JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX anchor Melanie Lawson has been breaking hearts around Jacksonville for decades — specifically chocolate hearts.
Melanie joined Peterbrooke Chocolatier on The Morning Show Tuesday to discuss easy edible Valentine’s Day DIYs.
A great DIY project involves melted chocolate. Use the chocolate to cover any food item you want! You can also add sprinkles and edible glitter. Watch the full segment above or head to News4JAX+.
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You can also consider some of these ideas to be creative this Valentine’s Day:
- Bookmarks: Make your Valentine into a bookmark he or she can use all year to think of you.
- Bracelets: People of all ages like getting friendship bracelets. Make your own bracelet and attach it to your Valentine.
- Cookies: Get a heart-shaped cookie cutter and create delicious, edible Valentines.
- Candy jar: Find out your Valentine’s favorite candy and put it in a jar that’s decorated with hearts or a Valentine’s Day message.
- Trinkets: Almost everyone loves trinkets (even adults love to have them as desk toys). Attach your Valentine to a fun trinket this year for a playful greeting.
- School supplies: For kids Valentines, find Valentine’s Day themed pencils, pens and erasers to attach to a card.
- Origami cards: Get creative and make your Valentine an origami creation.
- Fortune cookies: For a really unique Valentine, order customized Fortune Cookies with your own personal message in the inside.
- Personalized candies: Write your Valentine’s Day message on personalized candies.
Create your own DIY Valentine’s flower arrangement
Saint Florals discussed how to create your own DIY flower arrangement for Valentine’s Day. After you create your own arrangement, or get one from Saint Florals, you can have the flowers last longer with the following tips:
1. Snip the flowers at the end: According to consumer reports.org, flowers have a vascular system in their stems that draws up water and nutrients to feed the blooms. If you neglect to cut them, air that has been drawn into the stems while they were out of water can block water absorption.
2. Place the flowers in water quickly and monitor the water temperature: Make sure the water isn’t too hot or it will hurt the flowers. You want to keep the water at room temperature.
3. Remove any dead flowers from inside the water: Dead leaves and flowers inside the vase and below the water will harm the fresh flowers.
4. Make your own flower food: DIY your own flower food recipe to keep the flowers fresh!
5. Change the water frequently: Plan on refilling the water and re-cutting the stems every three days. This prevents bacteria from spreading to the living flowers.
To learn more about Saint Florals go to saintflorals.com.