Fun Center Piece Using Jell-o And Flowers
From alaskanmom 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 1
Ok so this isn't a cooking recipe, but it is a really neat & pretty center piece. This was in the magazine "Everyday with Rachael Ray" And was my first time trying this. The directions weren't exactly listed out, so what I have listed is what I played with. Read more And instead of using one big vase, could try using many smaller ones, I think that would look pretty neat sitting in the center of tables for baby or bridal showers. See less
Ingredients
- 1 large clear vase (I used one that was 10-3/4 inches high, that I bought from a local craft store) shopping list
- 6 boxes (6oz each) any flavor/color of Jell-O gelatin shopping list
- 6 Cups boiling water shopping list
- 4 Cups cold water shopping list
- Artificial flowers, any size & color that would go good with the color of jell-o being used. (cut flowers from the stems as close to the flower's base without the flower falling apart) shopping list
- wooden skewer (for pushing the flower down into the almost set Jell-0) shopping list
How to make it
- Dissolve the gelatin into the water you boiled.
- After it's completely dissolved, stir in the cold water.
- Pour into the clear vase and place in the fridge.
- Keep checking to see if the jell-0 is setting up. This can take a while. (I just kept checking by placing a flower down into the vase with a wooden skewer. If the flower didn't float back up, then it's setting up)
- When you're able to put all the flowers down in the jell-o where you want them, without them floating back up to the top, then you're done.
- I think the magazine used real flowers, but I thought that using artificial flowers, they wouldn't tear or rip like real ones would. And I used orange Jell-o with white daiseys. The next time I think I'll try using "Yellow" Jell-O with some kind of Orange flower. The possibilities are endless. Let me know what you've done, and by all means if you find a better way to do this, please share it with me. My first time was really trial & error, so I'd appreciate all & any suggestions.
Another view of the vase
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How pretty. I really like this. You could do all kinds of stuff with this idea. How about for a baby shower adding little trinkets of plastic diaper pens or rattles along with the flowers. You could carry your them to almost any party. I am printing ...more
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very clever
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