Why Buy Flowers When You Can Make a Donut Bouquet for Valentine’s Day?
Skip the florist & create a DIY donut bouquet instead!
Donut bouquets are the perfect DIY gift for all of the pastry lovers in your life this Valentine’s Day! 🍩 These sugary treats are a perfect way to spoil your sweetheart – especially if food is the way to their heart!
These donut “flowers” can be gifted year-round, too! Give them on birthdays, anniversaries, or any other special occasion. I think everyone can agree that receiving a bundle of fresh donuts is better than flowers any time of the year! 😆
Fun fact: Previously, you could grab a Harry & David donut bouquet for around $60 🤯 After readers asked for a DIY version, we created our own using grocery supplies for around $10-$12, saving a total of $50!
Which type of donuts work best for a donut bouquet?
✅ I ended up buying a variety of grocery store donuts from the bakery to experiment and see which ones work best. In general, the cake style donuts and donut holes seemed the most sturdy and easiest to work with.
❌ The ones that didn’t work at all (and I don’t recommend trying) are the Little Debbie mini donuts. They crumbled easily and fell off.
My favorite donuts were the medium-sized plain cake donuts from the bakery!
I thought they turned out so cute and were the easiest to work with and most stable. I highly recommend grabbing some plain donuts like this and jazzing them up with melted white and semi-sweet chocolate along with sprinkles!
You can customize these “donut flowers” for any occasion or holiday by using specific colored sprinkles or by coloring the melted white chocolate.
Tips to create the BEST DIY donut bouquet:
- For the melted chocolate drizzle: I added about a cup of chocolate chips to a bowl with 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable oil, melted it in the microwave 15 seconds at a time until fully melted, and then drizzled the chocolate over the donuts and topped with sprinkles. I also did the same thing with white chocolate chips and added red food coloring for pink color. You could do this using candy melts instead if desired!
- You’ll need to grab wood skewers to attach donuts. For the medium/large-sized donuts, I used two so that they were extra sturdy, and for the donut holes, I only used one.
- For transporting and keeping donuts fresh, consider placing your finished donut bouquet in a plastic floral sleeve. At the grocery store they usually have them in the floral department, and I just simply asked if I could have two.
- Feel free to add any other floral embellishments. For instance, I added a couple of chocolate roses on one, and a mini birthday balloon on a stick in the other.
DIY Donut Bouquet
PrintSupplies Needed
- wood skewers
- sheet of parchment paper
- About 6 medium sized decorated donuts
- around 8 donut holes
- any other decorative picks or balloons (optional)
- clear package tape
- 6 sheets of tissue paper
- ribbon
- plastic flower bouquet sleeves (optional)
Directions
1
Place a piece of parchment paper on the counter. Poke two wood skewers through a donut and move it down the skewer. Poke a second donut on top so that it pierces, but doesn’t poke all the way through the top of 2nd donut. Repeat with a second set.
2
Do the same with about two skewers of donut holes (4-5 donut holes on each). Add any decorative picks or elements. I added two chocolate roses.
Note: The photo shows white mini donuts, that later fell off and I replaced them with more donut holes.
3
Set up your arrangement as desired on the parchment paper. Tape the arrangement together using clear packing tape.
4
Lay out about 5-6 pieces of tissue paper vertically, and fan out a few pieces a bit. Then place the bouquet in the top left corner.
5
Fold and roll in the sides around the bouquet, and then fold the bottom up over the stems.
6
Secure the tissue paper with a ribbon and you’re done!
OH MY GOSH!! This donut bouquet is so darn cute!
Look how cute the birthday one turned out, too! I was actually a little nervous that this food craft project could be a fail since I hadn’t made anything like this before, and I’m so pleased with how these turned out.
I think it’s such a creative little gift idea that is sure to make someone feel special and can be compiled for lots of occasions! Give this DIY a try if you’re looking for a unique, but easy, Valentine’s Day gift idea!
Great idea! Thanks!
Thank you Lina! This will be perfect for my husband’s birthday! I always try to find something fun for him. He really needs nothing and is hard to buy gifts for.
This looks like the perfect “bouquet” for Husband Appreciation Day. : ) Thanks so much!
I think this is just adorable, Lina! Just like with a flower bouquet presented like this, the reciever would take the flowers out and put them in water to keep them fresh, the receiever of these cute donuts would take them out and put them in a sealed container to keep them fresh. My teens would like this was so cool!
Aww thanks so much for your kind words! I appreciate it and totally agree <3
Thanks!! I’m planning on doing this for Fathers Day!! Fun and festive!!
Oh how fun I love that idea! Thanks Shelley!
I want one!!!! 😂😂
So cute!!! Super excited to try this with my 3-year-old to give to my husband Valentine’s Day 💕
Such a creative idea! My husband would love this! Thank you for this excellent Valentine’s Day idea!
Oh sure! This is so FUN to make and eat. Enjoy!
My son just asked for donuts instead of cake for his birthday. I think I’m going to give this a try! Thank you!
Oh that is so fun! happy birthday to him!
P.S.- Lina’s directions are perfect!
I love this!!! ❤️ My husband will love it!
My kind of bouquet!
So adorable and cute! Thank you. With respect to eating them or freshness you can give the person a zip lock bag or two and they will stay fresh or freeze great.
Glad you enjoyed this idea! 🥰 You’re welcome! And thanks a bunch for the idea to keep them fresh or enjoy them for a while – putting in the freezer is a smart move!
This is so cute! My bestie is coming over on valentines day, so maybe I’ll do this for her… but she’s a bagel girlie, so I might go that route! 😛
Love the idea of making this with bagels too, Emily! ❤️🥯 How fun!
This idea is actually unique. Thank you very much for sharing this here with us. It will be loved by everyone for sure.
Oh glad you enjoyed this one and thanks for stoppibg by today!
I made this when Lina first posted it. It was a hit! I have made the bouquets a few times and it is always talked about! It is really easy, because Lina does a great job with directions. You can always freeze everything if you only want to eat a little. As always Lina, THANK YOU for great ideas!
Awww thanks for making my day ACGOLD! That is so sweet to say and yes who wouldn’t love a gift this yummy?! ha
I love this idea! Thank you
You’re most welcome, Tina! ❤️🍩
Great idea, I can’t wait to try it out.