How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers

  • December 10, 2007
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Whether you’re giving them to a friend, a hostess, or that mysterious blonde at the laundromat, a gift bouquet is easy to make and always appreciated.

You Will Need

  • The fresh flowers of your choice
  • The filler greens of your choice
  • A pair of gardening shears or scissors
  • A square sheet of clear plastic, craft paper, or gift wrap
  • One or two large squares of tissue paper
  • Two 8 to 12-inch lengths of ribbon
  • And a flat surface
How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Hold flowers

Step 1: Hold flowers

Place the flowers one by one in your hand so their tops are more or less even. Hold them together.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Tie together

Step 2: Tie together

Tie the bunch together at the stems with one of the ribbons.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Cut stems

Step 3: Cut stems

Cut the stems straight across the bottom with a pair of sharp garden shears to give them a uniform length.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Place ribbon in plastic

Step 4: Place ribbon in plastic

Lay the other ribbon down horizontally on a flat surface. Place a square sheet of clear plastic over the ribbon with a corner of the plastic at the top and bottom (so it’s in the shape of a diamond).

If you don’t have clear plastic handy—and who does?—you can use a glossy gift wrap. Place the glossy side face up so it ends up against the flowers to keep their moisture from bleeding through.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Place tissue paper

Step 5: Place tissue paper

Place the square sheets of tissue paper over the plastic in the same manner.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Lay flowers

Step 6: Lay flowers

Lay the flowers on top of the tissue paper with the stems at the bottom corner.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Wrap tissue paper

Step 7: Wrap tissue paper

Neatly wrap the tissue paper over the stems, overlapping the side corners, so that you’ve formed a cone shape around the bouquet.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Wrap plastic

Step 8: Wrap plastic

Wrap the plastic over the bouquet in the same manner, overlapping the side corners.

How To Make a Gift Bouquet Of Flowers: Tie bow

Step 9: Tie bow

Pull the ends of the second ribbon up around the bouquet and tie a decorative bow.

The largest flower in the world, the rafflesia arnoldi, has petals nearly 2 feet long and 1 inch thick.

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