to link back to this page.

Elaine Atwood, a fan of our site, contributed this edible craft project.