How do i dry a single flower?

my sisiter got a bunch of flowers off her fiance when she gave birth and she wants to dry one of them out to keep it!





how do you do it?


i dont know what type of flower it is if that matters!





cheers!

How do i dry a single flower?
Put the flower in a container or box a little bigger than the flower and cover it with "Mother Nature's Preserves - Silica Gel Crystals" (MN150) - 1 1/2 lbs. - 681 g The moisture will taken out and you'll have the same pretty flower as you put in -but now dried and preserved. You have to have a little patience since it doesn't happen over night.
Reply:hang the flower upside down till it dries. it will keep the shape, then she can put it in a bud vase to look at when ever she wants.
Reply:Last time i wanted to dry some flowers i taped them upside down across the front flat part of my book shelf. it was an experiment but it worked great. you don't need alot of tape to hold them there, just one piece across the stem. just make sure you put them somewhere that no one will mess with them cuz you don't wanna touch them until there dry. or they will dry funny.





You can also put one or two in a heavy book that doesn't get used often (a encyclopedia maybe?) and it will flatten them, then she can put it her kids baby book. make sure to put a note or something in there with it. just in case you forget about it.
Reply:LET ME TELL YOU what I saw on HG/tv!





They took the flower and placed it on , I think, watercolor paper--and then ever so lightly hammered on it and the exact shape and color of the flower got on the paper.


They even hammered down the stem and got the green also. Then they kind of criss-crossed the stems and did more--so cool!





Try it on some of the leftover flowers!
Reply:She could press it by getting some fine tracing paper and placing it in the middle of a heavy book at the bottom of the pile. Or my sister dried her wedding bouquet by hanging it upside down in a dry but not too warm area (like a conservatory).
Reply:Put it between two sheets of kitchen paper and put between two heavy books for a few months.
Reply:Put it in between two sheets of blotting paper, to absorb any eventual humidity. then place it in a book and leave it under a pile of really heavy books, such as telephone directories, for quite a few months. It really works and the colour should remain. I've done it several times and been pleased with the result.
Reply:I have used sand or/and cornmeal


If you want to keep original shape of flower this is a less exspensive way of drying.





Take a piece of thin flexable wire, you can but it at Michael's


cut off stem, thread the wire thru end of cut stem up thru flower once thru the flower make a little hook at the end of wire and gentle pull down.





Put flower on layer of Sand/Cornmeal then gentle sprinkle the material over the flower until it is completley covered.





You can check every now and then by taking a thin painting brush and gently sifting material off flower.





When dry: The wire at the bottom of the flower can then be twisted around a thin piece of wood to be used for a stem.





There is quite a lot of woody material in the garden that can be used for the stem even a popsicle stick
Reply:placing it in a big heavy book is your best bet... but once i tried putting it under my matress and it worked perfectly!! its better for the larger flowers!
Reply:stick in a 800w microwave on full power for 6 mins 30 secs!
Reply:i have always hanged the flowers upside down first then you spray the flower with hairspray so it will keep it;s color and shape let it dry for about 2 weeks take it down and put in a vase.
Reply:you could either just hang it up somewhere if you want it to keep its shape, or you could press it in a book. i like to press them because then i'll open a book randomly one day and have a little surprise that makes my day brighter.

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