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DIY: Silk Flowers
Supplies needed:
Styrofoam block (The one pictured can be purchased at Michaels for $3.49 for 2)
Floral tape/Masking tape
Thick ribbon (1" at least)
Scissors
Plastic Bag or Newspaper
Hot glue gun
1. Place plastic bag or newspaper on your work area. The foam block can become messy. Make sure to cut off any leaves that are on your floral stems low enough to interfere with the ribbon.
2. Gather flowers, and decide on which one you want in the center. Place that flower/flowers into the block and continue adding around the center flower. (The advantage to the foam block is that you can easily switch out flowers as long as the stems are similar sizes without messing up the bouquet.)
3. Once you get all the flowers placed where you would like, keep them in the foam block and tear off a large piece of masking tape or floral tape, enough to wrap about the bouqet two or three times to hold flowers in place.
4. Once the flowers are held in place, remove them from the foam block and continue wrapping in tape up and down the stem. You can choose to wrap a small amount, or the whole stem.
5. Place a small dab of hot glue where you are going to start wrapping your ribbon. Every few rotations around the bouquet, add a dab of glue to keep the ribbon in place. Finally, glue the end part of your ribbon to the bouqet at the end.
Styrofoam block (The one pictured can be purchased at Michaels for $3.49 for 2)
Floral tape/Masking tape
Thick ribbon (1" at least)
Scissors
Plastic Bag or Newspaper
Hot glue gun
1. Place plastic bag or newspaper on your work area. The foam block can become messy. Make sure to cut off any leaves that are on your floral stems low enough to interfere with the ribbon.
2. Gather flowers, and decide on which one you want in the center. Place that flower/flowers into the block and continue adding around the center flower. (The advantage to the foam block is that you can easily switch out flowers as long as the stems are similar sizes without messing up the bouquet.)
3. Once you get all the flowers placed where you would like, keep them in the foam block and tear off a large piece of masking tape or floral tape, enough to wrap about the bouqet two or three times to hold flowers in place.
4. Once the flowers are held in place, remove them from the foam block and continue wrapping in tape up and down the stem. You can choose to wrap a small amount, or the whole stem.
5. Place a small dab of hot glue where you are going to start wrapping your ribbon. Every few rotations around the bouquet, add a dab of glue to keep the ribbon in place. Finally, glue the end part of your ribbon to the bouqet at the end.