How to Make a Dried Flower Wreath
bBy: Kristy Chan b
Content Materials
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Procedure
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Products
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Materials - 4 vines -2 bags of floral wires -4 bottles of Silica Gel -Hot-glue Gun -Glue sticks -A roll of ribbon -Containers -Gloves -Knife -Scissors -Work Gloves (If you want to avoid the prickly needles from evergreen)
Vine
Floral Wire Hot Glue Gun & Glue Stick
Golden Ribbon
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Poinsettia
Lily Flowers and Plants: -A pot of Poinsettia (Christmas Flower) -A branch of Carnation -A branch of Lily -5 branches of Pine Branches -8 branches of Sea-lavender *The types of flowers can be chosen by your own
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Procedures
Step 1- Prepare all the materials listed in
the last section. Put them on a clean and workable table Step 2- Before doing the base of the wreath, dry the flower first because it will require more time
Tip 1 There are several ways of drying flowers. First, one of the easiest way is hanging. However, there is another easy method is to use silica gel. If you decide to use this method, you will need to buy a lot of silica gel, but it will not cause you very much.
Ways of drying flowers:
There are several ways of drying flower such as ....... Hanging Method
Silica Gel Method
Microwave Method
Sand drying Method
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Step 3- After you have decided how to dry
the flowers, you can start immediately. The method used this time for drying flower is by silica gel. So before starting, you must make sure that you have enough materials.
Step 4-First, put a layer of plastic tablecloth
on the table. Then, fill the plastic container of 1 inch of silica gel using a ruler.
Tip 2 Before you pour silica gel into the container, make sure that the silica gel is in blue color. The purpose of silica gel is to absorb the water of the flower in order to dry the flowers up. If the color of silica gel is in blue, it means that it is new and have better effect of absorbing the water of the flower.
Step 5- Second, cut the flower bud off
the plant about 8 cm. Try to put the flower bud into the container. If the container have to be closed with the flower bud , you have to cut the stem of the flower. Then, close the container tightly with the cover and put it in a dry place that is not used often.
Tip 3 If the container have to be closed with the flower bud crashed, you have to cut the stem of the flower bud shorter. Because the shape of the flower will be changed if you press on the flower.
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Tip 4 If you feel that the container is not closed tightly, you can wrap around the container using perservative paper (plastic wrap). It is more effective as it doesn’t allow air to pass through.
Step 6- After 4 to 5 days, the
flowers will be dried completely and it is time to take them out. Put them in another container lightly and try not to put the big flower on the small flower. If you think the flower buds are too small, you can use floral wire to tie them together.
After 4 to 5 days~~~~
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Step 7- Let focus on the base of the wreath now! The base of the wreath can be made using one
or many materials, for example, vine, metal wire and etc. Here the wreath will be made using vine and branches of pine trees. Tip 5 The base of the wreath with a circle of vine is stronger and can be hang on the wall or doors for longer time than wreaths that are made in other materials.
Step 8- First if you are using the
vine that is hard to be bent, them in water for one day or two nights if you need the bathtub often. After two nights, the vine should be enable to get bent to make circle.
Tip 6 DO NOT bent the vine too quickly! Bent it little by little carefully and even if it breaks, you can connect them back together using the floral wire when you are making the shape of the wreath.
Step 9- After you have took out the vine
from the bathtub, you can start to make the shape of the wreath.
Step 10- Then, bent the vine little by little.
When it becomes a circle, use the floral wire to fix the position.
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Step 11- After the base of the wreath
is fixed tightly using the floral wires, you can start to decorate it. The basic material that can be used to circle around the vine is pine branches.
Tip 7 You can cut the pine branches into smaller branches so that you can put them on the vine easier.
Step 12- As you have decided how you
want to put the pine branches on the vine, use the floral wires to fix the position tightly.
Step 13- Before you start to put flower
onto the wreath, you need a hanger that is enable to be strong enough to hang the wreath on the door or wall etc.
The Process of Making a Hanger
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Step 14- After you are sure that
the hanger is stable, you can start to put the dried flowers onto the wreath by just putting them into between the pine branches.
Step 15- If you want to put
ribbon on the wreath, you can use hot glue gun to stick the ribbon onto the wreath.
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The End Thank you for reading! i