So, if you caught BBC Morning Live today you’ll have seen me back in my happy place, doing a bit of crafting with Geth. We made a decorated flower jar, ready to illuminate with fairy lights or an LED candle to create a rustic, glowing piece of decor!
I love this project, it’s a really fun one and you can get a bit creative with dried flowers to make something special to light up garden parties and bbqs (when the weather finally gets a bit brighter!)
Here are some instructions for you to have a go to make your own (or you can watch and craft along on iPlayer) It’s a really simple craft project that the kids can have fun with as well!
You will need:
– Glass jar
– Selection of flowers (or pre-dried flowers)
– Scissors
– ModPodge
– Paint brush
– Microwave
– Kitchen roll/ towel
– Twine or ribbon
– Glue gun
To create:
- Take some natural flowers and sprigs and trim them to size.
- Lay down a piece of kitchen towel onto a flat surface and start to lay the flowers on top. The flowers shouldn’t be touching in any way, they need to be laid out completely separately to dry.
- Place another piece of kitchen towel on top of the flowers and place on a microwavable plate.
- Put this into the microwave and then heat on a high setting in 30 second increments, checking them each time, until the flowers are completely dry.
- Take a glass jar and paint a section with ModPodge glue.
- Position the dried flowers onto the surface of the glass and brush a thin layer of glue.
- Repeat the process until the entire jar is decorated with flowers.
- Brush over final layer of glue to ensure the flowers are secure.
- Finally, tie some twine or ribbon around the top of the glass vase and use the glue gun to fix in place.