Cloved Clementines? Why Should Oranges Have All The Fun!
Do you love the smell and look of those cloved orange pomander balls? Do you love those cute and tasty little clementine oranges? Well, you're in luck - I've combined both loves for you! Simple. Easy. And make a great hostess or teacher gift for the holidays.
Items you'll need for my cloved clementines:
Bag of clementines
Can of whole cloves from the spice aisle
Skewer to poke holes in the oranges (any pointy object will do)
Wide mouth mason jar
Ribbon or baker's twine if you want to get festive
Fake snow if you want to get even more festive (optional)
Plastic deer if you want to get ridiculously festive (totally optional and may make wrapping a pain in the you know what)
Commonly asked questions:
How long do they last? - The cloves act as a preservative, so they can last for quite a while. I swear when I was younger and made cloved oranges in Brownies my mom would keep them for years. Realistically, I'd say a year though. After that, the heavenly smell will be gone.
What size mason jar is that? - It a wide mouthed quart size. Three clementine sized oranges fit nicely in this size.
Is that real snow? - Nope, it's the flaky plastic snow you can buy in bags at the craft stores.
What's with the deer? - Deer are so hard to work with. She kept trying to upstage the oranges.
Items you'll need for my cloved clementines:
Bag of clementines
Can of whole cloves from the spice aisle
Skewer to poke holes in the oranges (any pointy object will do)
Wide mouth mason jar
Ribbon or baker's twine if you want to get festive
Fake snow if you want to get even more festive (optional)
Plastic deer if you want to get ridiculously festive (totally optional and may make wrapping a pain in the you know what)
Commonly asked questions:
How long do they last? - The cloves act as a preservative, so they can last for quite a while. I swear when I was younger and made cloved oranges in Brownies my mom would keep them for years. Realistically, I'd say a year though. After that, the heavenly smell will be gone.
What size mason jar is that? - It a wide mouthed quart size. Three clementine sized oranges fit nicely in this size.
Is that real snow? - Nope, it's the flaky plastic snow you can buy in bags at the craft stores.
What's with the deer? - Deer are so hard to work with. She kept trying to upstage the oranges.
These make great holiday hostess or teacher gifts. You can also just place them around your home in a bowl with some greenery. The smell wonderful!!!
To make the cloved clementines all you need are some clementines, a can of whole cloves and a skewer or something else sharp to poke holes.
I put some fake snow in the bottom of a wide mouth mason jar and added the cloved clementines on top.
Then added some baker's twine (do bakers actually use this stuff or is it just for crafts?) and a sprig of greenery.
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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We made these in kindergarten.
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Thanks for sharing, i'm going to try this!!
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Cloves are expensive. I tried this many times and one always seems to get moldy one dries somewhat even when they are in a dish on the table for weeks. Trying to survive the bloody fingers is another story. I'm on a budget and now citrus is very expensive. Just put some cloves if you have to buy them in a small cheese shaker put that on your kitchen shelf if you want to smell cloves or better yet put them in a little sachet bag, that drying business really never works me. Good luck to you.
Try growing some herbs/spices let them dry. Put them here and there.
Doesn't the fruit go mouldy? Or do you just use the peel. Orange peel, in some water, store for a few weeks; put a small amount in a sprayer with water, and use for cleaning. That will also leave a lovely fresh smell - and hygenic too. Ditto with lemon skins. That is what I use in the kitchen; and with the dreadful summer we are having here in Sydney, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria (Australia) the ants are having a field day in the kitchen. They don't like the smell of the citrus, and I spray where the ants are coming in. Better than chemical deterrants.
Am willing to try this project, however, since I live in the Virgin Islands regular oranges are more accessible. Would that work as well?