How to Create Your Own Edible Fruit Arrangement Step-by-Step

"If you must create a fruit bouquet on your own this lesson will show you the basics - what you need and how to create a beautiful fruit bouquet..."

First lets look at what you'll need to create an edible fruit bouquet.

Fresh Fruit - do not skimp on price, quality or freshness
Cookie cutters - basic shapes
A Large Container to hold the fruit
Florist foam
Skewers - wooden skewer sticks
Cutting board wood or plastic
a few different size sharp knives

Step 1. Choose Fruit

You'll have the best luck with melon type fruits, they retain freshness and are not "leaky". Consider Cantalope, Honeydew, or fresh pineapple. fruit-shapes Best Fruits to use - Pineapples, strawberries, grapes, melons, mandarin pieces. Don't use bananas, or apples - they turn brown in when exposed to air. Also durability is important. Fruits that are very soft are hard to work with ie..raspberries, very ripe fruits etc...

Step 2. Cut Up Fruit

sculpt-fruit1 Cut up your fruit into basic shapes - keep it simple - stars, shamrocks, diamonds etc...The best way to do this is with stock cookie cutter shapes.

Step 3. Place Fruit on Skewers

fruit-skewers Remember, all he fruit does not need to be sculpted , simply add grapes, strawberries, and melons onto skewers in between your " cut-out shapes"

Step 4. Add the Florist Foam Into A Container

florist-foam Add florist foam to your basket or container. Remember to make sure the container will support the weight of all the fruit once in place.

Step 5. Arrange Skewers into the Florist Foam

fruit-arrangement Simply add your "fruit skewers" into a creative arrangement. Try to balance your arrangenment! Need ideas? The best way to learn Edible fruit arrangement is to copy the designs you LIKE! After you create a few you will develop a flair and style all your own based on what you want to see.

Be prepared... creating a fruit bouquet will take a little time...at least until you become very proficient and comfortable with the process. That is, if you want your fruit bouquet to resemble a professional looking product. That's why companies like "edible fruit arrangements" charge so much!

The steps are not really that difficult - there are only 4 steps that go into the fruit bouquet creation, however... the detail and nuance of fruit sculpting is what really gives the bouquet the "WOW" factor. Keep it simple at first with basic "sculpted shapes" before trying anything too fancy.