Ot: Anyone Know How To Make Those Candy Corsages From The 1970's?

[Aliceacc]

So apparently this was a Long Island thing only??

Does anyone from any other part of the country remember them or was it just us??

 

[disneyjunkie]

What do you use for age 8?

Is there a full list somewhere?

I don't remember having any for that age. I beleive we started wearing them when we turned 12 or 13.

So apparently this was a Long Island thing only??

Does anyone from any other part of the country remember them or was it just us??

Nope, not just a Long Island thing. I grew up in Brooklyn and we had them. However, it seems they were a bit different. We didn't make them ourselves. They were pre-made with a flower in the center, colored ribbons and the candy.

 

[tinytink]

I do something special for my family, I decorate their bedroom doors with wrapping paper then I stick their favorite candies and snacks to it. They I have the rest of the family sign the door with their birthday wishes. I also decorate their lockers at school with candy, birthday garland, snacks, and small gifts(earrings, gift cards...) and I top it off with balloons. I also bring them a special lunch for them to share with their friends. I will have to try my hand at the corsage, bouquet, or bows. Thanks for the ideas and directions.

 

[Coll0610]

I went to an all girls Catholic high school. We didn't have corsages, but we used to take ribbons and tape candy to them for our friends to wear on their birthdays. Sometimes we would add a sign saying something like "today is my 15th birthday". We also used to decorate our friends' lockers, but we had to put the wrapping paper on the inside of the locker (fire regs prohibited covering the outside of the lockers).

This was the south suburbs of Chicago in the early 80s.

 

[samanthacatangel]

So apparently this was a Long Island thing only??

Does anyone from any other part of the country remember them or was it just us??

I'm from Staten Island, and we had them, also. I had the sugar cube Sweet 16 one- I saved that thing for years. For all I know, it may be petrified in my basement. I will check tomorrow and if it is, I will take a pic of it.

I saved weird stuff.

Samantha

 

[allison443]

I'm from Staten Island, and we had them, also. I had the sugar cube Sweet 16 one- I saved that thing for years. For all I know, it may be petrified in my basement. I will check tomorrow and if it is, I will take a pic of it.

I saved weird stuff.

Samantha

Another Staten Islander here who remembers them!
We didn't have a list for certain ages though(other than the sugar cubes for sweet 16). We would just use whatever candy we could get. We didn't use the beer bottle tops for age 18 though-I think the nuns at my high school would have been

 

[luvsgrumpy]

Don't have anything to add except I am curious to see a pic and love the fact that I must be just a couple of years to young to remember this. Doesn't happen too much anymore!

 

[Phibbles]

I made this sugar cube corsage several years ago for my SIL's SW16.
My MIL loved it. I still don't understand it though.
I can't believe I found a photo either.

 

[Aliceacc]

OK, so maybe it's a metro-NYC thing??

Funny, growing up I assumed that the entire world did things just as we did

 

[tinkerbell615]

Okay, so I have never heard of this either, but I have a DD who will be 16 in about 5 months and I would love to make one. I also bet she would love doing this for all of her friends.

The picture that I saw looks really pretty. But... do they really eat the sugar cubes?

I still am having a hard time picturing all of the ones that everyone is talking about. I am thinking my DD and her friends would like the ones on ribbons maybe, so if any of you find the pictures or heck... can scan a hand drawn picture for that matter, please do. I am not very creative and really need something visual.

This is a neat and very unusual idea.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Okay, so I have never heard of this either, but I have a DD who will be 16 in about 5 months and I would love to make one. I also bet she would love doing this for all of her friends.

The picture that I saw looks really pretty. But... do they really eat the sugar cubes?

I still am having a hard time picturing all of the ones that everyone is talking about. I am thinking my DD and her friends would like the ones on ribbons maybe, so if any of you find the pictures or heck... can scan a hand drawn picture for that matter, please do. I am not very creative and really need something visual.

This is a neat and very unusual idea.

We only ate the candy that came in wrappers. Never the sugar cubes or gum drops.


I've never made one, but I can give you an idea of how I think they were put together.

A flower (maybe a carniation ) was hot glued to a setting(greenery, babies breath...). A Colored ribbon was tied made into a bow and hot glued to the flower arrangement. Pipe cleaners were used to hold the candy in place. A pin was hot glued to the back of the arrangement so that it could be worn.

