As you may have noticed, I like to build things. And, I love fruit. So it’s only natural that I’m showing you how to make Eiffel Tower using fresh blueberries.
Fun craft ideas: How to Make Eiffel Tower Using Blueberries
At first, learning how to build Eiffel Tower out of food seemed like a disaster. It’s tall and slender, so it was a bit of a structural nightmare… errr … I mean, a challenge. But, I love fresh blueberries so much that I couldn’t resist. In fact, I even used blueberries to build the wheels of this watermelon fruit train. Choo-choo!
Looking for fun craft ideas? You can use fresh blueberries to make Eiffel Tower. I spotted these beautiful blueberries at the market and I couldn’t resist!
Initially, my friend jokingly asked me to construct Eiffel Tower out of chocolate covered-pretzels. I tried this. After it failed a few gravity tests, I ended up devouring a delicious pile of broken chocolate-covered pretzels. I guess not all was lost!
Then, I had a light bulb moment.
I remembered seeing Wilton Floral Wire, which included three gauges- 20, 22 and 26. The wire was perfect because it’s flexible yet strong. Here’s what I used (*Amazon affiliate link):
After a few revisions, I found the best method of how to make Eiffel Tower stand up and still look delicious.
I engineered the heck out of the main frame. For each leg, I twisted nine Wilton Floral Wires (gauge 26) together to give the tower height and strength. To help secure all the twisted wires together, I reinforced each leg with Wilton Floral Tape. Then, I slid the fresh blueberries on, and stabbed one end of the wire into a red potato. This sucker is pretty strong and could probably withstand a good fan test.
To get a better idea of how to make Eiffel Tower, check out the video tutorial I made for you here:
Before assembling the structure, I highly recommend making each section first (foundation, frame, arches, platforms). Here’s what each section looks like:
Not your typical blueberry recipe! To make Eiffel Tower, build each section first: foundation, frame, arches, and platform levels.]
Building Tips:
- I organized the blueberries into three sizes: small, medium and large. It only takes a few minutes to sort the blueberries and it really helps stabilize the structure since I placed the larger blueberries near the base of the frame. (Watch the above video and you’ll see what I’m talking about.) Plus, I think the structure looks more uniform this way.
- Slicing a section of the red potato provides an even surface for the foundation. So don’t miss this step, otherwise your Eiffel Tower will look more like the Leaning Tower of Pisa!
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As you may have noticed, I like to build things. And, I love fruit. So it’s only natural that I’m showing you how to make Eiffel Tower using fresh blueberries.
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh blueberries
- 4 small red potatoes
- 1 piece of honeydew (1-inch cube)
- 4 Wilton Floral Wires (20 Gauge)
- 12 Wilton Floral Wires (22 Gauge)
- 36 Wilton Floral Wires (26 Gauge)
- Wilton Floral Tape
Instructions
- Watch the video instructions here: https://youtu.be/oLjeYMzE-NY
- To build the foundation, cut a thin section off the bottom of each potato.
- To build the legs of the main support frame, you need 36 Wilton Floral Wires (26 gauge).
- To build the arches, you need eight Wilton Floral Wires (22 gauge).
- To build platform deck 1, you need four Wilton Floral Wires (22 gauge)
- To build platform deck 2, you need four Wilton Floral Wires (20 gauge)
- To build platform deck 3, you need a small section of fruit. I cut up a 1-inch cube of honeydew.
