If you believe flowers are some of Mother Nature's most stunning works of art, then it only makes sense that you'd want to use them in your own DIY masterpieces—and not just bouquets and arrangements. Let the shades, shapes, scents, and petals of your favorite blooms inspire you to complete one (or more) of these flower crafts, from pressed flower cards, keepsakes, and soaps to flowers preserved under glass or presented in custom holders. Each project offers a unique way to make nature's prettiest flowers the stars of your next handmade gift.
12 Paper Flower Crafts We Love
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Pressed-Flower Bar Soap
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Small fresh flowers, like wax flowers, spray roses, calendula, and lavender buds, add beauty and nourishing qualities when pressed for this bar soap craft. If you have sensitive skin, opt to use flowers that have little to no scent. For more fragrance, add essential oil (we like lavender) to this must-try soap recipe.
How to Make Pressed-Flower Bar Soap
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Floral Soaks
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This soak features several fragrant flowers: dried roses, calendula, and blue cornflowers. Paired with essential oils and mineral-rich Epsom and pink Himalayan salts, it's the ultimate stress-relieving gift.
Follow these steps to make the floral soaks:
- Set aside several whole dried flowers to decorate vials, then combine salts, baking soda, and remaining flowers in a large bowl.
- Using pencil eraser, slide a whole flower down the inside of a vial; add a few drops of water to "glue" it into place. Repeat to decorate vial with more flowers; then repeat with remaining vials.
- Using funnel, fill vials with salt mixture. Add a few drops of essential oil to bottom of each cork; stop up bottles. (This will lightly scent the salts without clumping.)
- Download and printlabelson sticker paper; cut out. Place labels over corks to seal vials.
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Keepsake Boxes
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Press colorful flowers that naturally lay flat, like pansies, on wooden boxes for a blooming keepsake. To make the craft, pick up each flower one at a time, paint a little glue on its spot on the box, replace the flower, and brush it with glue, from the center out. Finish with several all-over protective coats. As everything dries, visible brushstrokes will disappear.
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Decorative Tray
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This tray is a true masterpiece for a table centerpiece, thanks to pressed blooms découpaged on the piece. Arrange the flowers in your preferred design, then pick them up one at a time, brush the backs gently with craft glue from the centers out, and plant each back in position.
Add a trailing ribbon, and protect your work with several coats of découpage glue or clear resin on top. Top the tray with a pitcher of dried flower tea at your next afternoon lunch party.
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Fragrant Bath Salts
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Give the gift of relaxation with these flower-infused bath salts. This craft combines lavender flowers, rose petals, chamomile, and lavender essential oils for a fragrant mixture you can package in an airtight container.
How to Make Fragrant Bath Salts
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May Day Baskets
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Celebrate spring with a modernized version of a May basket. Fill a bag, hanging cone, or other pretty container with flowers from your yard, add a cheerful garland, and surprise your neighbors by leaving the gift on their doorknob or porch.
Learn More About May Day Baskets
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Pressed Flower Card
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Pansies, violas, and verbenas are pressed to decorate handmade paper cards. Add your own well-crafted sentiment to create a treasured keepsake.
How to Press Flowers and Leaves
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3D Canvas Wall Art
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Full disclosure: This 3D floral canvas uses silk blooms, not real ones. But that means it's a fade-proof way to make a bold artistic statement in your entryway, living room, or bedroom. Copy the blooms used in a favorite birthday or anniversary bouquet to preserve the memory (even when you can't preserve the petals).
How to Make 3D Canvas Wall Art
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Bloom-Filled Cloche
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Protect and display delicate blooms under a petite cloche. Use floral clay on the bottom of a flower-pin frog to secure it inside of a small, sturdy cup. Fill three-quarters of the cup with water. Set a glass cloche next to it, so you know how high the blooms should be, then cut flowers and greenery and stick them onto the pins.
To finish, set the cup on a plate and cover it with the cloche. Check the water daily—the display can last about a week.
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Flower Cones
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Carnation cones are a sweet way to present a bouquet of these underrated flowers. Create the easy carnation bouquets pictured by simplyprinting our clip artonto heavyweight paper and cutting it out. Then, fold the printed clip art into a cone shape and fasten at the tabs using double-sided tape. Finish by binding the stems with floral tape and setting the carnations—preferably in sherbert-inspired shades—inside of the cone.
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Flowers Preserved in Resin
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When you preserve fresh flowers in resin, you can create coasters, jewelry holders, paperweights, and other one-of-a-kind art pieces—all while keeping your blooms as fresh and vibrant as the day they were cut.
How to Preserve Flowers in Resin
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Floral Wax Sachets
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These pretty wax sachets are a flame-free alternative to scented candles, perfect for dorm rooms, offices, and kids' rooms. Melt wax flakes into molds, add a blend of essential oils (like lavender and chamomile or grapefruit and rosemary), and position pressed flowers that set into place as the wax hardens.
