Sweet Trees

[NonsenseTalker]

Hi All

Not sure if this is the right topic but I was wondering if anyone had any idea on how to make sweety trees? Specifically lollies. I have googled and googled and I get the general gist, but many many people have come across problems, like getting the ball half full for the lolly sticks to start pushing eachother out of the polystyrene and also that the whole thing topples over.
Does anyone have a fool/idiot-proof way of doing it?
Thanks

I've not done it, but thinking logically I would try making a cone shape in card, so its like a Xmas/Pine tree -

stuff it with oasis, or even play dough or something to sick the lollies into &

add a trunk made out of kitchen roll pushed through to as high as it will go with a bit more of trunk left sticking out at the bottom than you need - IYSWIM

cut slits into the trunk end up - fold the back & use these to glue the trunk/tree onto a big base to stabilise it -

roughly cover the hole thing in the various colours of tissue paper that you like, stuck with PVA -

poke holes with something shap & stick lollies through

:)

Should have added - make sure you push the lolly sticks in downwards, this will give room for them to all fit without pushing others out - this is why a cone shape should work better

Thanks all!
I figured about cutting the sticks a bit, but whenever I try to do anything, I struggle for ages and ages and then someone comes along afterwards and 'helpfully' points out where I went wrong and how it could have all been easily rectified!
I was hoping to get all the kinks ironed out before I made my attempt. Mainly because I don't have the budget for lots of tries.
During my 'research' people said that they followed tutorials and still got it wrong, so knowing my track record, I just wanted to make sure it was idiot-proof for me! :)
I'm liking the idea of using a hollow shape with playdough or something.