Materials used for this candy gift basket: an Easter bucket, "Dum-Dum" pops or other
lollipops, decorative Easter grass, curling ribbons of different colors, floral foam for
silk arranging, a stuffed bunny, chocolate bunnies, stem wire, glue dots or scotch tape,
wired decorative Easter eggs (I bought them in Michaels Craft store), and Easter ribbon.

1. Take an Easter bucket and fill it 5/6 full of Easter plastic grass.

2. Cut the floral foam for silk flower arranging and put it on the top of the Easter
decorative grass so it fits into the container firmly. Cut and insert filler pieces of
foam as necessary. If the foam is loose in the bucket, you can secure it to the walls of
the bucket with some floral sticky clay.

Or you can buy foam in the shape of a flat circle, cut it to the desired size and insert
it into the bucket.

3. Cover the foam with Easter grass securing it with floral pins as necessary.

4. Set the toy Easter Bunny in the back of the bucket. If the bunny does not want to sit,
you can attach a piece of a bamboo skewer to the back of the toy using a piece of clear
scotch tape. The bunny is held in place with the piece of skewer inserted in the foam.

5. Make some candy flowers.

a) You will need "Dum-Dum Pops" or other lollipops and curling ribbons of different
colors.

b) Take a "Dum-Dum" pop and a piece of matching curling ribbon. Tie a small bow at the
base of the pop (where the stick and the pop meet).

c) Using scissors curl the loose ends of the ribbon.

d) That is it. One candy flower is ready. Make several candy flowers of each color and
flavor.

6. Insert pops in light and dark green wrappers all around the edge of the bucket. Then
insert the rest of the pops around the bunny.

7. The next step is to add the chocolate bunnies to the arrangement.

a) You will need chocolate bunnies, 16 or 18 ga stem wire, and packing tape or scotch
tape.

b) Attach the stem wire to the back of chocolate bunnies with scotch tape or packing
tape. To stabilize the chocolate bunnies on the stem wire, put a zigzag bend in the wire.

c) Insert the wired chocolate bunnies at the back of the bucket behind the toy bunny.

8.
a) Take wired decorative Easter eggs and Easter narrow ribbon.

b) Tie an Easter bow around these Easter eggs and insert them in the foam so they will be
in the bunny's hands as though he is holding them.

Enjoy your Easter Candy Arrangement!