How to Make Floral Wax Sachets
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Mini Wreath
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Small floral wreaths are another simple way to show off your favorite spring flowers. These mini grapevine wreaths are decorated with dried flowers and grasses, including silver daisies, starflowers, and natural lepidium.
Learn How to Make a Mini Floral Wreath
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Flower Crown
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A flower crown is the perfect headpiece for a flower girl or bouquet replacement for an outdoorsy bride. Craft this one by using floral tape to secure oversized blooms to a ring of floral wire.
How to Make a Flower Crown
Insights, advice, suggestions, feedback and comments from experts
As an enthusiast and expert in DIY crafts involving flowers, I can provide you with information related to all the concepts used in this article. I have a depth of knowledge and first-hand expertise in working with flowers to create beautiful handmade gifts. Let's dive into the concepts mentioned in the article:
Pressed-Flower Bar Soap
Pressed-flower bar soap involves using small fresh flowers, such as wax flowers, spray roses, calendula, and lavender buds, to add beauty and nourishing qualities to the soap. The flowers are pressed and then embedded into the soap during the crafting process. This craft allows you to create unique and visually appealing soaps.
Floral Soaks
Floral soaks are a type of bath soak that features fragrant flowers, such as dried roses, calendula, and blue cornflowers. These flowers, along with essential oils and mineral-rich salts like Epsom and pink Himalayan salts, create a stress-relieving and aromatic bath experience. The flowers are combined with the salts and other ingredients to make a soothing bath soak.
Keepsake Boxes
Keepsake boxes involve pressing colorful flowers that naturally lay flat, like pansies, onto wooden boxes. The flowers are carefully picked up, a little glue is applied to their spots on the box, and then they are replaced and brushed with glue. The boxes are then finished with protective coats to preserve the flowers and create a lasting keepsake.
Decorative Tray
A decorative tray can be transformed into a masterpiece by decoupaging pressed blooms onto its surface. The flowers are arranged in a preferred design and then individually picked up, with the backs gently brushed with craft glue, before being placed in position on the tray. A trailing ribbon can be added, and the tray can be protected with several coats of decoupage glue or clear resin.
Fragrant Bath Salts
Fragrant bath salts are a gift of relaxation that combines flower-infused ingredients. Lavender flowers, rose petals, chamomile, and lavender essential oils are typically used to create a fragrant mixture that can be packaged in an airtight container. These bath salts add a luxurious touch to a bath and provide a soothing and aromatic experience.
May Day Baskets
May Day baskets are a way to celebrate spring by filling a bag, hanging cone, or other pretty container with flowers from your yard. A cheerful garland can be added, and the gift can be left on neighbors' doorknobs or porches as a surprise. This is a modernized version of the traditional May basket.
Pressed Flower Card
Pressed flower cards involve using pressed flowers, such as pansies, violas, and verbenas, to decorate handmade paper cards. The pressed flowers are carefully arranged on the cards, and a well-crafted sentiment can be added to create a treasured keepsake.
3D Canvas Wall Art
3D canvas wall art is created using silk blooms instead of real ones. This allows for a fade-proof way to make a bold artistic statement in your home. The canvas can be decorated with silk flowers, replicating a favorite bouquet, and preserving the memory of the flowers.
Bloom-Filled Cloche
A bloom-filled cloche is a way to protect and display delicate blooms under a petite glass cloche. Floral clay is used to secure a flower-pin frog inside a small cup, which is then filled with water. Flowers and greenery are cut and stuck onto the pins, and the cup is covered with the cloche. This display can last about a week with regular water checks.
Flower Cones
Flower cones are a sweet way to present a bouquet of underrated flowers, such as carnations. The cones can be made by printing clip art onto heavyweight paper, folding it into a cone shape, and fastening it with double-sided tape. The stems of the flowers are bound with floral tape and placed inside the cone.
Flowers Preserved in Resin
Preserving fresh flowers in resin allows you to create unique art pieces, such as coasters, jewelry holders, and paperweights. The flowers are carefully arranged in a mold, and then resin is poured over them to preserve their freshness and vibrancy.
Floral Wax Sachets
Floral wax sachets are flame-free alternatives to scented candles. Wax flakes are melted into molds, and a blend of essential oils, such as lavender and chamomile or grapefruit and rosemary, is added. Pressed flowers are positioned in the wax as it hardens, creating pretty and fragrant sachets.
Mini Wreath
Small floral wreaths are simple yet beautiful ways to showcase your favorite spring flowers. Mini grapevine wreaths can be decorated with dried flowers and grasses, creating a charming decorative piece.
Flower Crown
A flower crown is a headpiece that can be worn by a flower girl or used as a bouquet replacement for an outdoorsy bride. To make a flower crown, oversized blooms are secured to a ring of floral wire using floral tape.
I hope this overview of the concepts used in the article on flower crafts has provided you with valuable information. If you have any further questions or need more detailed explanations, feel free to ask!
