It does not matter what the occasion is to make a fruit bouquet. Whether it’s Mother’s Day, a housewarming gift or a thoughtful gesture, the creation of any fruit bouquet calls for several simple steps and a few secrets

Gather the following: 

• Metal cookie cutter (2.5 inches in diameter)
• Knife
• Plastic gloves
• 12-inch wooden spears
• 1-dozen rubber bands about half a millimeter
• 1 medium-sized bowl
• Glass vase (proportionately sized for the contents of the edible fruit bouquet)

Ingredients

• Apples
• Pears
• Cantaloupe
• Honey Dew
• 1 lemon or six – eight tablespoons of lemon juice

While many recipes require carving the fruit in the shape of a flowers and such, aluminum cookie cutters are the secret of how to make a fruit bouquet (the easy way). Choose cookie cutters that resemble a flower, star other botanical shapes. (These supplies are available online or at stores such as Sur La Table and World Market).

• How to keep the fruit from sliding down the spear?

Another secret tactic to make the fruit bouquet is ensuring the fruit does not slide down the spear. Cut all rubber bands. Next, tie the rubber band around the spear 2.5 inches from its tip or where the fruit will be staged on the spear of the fruit bouquet. Repeat this step until all spears are affixed with a rubber band. Use the remaining fruit bouquet to repeat this step.

Wash all fruit before you began to make the fruit bouquet. Them, dab dry.

Next, using a large knife, slice the fruit .5 inches in width.

In a medium sized bowl, squeeze the lemon juice on both sides of the fruit.

This will prevent the fruit from turning brown.

Pierce the fruit, and immediately place in the refrigerator, standing in the vase.

After all the carved fruit of the edible fruit bouquet is in the vase, arrange ornately.

As an optional step to make a fruit bouquet, tie a bow around the vase.