How to make a Valentine's Heart Shaped Sweet Tree

It's almost Valentine's day and Cake Pop Heaven have a variety of products perfect for the special day! This week's blog tells you how to make a heart shaped sweet tree.

You will need:

• A Valentine's Sweet Tree Heart Kit from Cake Pop Heaven (includes bag of plaster, bucket, red tissue paper, dowel and polystyrene heart)
• Sweets e.g. heart shaped marshmallows, heart chocolates
• A glue gun
• Red Wonder Melts

1. Place two big cupfuls of plaster and one cupful of water in a plastic bag (with no holes in!).
2. Seal the top of the bag by tying a knot.
3. Mix the plaster and water by squeezing the bag.
4. Cut a small hole in the bottom corner of the bag.
5. Squeeze the mixture into the bucket.
6. Tap the bucket to get rid of air bubbles.
7. Place the dowel upright in the centre of the bucket. The plaster sets in seconds.
8. Cut a groove in the back of the polystyrene heart with a knife.
9. Fill the groove with glue from the glue gun.
10. Stick the heart to the dowel, placing the dowel inside the groove.
11. Cover the heart in red tissue paper.
12. Melt the red wonder melts.
13. Stick your sweets to the heart using the red melts, not glue!
14. You can put sweets in the bucket to cover the plaster.

These heart shaped trees are not only great gifts, they are also great fun to make! They can be used at weddings or as anniversary gifts too.