Fruit Bouquet

Ingredients

• Tall, narrow vase
• Styrofoam ball that fits snugly inside your vase
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Red grapes
• Other colorful fruits, such as cantaloupe, pineapple, kiwis, and blueberries
• Wooden skewers

Procedures

1. Place the styrofoam ball inside the vase and set aside.
2. Then wash and dry the berries and grapes.
3. Cut the fruit: Stem the strawberries, remove the cantaloupe and pineapple rinds and the kiwi skins, then cut the fruits into bite-size pieces.
4. Slide the fruit onto the skewers, alternating colors, and using plent of red fruit for Valentine's Day.
5. Fill each skewer to the top, but leave two inches without fruit at the bottom.
6. Poke the empty ends of the skewers into the styrofoam at angles. Make sure they are stable.
7. Top with extra fruit to cover the styrofoam.