Cookie Gift

Why give the same old standby floral bouquet for Mother's Day or any occasion when you can create a dazzling cookie garden? Here's how.

Materials:

floral foam, standard blocks
picket-fence window box (If you can't find one, you may have to improvise and make one.)
green excelsior grass
plastic cellophane wrap
twist ties
green floral picks
green floral tape
green tissue paper
ribbon in assorted colors
cookies (Personalize the gift by picking the recipient's favorite cookies.)

1. Cut and fit the floral foam into the picket fence window box (figure A).

2. Hide the floral foam with excelsior grass (figure B).

3. Take a 10-inch square of plastic cellophane wrap and turn a single cookie upside down in the center. Take the four sides of the cellophane and pull it to the center.

4. Twist the plastic tightly around the cookie (figure C) and secure at the base with a twist tie.