You know those 50 sucks bouquets?

[edie3]

How large does the container or pail you put them in need to be? I found an embarrassingly large supply of the Target $1 spot pails hidden away. I would love to use these, but I wonder if I can fit 50 suckers in one. They are 3 inches tall and almost 3 inches across at the top.

Well, duh! I just looked at a couple in gallery again, and I guess you really do not need to have a particular number of suckers in them, do you?

[SuG]

i made a 60 sucks for my friend's birthday. I used 60 dum-dum lollipops. i bought a basket from the dollar store it was fairly shallow and didn't have a handle. I used florists foam to secure the suckers. I thought if the sign said 60 sucks there should be 60 suckers in it.

[ronnilee1]

i just made a 30 sucks with one one of the Target pails and i used blow-pops...it was a streach to make it fit. Usually when I do a 50 sucks I make my own bos with Chipboard about the size of a kleenex box.

[edie3]

I feel like there should be the same number, but I have like 25 of those pails. I think I got them when they went on sale. I have some larger pails, too. But not near as many!!

[wagleg]

If I had the $1 pails I would take 5 coordinating pails and hot glue them together, positioning the one in the center slightly higher. It would make a pretty arrangement.

[hollylogic]

What about a large one in the middle, with a ring of smaller ones around it?

[beaddict]

You could buy a florists foam cone (large) and secure it in the bucket with some glue then stick the suckers in it so it looks like a tree.

[kinderschulemom]

How about a sucker topiary? Would need a heavy base, dowel and foam ball to cover with suckers...

Cindy

[edie3]

Thanks for all the great ideas!!

[Vee]

I was also going to say a styrofoam ball inside to stick the sucks in.

[dawnmercedes]

can I turn a $1 mailbox over and make one of these?? haha I have an embaressing amount of the little mail boxes! haha

could someone post a link to the pix for me? thx in advance

[rsalamon]

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Originally Posted by dawnmercedes

can I turn a $1 mailbox over and make one of these?? haha I have an embaressing amount of the little mail boxes! haha

could someone post a link to the pix for me? thx in advance

If you do a search in the gallery for "sucks", you will see a bunch of examples of these.

sucks - Homemade Cards, Rubber Stamp Art, & Paper Crafts - Splitcoaststampers.com

[nancystamps]

I've made 40 sucks bouquets in the Target buckets, I think you can fit 50. I used a mix of Tootsie pops, Blow pops and dum dums....you might need more dum dums to fit the 50 pops. I put a weight (rock, whatever) in the bottom, then put a foam ball in, large enough so that 1/2 the ball sticks out over top of the bucket. If the sticks were longer, I think you could fit A LOT of suckers in no problem....what if you attached the sticks to those floral picks that have wire at the top?

Here's a link to the bouquet I did:
40 Sucks Lollipop Bouquet by nancystamps - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[edie3]

thanks for the info!!