After reading this thread, I'm thinking of trying to make a few of these for my students to wear during our Christmas feast.(kindergarten).

If I have any success, I'll post a picture.

I wonder if I can make boutineers with matchbox cars for the boys??

 

[tinkerbell615]

We only ate the candy that came in wrappers. Never the sugar cubes or gum drops.


I've never made one, but I can give you an idea of how I think they were put together.

A flower (maybe a carniation ) was hot glued to a setting(greenery, babies breath...). A Colored ribbon was tied made into a bow and hot glued to the flower arrangement. Pipe cleaners were used to hold the candy in place. A pin was hot glued to the back of the arrangement so that it could be worn.

After reading this thread, I'm thinking of trying to make a few of these for my students to wear during our Christmas feast.(kindergarten).

If I have any success, I'll post a picture.

I wonder if I can make boutineers with matchbox cars for the boys??

Thanks. I can't wait to show this to my DM. She is pretty crafty and I think she would love to try one of these. After she tries and succeeds... maybe I will try myself. I would love to see your picture after you are done.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I remember these - all the popular girls got them. Since I was not popular I never got one!

Funny, growing up I assumed that the entire world did things just as we did

On Valentine's day, people could buy a single carnation in different colors to give someone. There were different colors for friends, boyfriends, etc. to give. I'm not certain we did this on Valentine's Day, but it sounds likely. The 80s were a long time ago. Did you guys do that?

 

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

On Valentine's day, people could buy a single carnation in different colors to give someone. There were different colors for friends, boyfriends, etc. to give. I'm not certain we did this on Valentine's Day, but it sounds likely. The 80s were a long time ago. Did you guys do that?

Oh yeah - they did that at our school - white was for friendship, red love and pink was secret admirer - oh how I wanted a pink, I got a few white and waited and waited for my boyfriend (who is now my DH) to send me one and he never did --- he had a rose waiting with him in the car with him when he picked me up after school -- he was so proud of himself because the rose he got from the flower shop was the same price as they were charging in school for the carnations

He didn't get that it was the being seen with the carnation that was what was important.

 

[OKWAnneMarie]

I grew up here in Brooklyn and we always had them.

We never made them ourselves. We would buy them from a small card shop.

They were like the corsages (not the wrist corsages) you would wear to a prom, but just with the birthday items added.

Me, too! We used to buy them from a small card shore called "The Lord's Shop" on 5th Avenue between 21st & 22nd Street in Brooklyn.

My mother bought me one every year. I LOVED THEM! It made me feel so special on my birthday, especially when I wore it to school.

I bought them for my daughter, also. I used to get them in a Hallmark store, but I haven't seen them in over 10 years.

 

[js]

I may be dating myself, but the Candy Wreath thread reminded me about the candy or bubblegum corsages we used to give to our friends in school on their birthdays.
Anyone remember these? I loved them!

Would love to show my 11 year old how to make them, but can't find them anywhere on the internet.

So any of you fellow Diser's remember these?

Thanks so much!
HeatherC

I remember each of your friends would make one and at one time you could have 4 or 5 pinned to your school uniform
I wanted to make one for my daughter the last few years but she thought I was nuts

 

[samanthacatangel]

I couldn't find my Sweet 16 sugar cube corsage. I think it is long gone.

On Valentine's day, people could buy a single carnation in different colors to give someone. There were different colors for friends, boyfriends, etc. to give. I'm not certain we did this on Valentine's Day, but it sounds likely. The 80s were a long time ago. Did you guys do that?

We did this in High School, and they were delivered in homeroom. I think I always got white (friendship) but rarely a red (boyfriend.) My boyfriends were from other schools, but I remember how everyone was a bit envious of the red flowers delivered in homeroom.

Although, we did make fun of the "glitter chicks" who always got the red carnations, and always wore their ankle bracelets as necklaces. they usually had diamonds, "wings," and the boyfriend/girlfriend's names. And by we, I mean the "critters" (our word for rockers/metalhead types.)

I think critters and glitters were Staten Island terms. We were completely divided by MUSIC.

Aaah, the '80's. Good times.

Samantha

 

[Teacher510]

We did these here in NJ (outside Manhattan) in the 70's. I don't know when that stopped. We would make them (can't remember anything but dog biscuits, lifesavers and sugar cubes though). For Sweet 16 we could buy a flower corsage with the sugar cubes at the florist. We would have several of them on our uniform "weskits" too!