How to Make Edible Fruit Arrangements

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a container that you would like to have your edible fruit arrangement displayed in.

   This is typically the same type of container you would have a fruit basket in or a flower display in.
   
   Baskets make a perfect container.
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   Step 2: Select the fruit you want to use for your edible fruit arrangement.

   Recommended fruits are fresh pineapples, strawberries, honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries. ,, Use your flower cookie cutter to cut out flower shaped pieces from each slice.
   
   Place pineapple flower pieces on wood skewers with the tips sticking out about 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm). , Cut the balls in half.
   
   Place one of the ball halves on the end of the wood skewer that the pineapple flower is on.
   
   Randomly place completed flower skewers into the floral foam. , Place skewers into the floral foam, randomly spaced between the pineapple flowers. , Place blueberries, grapes, raspberries, or blackberries onto skewers.
   
   Place those skewers into the floral foam as well, arranging them between the pineapple and strawberry skewers already in place. , The parsley can be placed on top of the floral foam to hide it from view.
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   Step 3: Place a piece of floral foam in the container that you selected for your edible fruit arrangement.

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   Step 4: Slice the pineapple into round slices.

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   Step 5: Use the melon baler on cantaloupe or honeydew melons to scoop out balls.

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   Step 6: Place strawberries on a few wood skewers.

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   Step 7: Use any combination of remaining fruit to add to the edible arrangement.

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   Step 8: Use your parsley to fill in any gaps that can be seen between the wood skewers.

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