Does anybody have a good tip about how to package gumpaste flowers to avoid breakage? I am driving about 1,000 miles to a wedding and taking already made gumpaste flowers with me to use to decorate a cake when I get there. I'm afraid that if I put them in tissue paper in a box that it won't be safe enough. Any ideas? If I stick them standing up in foam, how would I prevent the foam from moving around?

How large are the flowers? You can use egg cartoons lined with tissue.

Kaykaymay: The flowers are assorted sizes of roses, blossoms, mums, lilies, etc. I do have lots of empty egg cartons that I have saved. I'll try to see how they fit. Thanks.

The last time I had to transport gumpaste flowers I used tissue paper and bubble wrap.

I'd make extra just incase a couple take a knock.

Good luck

Lyndsey xx

Cut up some pieces of foam sponge and wedge them between petals and leaves. This will prevent them from banging into each other and breaking.

You can wrap each flower in bubble wrap, then pack in a bubble wrap lined box. If you're uncomfortable wrapping each flower, place them on a large piece of foam sponge and insert dress pins strategically around each flower so they don't move from their spot on the foam. Then, place the foam sponge in a box. (I get large pieces of foam sponge from the craft or fabric store in the chair cushion section.)

I make my own 'bubble wrap' by scrunching up pieces of plastic wrap and nestling around the flowers. The flowers and other delicate items never bang around using this (and its cheap).

I've transported gumpaste flowers several hundreds of miles by car before. I put mine in a sturdy box protected by wads of cheap toilet paper. Layer it thickly to cushion them and keep them separated from each other. Put the heavier and large pieces on the bottom. Never had a problem. This tip was given to me by one of my instructors.

I drove almost a thousand sugar flowers to Oklahoma from San Diego and my best advice: quilt batting. You can buy rolls of it at WalMart or Joanns and it works beautifully and can be re-used. I individually wrapped all my flowers in the batting and then packed them in boxes. The only exception were my daisies, too fragile to wrap, those I left in a foam that I had cut to fit exactly in a box. Hope this helps! Good Luck.

Update: The flowers were packed standing up in foam and the foam was put into tall plastic containers. They made the trip perfectly!! Only lost one petal on one daisy. The cake came out great. Complete success. So thanks to all of you who gave me good ideas.

i've never moved them farther than to a different room, and have broke them, even picking them up, i use fondant/gum paste but i was watching where a lady on tv transported to a wedding and just in case she took extra petals