Joy of Giving – Flower Lollies !

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Joy of giving week is an annual charity event celebrated in many companies across India. As part of the event, Rajaram’s workplace organises a “food fair” where employees/spouses put up food stalls and the revenue generated from the sales is given to charity.

Rather than making just any dish for the stall, I wanted to make something which was attractive to see and to taste but still conveyed a meaning. So, I chose to make a flower. Giving a flower to someone symbolises affection and the feeling of sharing. This is the essence behind “joy of giving” and I wanted the person handing out the “flower” and the person buying it to feel this.

Last year, I made a “honey bee”. That was much more time-consuming to make. This year, it was a bit simpler (or at least I thought so when I planned). The dough (made of biscuits,milk powder and milkmaid) would form the main part with different coloured chart papers forming the petals. I melted chocolate bars and dipped the flower in them forming the topping for the flower. The paper cuttings did take up a lot of time with me having to outsource part of the work to Rajaram. So, all the irregular shaped ones are made by him 🙂

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7 Responses

  1. Somanathan says:

    Look tasty enough to eat…bees first.. Flowers after…. Poor bee..

  2. Vidhya says:

    Somu…”Bees & Flowers” is a perfect example of the joy of giving & sharing.. Flowers give nectar and bees help in pollination…order doesn’t matter 🙂 Lets assume that the bees were very lazy and it took 1 yr to find the flowers 😉

  3. Abarna says:

    Yummy Yummy …. 🙂

  4. Vidhya says:

    Thank U Apru 🙂

  5. anusia says:

    Lovely decoration. Kids will love it.

  6. Anusia says:

    Very beautiful little bees. Nice decoration.

  7. Vasudha S says:

    Such a cute idea..

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