Man Bouquet 2 :)

Hello!

Tonight we are going to my sister and brother-in-laws to celebrate his 30th birthday. I have been wanting to make another man bouquet and I thought he would love one too. I've made a man bouquet before (http://connoisseurofcreativity.blogspot.com/2012/04/diy-man-bouquet-great-gift.html) and loved it the first time (so did my husband!). This time I thought I would use a beer mug instead of a flower pot. It looks even better!

Here are the materials that I used. You can really use anything... just think about who you are giving it to and some of their favorite things. I have below a beer mug (World Market), tissue paper, wooden skewers, scratch offs, mini liquor bottles, peanuts, beef jerky, 5 hour energy shot, cigars, tape, scissors and styrofoam balls.

 First I stuffed some tissue in the bottom of the mug so that ball had something to sit on.

 Then I took the blue tissue and the ball out and wrapped it all in the green tissue so that it would look nice from the outside.

 Here is a top view of how I wrapped the ball. I only used two sheets of the green tissue.

 After I set the mug up how I liked I started to tape my gifts to the wooden skewers. Be liberal with the tape so that the items don't fall off. Especially if they are a little heavier, like the liquor bottles.

 Just stick the skewer right into the ball and make the gift item as high or low as you like. If you make a mistake just pull the skewer back out and stick it into a new position. Easy!

 Here is a picture of a few gift items already skewered into the styrofoam ball.

 Here is the finished bouquet! I tried to keep the liquor bottles low since they were heavier, and the lighter objects, like the scratch offs, higher.

 Lastly, I played around with the 'wrapping' and found some blue ribbon in my craft drawer. I also stuck a few pieces of orange tissue in between and around the exposed skewers at the bottom. What do you think?

I love making this gift and I can't wait to give it to my brother in law. I think he will love it!

You could turn this into a bachelor/bachelorette gift, you could get a different holder (other than the mug) and make it a girly gift with nail polish and make up, you could use other liquors or food items, really anything! :)

Have you made a bouquet like this before? What did you put inside of it? If you were going to make one what would you use? :)

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Cassie