The edible Valentine’s Day decoration is the Valentine’s Day Chocolate Tree! Easy Valentine’s Day craft with hershey kisses! This Valentine’s Tree is fun to make and will brighten up the Valentine Day party. A fun, whimsical and festive Valentine’s centerpiece which as a bonus is so darn yummy!
How To Make Valentine’s Day Chocolate Tree
Materials
2 bags Hershey Kisses Valentine theme
Styrofoam cone – size of your choice – I use a 6″ by 3″ cone
Aluminium Foil (optional)
Directions
This is a very simple and straightforward DIY Valentine’s Day food craft once the materials are purchased.
The design of the Valentine’s Day Hershey Kisses Tree is up to your imagination and creativity.
There is a bit of setup involved, but once the assembly line begins the Valentine’s Day craft will move along quickly.
- Open bags of Hershey kisses and sort kisses by color (and try not to eat too many …)
- Arrange straight pins on a table or in a pin cushion for easy access.
- Optional, but suggested is to wrap the cone with aluminium foil. This will prevent any white styrofoam from showing through the “kisses”.
- After deciding upon a design or feel free to have no design in mind and wing it – use the assembly line method of assembling materials prior to placing the kisses on the Styrofoam tree.
- Take one straight pin and poke the pin through the top of the foil on the Hershey kiss; the top of the kiss has a gathering of foil below the kiss ribbon – that is your target.
- Assemble of few of the kisses before arranging on the tree as this makes it easier to visualize a design,
- Begin sticking each kiss into the cone. Stagger the placement of the kisses so the cone does not show through.
- Kisses in mass are a little heavy and can unbalance the cone until the cone is fully filled; I balance the cone against a solid object while filling the cone with kisses. Once filled the cone will stand alone and is balanced.
Your edible Valentine’s Day craft is now ready! This makes a fun and sparkly centerpiece with the addition of a place mat, candles and themed table settings.
Valentine’s Day Kids Craft
This is a fun DIY or crafts for appropriately aged children taking into consideration the safety of straight pins and their age.
With kids I let them pick their own design and don’t worry about staggering the kisses so much. Honestly any “design” works.
Enjoy the fun is watching their creativity shine through with the colors and design created.
Decorating Tip
This step is optional, but I wrap aluminum foil around the Styrofoam cone to provide a complementary surface as the color of the kisses complement silver and are shiny.
Savings Tip
Start checking your local dollar store for all the materials. One of my favorite dollar stores has a floral section which usually has Styrofoam cones in stock.
This is the time to also keep your eye out for pre Valentine’s Day sales on Hershey kisses at the grocery store or drugstore. Beginning in January I always find 2 for 1 deals on chocolate kisses.
Day One: DIY Valentine’s Day Chocolate Tree
Day Two: DIY Dollar Store Valentine’s Day DIY & Crafts
Day Three: Snowman Valentine’s Candy Wrapper – Printable
Day Four: DIY Valentine’s Day Button Vase – Dollar Store !
Day Five: No Sew DIY Valentine’s Day Card
Day Six: Valentine’s Day Craft Round Up
Day Seven: Dollar Store Shopping Tips
roseclearfield says
Really cute! Thanks for the tip about checking the dollar store for Styrofoam cones!
tab says
Love the dollar store!! 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
Kim MIller says
I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but this is such a cute idea!
andriaperry says
That is so COOL! I want one.
tab says
Thanks, it is a fun one (and of course one to snack on!)
Sandy KS says
That is a really cute DIY Valentine’s project.
Brenda Fluharty says
what a great idea
sizzlesue15 says
Great idea! I’ve will be sharing on my Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond Facebook page and have also pinned. Thanks for linking up and sharing at Over the Moon Link Party.
tab says
Thank you for visiting and sharing !
lizziesomerset says
Ooh I wonder if I can get kisses in the UK? Will have a look in Tesco! Thank you for sharing #sharethejoy xo
Kat le Fae (@KatCandyfloss) says
What a fab project! Lovely idea. #sharethejoy
Pat Austin (Wednesday Elf) says
Always fun to have a craft project that involves chocolate — appropriate for Valentine’s Day of course. 🙂