How to Make a Donut Bouquet

Did you know that National Donut Day is the first Friday in June? Did you know it’s not just a gimmick developed by the donut conglomerate to push its pastries on the it’s-national-whatever-day calendars? Do you even care about the “how and why” since we’re talking about the deliciousness that is donuts?

As it so happens, the first National Donut Day was celebrated in 1938 by The Salvation Army in Chicago to help raise needed funds during the Great Depression and to commemorate the work of the “donut lassies” who helped make the donut what it is today by feeding the tasty confection to American soldiers during World War I. The donuts became synonymous with The Salvation Army, as well as the American soldiers who were returning home with the nickname, “doughboys.”

I like a national day with some solid history and philanthropy behind it. So anyway, I did not find this out because of random Googling. I found out through desperate Googling. I discovered National Donut Day was a thing because my daughter came to me one hour before midnight on the first Wednesday in June and asked, “Is that florist still open near the school?”

“Um, it has been closed for about five years. Why?” I asked.

“Because I need flowers for the band director for Thursday night,” she said.

My husband uncharacteristically chimed in, “Would he even want flowers?” (“Uncharacteristically” because he usually avoids input on all things gift related so I can’t blame him later. This tactic works about 10% of the time.)

And thus a debate was launched about the likes and dislikes of our fabulous band director who deserves all the good things in life and this said discussion ended with me saying, “Sure I can make a donut bouquet. I’m sure it’s on Pinterest.”

Guess what? There are not any good donut tutorials on Pinterest. I nearly fainted dead away. Good thing I am a Craft Queen with the ability to publish my own material on the interwebz.

See, all I could find were donuts stuck on sticks in a vase. That’s great if you like stale pastries. Also, that design is not portable, like, AT ALL. My daughter had to get it to school, put it under her chair on stage, and then present it at the end of a concert. Yeah.

Also, I have taken a turn or twelve thousand through the kitchen creating outlandish bake goods and I just didn’t believe that donuts would stay on skewers extremely well. Spoiler alert: I was right.

So here was my answer: a design that was more along the lines of a Miss America bouquet. Not counting getting the materials, it truly only took me 30 minutes to construct. It worked out great: scoring huge points for portability, mess containment, and wow factor.

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

 

Materials

  • Donuts (do not get ones with filling)
  • Candy bar
  • Cookie Sticks or Bamboo Dowel Rods
  • Foam Core Board
  • Duct Tape
  • Clear Packaging Tape
  • Ribbon
  • Decorative Wire Garland
  • Clear Cellophane Gift Wrap

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

1. Cut the foam core board into a triangular shape. This is easily done running a box cutter or rotary cutter along a ruler as a guide. (Don’t do this on your counter. Use a cutting mat, or like I did, the garage floor.) I trimmed the points off of the top angles so that it would be easier to wrap later.

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

2. Carefully put your donuts on the skewers. Not going to lie, I wrecked a couple of the smaller donuts and donut holes. Make sure you have extra. Lay your arrangement out on your board and start duct taping into place. I used tape that matched my board, but you could do something more decorative or contrasting. Duct tape choices are limitless nowadays.

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

3. Using clear packaging tape loops, I attached the candy bar to dress it up. I also added a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card.

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

4. Next I measured out the cellophane: twice the height of my project plus 14 inches. I laid the cellophane out on my counter and placed my bouquet on it so there was 7 extra inched below the pointy end. I folded the cellophane over the the top of the bouquet and secured it at the bottom with the wire garland. I folded the sides under the board and secured them with clear packaging tape. Then I added the ribbon.

How to Make a Donut Bouquet (Tutorial). Deliciously perfect gift for National Donut Day or any occasion! Quick, easy, and impressive: everything a craft project should be. | Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms

 

This really is one of the easier projects I have gotten myself into. While it is perfect for National Donut Day, it is swell for most any occasion. Remember that famous quote that I am making up right now: “A donut makes any day better.”

Ellen

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