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In this video, Mahalo wedding experts Dana LaRue and Hunter Stiebel show you how to make food topiaries for your wedding events.
What You'll Need
- Brussels sprouts
- Strawberries
- Styrofoam cone
- Styrofoam ball
- Wooden dowel
- Toothpicks
- Flower pot
- Scissors
- Gravel
- Fake crafting moss
How to Make Food Topiaries for Your Wedding Events Images
Brussels Sprout Tree
Fill the flower pot with gravel.- Stick one end of the wooden dowel into the styrofoam ball and plant it in the gravel.
- Spear your Brussels sprouts with toothpicks and stick them into the styrofoam ball. Make sure they are close together and cover the entire surface of the ball.
- Add the crafting moss on top of the gravel to complete the look.
Set on your table with dipping sauce and invite your guests to dig in.
Strawberry Topiary
Skewer the stem end of your strawberries with toothpicks.- Holding the toothpick near the end, stick the strawberries into the styrofoam cone. Make sure that you don't accidentally prick yourself with the end of the toothpick.
- Continue to place the strawberries so that they cover the surface of the cone. It's helpful to put the bigger strawberries at the bottom and form even layers around the cone like a pyramid.
Set out with a dipping sauce on your table for guests to enjoy.- You can also use chocolate-covered strawberries for this project.
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Meet Our Experts
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Dana LaRue
Dana is the creator of The Broke-Ass Bride, a website providing wedding inspiration on a budget; and founder of Bride$hare, a social media network designed to help brides save money and be green through the sharing, swapping and reusing of all things wedding related. Her savvy approach to weddings and money delivers entertaining and informative outside-the-box planning inspiration, and teaches readers of any budget that it's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it.
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Hunter Stiebel
Hunter works with his wife Dana on their joint venture, The Broke-Ass Bride. He also co-writes a column with Dana for Eco Beautiful Weddings e-zine. Outside of the wedding world, Hunter has performed with several of the country's best theaters, including Chicago’s Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Repertory, Chicago Shakespeare and National Playwrights Conference. Being a New Yorker married to a Chicagoan, Hunter would like it publicly known that he misses good pizza.
