Drain the cherries. Beat the egg whites until very stiff, adding sugar little by little. Continue beating until the sugar has dissolved. Finally stir in lemon juice. Fold in the grated coconut.
Preheat oven (electric cooker: 150 °C/circulating air: 125 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line two baking trays with baking paper. Spread wafers on top. Place 1 cherry on each. Pour the egg whites into a piping bag with a perforated nozzle.
First spray small spots around each cherry, then 1 spot on the cherry. Decorate with sugar pearls and small wafer stars you have cut out yourself.
Bake in a hot oven for about 12 minutes one after the other. Remove and let cool off. Dust with icing sugar. Keep cool in tin cans.